The 1199 Panigale
I don’t think we’ll be seeing any more of the Panigale before EICMA, the name Panigale came from Borgo Panigale the home town of Ducati and i hope local nick name for the bike won’t be “ البنغالي ”
Calling all Kuwaiti investors
Investindustrial, the private equity company controlling 84.6% of Ducati Motor Holding SpA, is considering selling their Ducati shares in a private offering next year. The stocks will only be available to large corporations like banks, and investment groups who also may also sell these stocks to the public.
Ducati posted earnings of $155 million in 2010, doubled its market share and increased its presence in Asia despite the global economic crises AND is planing to introduce several NEW MODELS in November.
Could Ducati become the next Italian Kuwaiti ?
Extreme in the wild
Another spy photo of the new 1199, courtesy of http://ducatisti.myblog.it .
The Full Monty
Motociclismo magazine revealed some info of the new Ducati 1199, i used google translate and managed to squeeze the following: All new Ducati’s, including the 1199 Superbike will have ABS, the 1199 is frameless, led lights, wet clutch, magnesium air box, riding modes buttons and relocated steering damper.
More photos.. Read more
Ducati Xtreme
Meet the Xtreme, Ducati’s new superbike …the bike thats gona change the rules all over again just like BMW did with S1000RR.
Xtreme is a technical breakthrough, with a revolutionary frame, new suspension design, new clutch system and much much more.
To know more about Xtreme, you’ll need July issue of Motociclismo magazine.
Super Square
Spy photos and info of the new Ducati 1199 superbike are surfacing around the web, the 1199 was co-developed by Troy Bayliss who has been lapping it at Mugello circuit and according to him it’s a BEAS !! -he managed to match Stoner’s lap time on the GP10-
The bike is called Superquadrata -Super Square- reference to the ultra short stroke of the all new V-twin engine, and as we can see from the spy shots the new bike is a shorter, lighter and much more compact, the new engine will have gear driven cams to maintain the valve timing at high revs.
It’s also rumored that the bike will be frameless -an innovation Ducati patent last year – anyway ECMA is only a couple of month away and thats where we except the new beast will be launched.
Is this the new DUC?
It’s not a secret anymore that Ducati will be unveiling their new 1199 superbike in November, spy photos and concept designs are all over the net but how genuine are these photos is something that we’ll never know before November.
Getting Social
2 weeks ago i posted about BMW new social website and now its Ducati’s turn as they’ve also launched their own social community website, the platform is a bit simpler than the one of BMW and similar to Facebook but BMW’s platform provide much more useful content thats customized to the user profile.
Check them out, BMW , Ducati .
CorsaCaffe
“Coffee with a moto twist” this how CorsaCaffe describes its coffee beans blends, CorsaCaffe is another brand extension of the Ducati brand but this time is not from Ducati !! It comes form Arun Sharma, manager of MotoCorsa..a Ducati dealership in Portland, Oregon.
To preserve the oils and flavors of the coffee and give you the freshest possible coffee, CorsaCaffe beans are freshly roasted and shipped out to customers the same day.
Ducati has previously launched the Desmorosso a Ducati Wine and the Ducati Profumo.
I wonder if TriStar is going to replace the Nescafe they usually serve at the showroom with some Italian roast that goes with ambiance.
Photo of the day
Stoner thanking the marshals’ for the help after his crash with Rossi, and applauding for Rossi !!
Click to zoom in and check the guy with the monster hat on the far left.
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