
With the spotting of a new air-cooled Ducati Monster motorcycle for the 2017 model year, we can make some logical assumptions about what the Italian marque is up to for next year. One of those assumptions is the new Ducati Monster 939. A 2017 Ducati Monster 939 was almost a certainty the second...
Here it is in the flesh, the first mass-produced Ducati motorcycle to mount a four-cylinder engine, and it's derived, Ducati says, directly from the MotoGP Desmosedici. Actually there are three of them: Panigale V4, Panigale V4S and V4S Speciale – the latter two with electronic Öhlins suspension...
SuperbikePlanet reunited this year with Ducati's latest 1199 Panigale, the official "R" version, during an event held at the model's world-press introduction at the Circuit Of The Americas in Austin, Texas. The COTA invitation was our true chance to ride the successor to the kitted 1199S we only...
If you believe everything you read on the internet, then surely you know that Ducati is getting ready to release a Panigale-based Streetfighter in the next few months. Another potent rumor making the rounds is that Ducati is working on a totally new v-twin engine, which will meet Euro 4...
I'm not a fan of the Monster line from Ducati. There, I said it. There is just something about the Monster models over the years that has failed to strike me as appealing, though I must say the latest crop of liquid-cooled Monsters has certainly been a step forward for me, visually. I'm more of...
Motorcycle.com was lucky enough to be offered a sit-down interview with Ducati CEO Claudio Domenicali on the new V-4 and the future, during the Laguna Seca World Superbike weekend. It's fairly widely known that Domenicali is the real deal, a true enthusiast whose motorcycle expertise is matched...
Ducati experimented with separating its air-cooled and liquid-cooled naked bike lines, returning the Monster to its simple roots and air-cooling. Meanwhile, the engines with radiators were stuffed into a new model, dubbed "Streetfighter," and given a completely fresh facelift. Reaction to the...