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So, a few weeks ago I acquired a Petrol Tank off a 1098R off this very forum. It still had the fuel pump assembly fitted and also the petrol cap that came with a key. I had in mind that my next bike purchase in a year or so would be a 1098R so snapped up the tank at the bargain price being offered as a spare.

Forward just a few weeks and the 1098R that Andy @Android853sp had mentioned for sale at Moto Rapido would not leave my thoughts; you know how these things can get hold of you sometimes and not let go! So I PM’d Andy after reading somewhere on here that all you need is ‘man maths’ to justify how to possibly fund such an unexpected purchase. I asked Andy about the bike and he kindly offered to have a closer look and check out its history. Being 250 miles away it was such a great help as I probably wouldn’t have travelled to view it.

The bike and its history were impeccable so I had to make a decision. I told Andy I would let him know the next day if I was going to make an...

It may be a bit painfull at first (financially) but the pain soon goes. You can then admire your polished pipe.
Stuart

I'm looking to sell my 749r due to lack of use and before I put it back to standard and put it on ebay I thought I would see if anyone on here was looking for one as you will know what I'm selling

I bought the bike from Motorapido in 2010 - Wilf had rebuilt the corse kitted engine over winter as a training project - the kit is about £4-5k - I then sent it to Biggelaar Special Performance in Holland to have it gasflowed, blueprinted and have the fuelling/suspension set up as Motorapido didn't have the right dyno- Toine was very complimentary about the rebuild! - but it took ages to get the fuelling right! I then had brembo rcs brake and clutch master cylinders fitted and a 48t stm slipper clutch/jhp cover And some rearsets. I then had all the carbon bodywork taken off (which was in really good condition) as well as the bigger tank and had some second hand red trackday bodywork fitted, screen and a 999 tank fitted. I then used the bike on the road and for occasional trackdays as I...

Ducati wins the “Good Design Award 2016”, the world’s oldest prize dedicated to Design excellence
Ducati XDiavel confirms its status as an international style and design icon
The prize-giving took place in New York, during the Museum’s Good Design Night

Borgo Panigale, Bologna (Italy), 31 January 2017 - The Ducati XDiavel again proves to be a stand-out in important international Design competitions.

The italian cruiser, which has already won the European “Red Dot Award 2016”, is now honoured with the prestigious “Good Design Award 2016”.

Established in 1950, the Good Design Award is the world’s oldest prize dedicated to the most innovative and cutting-edge industrial products and graphic designs produced around the world. For the 2016 edition of the Good Design Award, the jury evaluated more than 900 candidates from 46 countries, with products spanning practically every sector, from electronics to robotics, from furnishing to graphics and vehicles.

In this category, Ducati...

This is Remi,he is 5 months old,and John and I fell in love with him tonight,and he's ours!
We pick him up on Feb 19th when we come back off our week in Scotland,i cannot wait,he is gorgeous and very well-behaved for such a youngster. Happy Jen!!!

New Multistrada 950 arrives in Ducati dealerships
Available on Ducati TriOptions from £119 per month
Multistrada 950 can be customised with accessory packages
Dedicated Strada apparel range
Bookings now be being taken for test rides


Ducati dealers throughout the UK and Ireland will this week take delivery of the much anticipated Multistrada 950. This new model, is the latest addition to the hugely popular Multistrada family, adding a greater amount of accessibility and versatility without losing the renowned Ducati performance.

This highly capable, smaller capacity adventure-touring bike, features comfortable commanding ergonomics of the larger Multistrada 1200 with agile and manageable dynamic handling, coupled with the torquey kick of a 937 cc Testastretta engine. A 19” front wheel and fully adjustable suspension help conquer any terrain, while its 20 litre fuel tank and pannier system together with an adjustable windshield make it the perfect middleweight Ducati tourer....

I would just like to say a big thank you for all the people on here that recommended
Geoff at Baines Racing at Silverstone.
My 996sps has done 7,000 miles and needed a cam belt change and first Tappets/cam check.
Ducati main Dealer had said that it could be as much as £900 depending on what they find.
I phoned Geoff, His enthusiasm was amazing, we had a long talk.
He said if I wanted I could save money and and remove the fairings before hand.
When I dropped my bike off I was amazed how many bikes he had in for work in Jan!
One of the Old "Top Gear" chaps had just had one of his bike's dropped off for Geoff to work on.
On my bike he checked all tappet gap's than removed the cam's as it is the only way to check the pad's on the followers and found one worn through the Chrome.
He replaced that with a Nemans re-ferb follower. All gaps were then reset in tolerance.
The Ducati Cam belts cost £118 (inc vat)
The new Shims £60 and rocker gaskets £10
He also did a few other bits and...

So having done my 'man maths' I worked out that by trading my 899 in to Moto Rapido and buying a 1199R was a financially sound investment. So yes, although the deal was only done today and I won't be picking it up until the 4th of Feb, I'm going to be the proud owner of this...
I was on the brink of buying a 1299S, but there's just something about the 1199R that I couldn't resist. I know the 1299S is arguably the better all-round road bike, but I just want the R - albeit the early, not-so-good version.

