If you wanted to know just how important the 696 Monster is to the future of Ducati you needed to look at the suits. The suits and the ties. Well, okay the suits, the ties - and the $300 haircuts.
[Via Motorcycle-USA]
MotoGP world champion Casey Stoner had mixed emotions after he made a major set-up breakthrough during a one-day test session in Jerez.
[Via Motor Cycle News]
BRITISH Superbike team, Airwaves Ducati, are offering you the opportunity to be Leon Camier’s Grid Girl at one of the 12 rounds of the season.
[Via Visordown]
No two ways about it, Ducati’s Sport 1000 isn’t a comfy bike. It stretches you out like a rack and breaks both your wrists at anything less than 70mph with harsh suspension and aggressive clip-ons.
[Via Visordown]
Dani Pedrosa led today’s Jerez MotoGP race from turn one right to the flag with a mistake-free performance.Pedrosa took the lead going into the first turn to get ahead of pole-sitter Jorge Lorenzo and teammate Nicky Hayden.
[Via Motor Cycle News]
The license had previously been in the possession of THQ, but according to news today the Japanese publisher has “secured exclusive worldwide rights to publish official videogames and create peripherals based on the World’s premier motorcycling championship, MotoGP across all hardware platforms.”
[Via Play]
It’s been revealed via press release that popular developer and publisher Capcom have acquired the rights for the MotoGP franchise on all platforms. The agreement will run for 5 years, and Capcom intends to start straight away by publishing titles based on the 2008 MotoGP season on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, PC and PS2, not to mention mobile handsets.
[Via Palgn]
Twenty – two year old Australian Casey Stoner will be the man to beat in Jerez after a superb winning ride at the opening round of the Championship in Qatar. The combination of World Champion Stoner, the Marlboro Ducati and Bridgestone tyres once again proved too strong although there were clear indications of a new breed of challengers ready to take them on around the 2.748 mile Jerez circuit.
[Via Superbike News]
When it comes to vintage motorcycles - at least for the Idaho Vintage Motorcycle Club’s annual rally and show -there are rules.To wit:-Unless it is no longer in production, a bike must be at least 20 years old to be entered.- No choppers or customs. Period customs may be OK, but they need the approval of the rally master. If a bike has extended forks or “chopper-type” artwork, don’t bother.- The rally master also must be consulted about bikes missing original parts, competition bikes and modern exotics.- All items at the swap meet must pertain to vintage motorcycles (parts, etc.). That means no Beanie Babies.All these rules have a purpose: Keeping the “vintage” in vintage motorcycle show, now in its 32nd year, and making the event a showcase for classic bikes as they came out of the factory.
[Via Idaho Statesman]
Motorcycles, hot rods and biker calendar girls are expected to draw more than 4,000 people to Timer Powers Park this Sunday.
It’s Indiantown’s sixth annual motorcycle rally and hot rod show hosted by the Indiantown-Western Martin County Chamber of Commerce.
The 37-acre park is on the St. Lucie Waterway on Citrus Boulevard or State Road 726.
[Via TCPalm]
The 26th annual Northeastern Wisconsin Charity Motorcycle Show and Dance will be held Saturday and Sunday, April 26 and 27, at the Manitowoc County Expo Grounds, 4921 Expo Drive.
Show hours are from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday, April 26, and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, April 27.
The trophy presentation and raffle prize drawing will take place at 4:30 p.m. Sunday, April 27. The raffle grand prize is a 2008 Harley-Davidson Street Glide or $10,000 in cash.
[Via htrnews]
Billed as an alternative to the Miracle Mile motorcycle gathering, backers say they hope to attract more than 10,000 visitors with plans to develop the two-day gathering into an even bigger event. “It’s a wonderful event to bring to the city,” Mayor Don Culliver said, emphasizing the importance of a safe gathering that will help the city’s economy.
[Via Mansfield News Journal]
The readers of eleven European magazines vote Ducati as ‘2008 Bike of the Year’ in both the “Sports Bike” category and the ‘Trial/Supermoto’ category. Over 95,000 readers of eleven European magazines (including Motorrad, In Moto, Motociclismo, Toff, Moto Journal and others), expressed their personal preference by voting the most stylish and desired motorcycle of 2008. Once again, Ducati dominated the scene, picking up prizes and awards that confirm the world-wide success of the new ‘made in Borgo Panigale’ models.
[Via London Bikers]
Casey Stoner has one win from as many starts this MotoGP season, but he concedes he’s by no means over the line in Spain next weekend.
Stoner set the Qatar track alight earlier in March as he cruised to victory in his first race as defending champion.
[Via Sportal]
After a fantastic opening to the 2008 season under the floodlights of Qatar, where the Losail circuit played host to another masterclass from Casey Stoner, MotoGP returns to Europe this weekend for one of its classic fixtures - the Spanish Grand Prix at Jerez de la Frontera.
[Via Super Bike Planet]
