
I have a soft spot for the Pikes Peak models to the Ducati Multistrada 1200 line. Perhaps it's because I have spent many a cold morning on Pikes Peak, photographing the race version of these machines. Or perhaps it's that I'm drawn to the Ducati Corse livery, which drips carbon fiber and Rosso...
The letter R has a long and glorious history with Ducati. Denoting Racing, it has stood atop a pedestal high above the base and S (for Sport) models in the superbike, sport-touring and even naked families. R models traditionally come with a raft of upgrades and a correspondingly higher price...
The new-for-2016, 160-horsepower Ducati Monster 1200 R is the most powerful Monster ever. Photography by Milagro Few motorcycles have been as successful, iconic and diverse as the Ducati Monster. Over its 23-year history, Il Mostro has come in a range of sizes, from the diminutive 398cc M400...
Back in 2016, both Ducati and BMW announced new carbon-framed sportbikes. Both shown at EICMA, the Ducati 1299 Superleggera and BMW HP4 Race impressed with their use of the lightweight material. Both made use of carbon fiber frames, subframes and wheels. The Superleggera, however, had a slight...
The Ducati 1299 Superleggera is easily the bike of the 2016 EICMA show, and it is the first production motorcycle with a carbon fiber chassis. On top of that accolade, the 1299 Superleggera is the lightest and most powerful superbike ever created by Ducati, making 220hp and weighing 162kg at the...
Based on the 160-horsepower in-line four from the S 1000 R naked sportbike, the all-new S 1000 XR adventure tourer delivers serious performance. Photography by Kevin Wing Thirty-five years ago, BMW created the adventure-touring segment when it introduced the R80G/S (Gelände/Strasse is German for...
It had been a long wait with months of teasing with the red Italian brand, Ducati, preaching us about what Black is and what is 'X' with their mysterious videos that had nothing really to do with motorcycles. All the head scratching trying to understand what Ducati was aiming at stopped...