Ducati Bike News

Riders Motorcycles based in Somerset are extending their reach across the South West in 2009 with the opening of a new Ducati dealership in South Wales.

Ducati dealer Moto Rapido today announced their entry for the 2009 Metzler National Superstock series with the experienced Scott Smart leading the challenge.

Ducati UK is pleased to announce that the new Ducati Monster 1100S and 1198S have arrived at all 31 Ducati dealerships throughout the UK. The Monster 1100 and 1198 hailed throughout the media since their respective launches are now available to test ride at Ducati outlets nationwide.

Ducati head towards the Capital for the MCN London Motorcycle Show on the back of yet another award winning year.

Ducati UK are pleased to confirm that we have received our last delivery of the Desmosedici RR, with the last few owners taking delivery early in the New Year.

A “Roman Holiday” for James Blunt. The popular British singer, who has sold 11 million CDs, recently spent a few days in the Italian capital where he was able to fulfil two life-long ambitions. The singer had often dreamed of running a newspaper and he was given the opportunity to do just that by “Metro” (the international free paper, which has 84 editions published in 23 countries across Europe, North and South America and Asia, with an international readership of more than 20 million).

A 0% finance campaign has been announced for the 1098 and 1098S to celebrate the 1098’s championship wins in both British and World Superbike classes. The campaign is effective immediately and runs until the 31st January 2009.

2007 is proving to be a year to remember for Ducati UK, the fully owned UK subsidiary of Ducati Motor Holdings.

The Desmosedici RR – the ultimate expression of Ducati Corse’s racing experience and technology transferred to a road bike – has become the new benchmark for performance, components and style for the entire sector.

Book a test ride on any 2007 model Ducati at your local Dealership and you can be entered into a draw to win one of ten pairs of tickets to be a guest of the Airwaves team at the final round of the British Superbike Championship at Brands Hatch on 13th & 14th October.

Ducati is pulling out all the stops to ensure that bikers in the UK have every reason to purchase a 1098 this summer.

When the new Ducati 1098 was launched in Kyalami in South Africa, the bike was universally acclaimed by the UK and World press.

The World Ducati Week is set to return in 2007. The fifth edition of the greatest bike show on earth will take place from June 28th to July 1st at the "Misano World Circuit" in Misano Adriatico (Rn). The stars of this year’s edition, as always, will be the racetrack, the factory Ducati Corse riders, the shows, the events, music and entertainment.

During a visit in Italy, the film star, Micky Rourke, protagonist of “Year of the Dragon”, “Nine and ½ Weeks”, “Angel Heart” and the recent success “Sin City”, (with the sequel “Sin City 2” coming out soon) came to visit the Ducati factory.

Ducati UK and the Ducati Sporting Club are to run a new single make Championship - The Sport 1000 Cup - as an addition to the hugely popular Desmo Due race series.

Three of the most eagerly anticipated bikes in the world will be displayed for the first time in Britain on the Ducati stand at the forthcoming MCN London Motorcycle Show, at ExCeL London from 1-4 February 2007.

The Ducati 1098 has been voted ‘Most Beautiful Motorcycle of the Show’ at the 2006 edition of the Milan-based EICMA show. This verdict came from over 24,000 motorcycling enthusiasts who participated in a competition organised by the Italian magazine ‘Motociclismo’, which carried out, as it does every year, a survey among the visitors.

The Hypermotard 1100 takes on urban canyons and attacks mountain curves with total abandon. Its purpose is single-minded – to thrill.

Ducati launch the eagerly awaited 1098 and 1098S Superbike to the world press at the Eicma show in Milan.

Ducati launch the eagerly awaited 1098 and 1098S Superbike to the world press at the Eicma show in Milan.