To say I'm excited is a slight understatement. Roll on the 4th...

Hello all,

Picked up my new Multistrada 1200 S Granturismo today from Snell's.

Very pleased with it and the service provided by Snell's. Looking forward to some warmer and dryer weather now.

Considering some carbon additions and a slip-on exhaust, but no urgency.

The countdown has begun to the 2017 Ducati Team MotoGP presentation, which is scheduled to take place in the Ducati Auditorium, Bologna (Italy), on Friday 20th January for an invited audience.

The event, during which the 2017 Ducati Desmosedici GP and riders Jorge Lorenzo and Andrea Dovizioso will be presented, will be streamed live on the official Ducati website and Facebook profile.

The 2017 Ducati Team launch can be transmitted live in streaming by online publications, blogs and forums by following the information below:

Format: The streaming will be multi-bitrate with codec H264 - The format is HLS (HTTPS)
The streaming will be in Italian and English, with 2 different codes, as follows:

- ITALIAN: http://www.indaco.com/distribution/ducati/motogp_2017_ita/
- ENGLISH: http://www.indaco.com/distribution/ducati/motogp_2017_eng/


Furthermore, TV channels that wish to broadcast the team presentation can use the following satellite coordinates:...

Ducati ends 2016 on yet another high, with motorcycle sales topping 55,000
55,451 Ducati motorcycles delivered to customers
Claudio Domenicali, CEO of Ducati Motor Holding: “The pattern of constant company growth seen these last seven years continues”
Andrea Buzzoni, Global Sales and Marketing Director Ducati: “Results on the Italian market were outstanding, with 20% growth”

Borgo Panigale, Bologna (Italy), 16 January 2017 – Ducati Motor Holding enjoyed further growth in 2016, delivering 55,451 motorcycles to customers all over the world: that's an increase of 1.2% compared to 2015 (54,809 bikes).

“Ending the year of our 90th anniversary with yet another record is a source of immense pride and satisfaction”, commented Claudio Domenicali, CEO of Ducati Motor Holding. “2016 was the seventh consecutive growth year for Ducati, clearly confirming the soundness of the Bologna-based group's strategy and skills.”

This highly encouraging result also stemmed from the addition of new...

I'm in love
Excuse me looking rough, I'm full of flu

I would guess that most on here have more than one bike in the garage ,maybe non Ducati or even non Italian!...Just acquired this 1988 750 Gixxer as a bit of an ongoing project and Its screaming inline 4 motor is a perfect parry to my thudding 999S....

Got myself this tasty R6 for racing and general hooligan stuff this season. I figured it would be more practical for a first race season and keep the 1199R for trackdays for now. It was built for Hutchy for the TT but not used due to him breaking his leg. Its super sport spec with all the shiny stuff and looked after by the same guy since it was bought from the first owner. He's just done it's seasonal engine refresh and it's going on the dyno today. We're out to Calafat in mid february with Pacedayz so I'll probably get my first run out on it out there.

Holy sh!t what a noise !!!

VIDEO: Cover your ears! - Chaz Davies practice start | WSBK 0

received my under yoke stand for the panigale today. I know it's only a stand but as far as stands go this is top quality!

Hello all,

Just pulled the trigger on a new 1299 which i'm probably collecting next week. Sad to see the 899 go, really sad in fact. However it's going to a great home.

So yeah, I've decided to scare the shit out of myself with a nuclear reactor for a motor that is the 1299.. A bike that after I test rode it I never thought I'd buy.

Question, i've seen the bike out of the crate, it has a seat cowl on it.. I assume this is standard on the 1299's?

You may have seen that the writer, painter and art critic John Berger has just died at the age of 90 and you probably thought, so what? I expect most people on here have never heard of him.

But there is one thing that I bet they don’t mention in the media and that John was a madly passionate motorcyclist. He was a friend of mine and I went motorcycling with him, so I know. Put it this way: how many people do you know who get a Honda Super Blackbird 1100, then the world’s fastest motorbike, for their 70th birthday? And it’s not as if he was moving up from a C90. The Super Blackbird replaced a CBR 1000.

To be honest, John didn’t need such massive power as he didn’t go everywhere at Warp 7, but he did use the bike whenever possible and almost never used his old 2CV car which was full of straw in the boot. And he probably used it to go from his house in Haute Savoie to Paris, which is quite a big old ride so a large and comfy sports tourer would do the job.

His book To The Wedding...

Last year, not this.
I live in Shipbourne , about 4 miles north of Tonbridge in Kent and for the past 4 years every year between March and October when the sun is shining we get a Spitfire over flying our house. Quite a lot of light aircraft over fly but you can tell the Spitfire by the growl of the Merlin engine, I always stop and stare whenever I hear it. Biggin Hill is about 15 miles away and the Spitfire operates from there.
My wife, bless her, bought me a flight in a 2 seat Spitfire for last year's Christmas present. Here is an account of 30 August 2016.
The whole family got there at 12.00 and had to wait around quite a bit as the flight in the morning had a problem and they had to enliven the reserve 2 seat Spitfire, which was not fuelled up and the tanker driver was the other side of the airfield fuelling jets. HS162 and Lear and Bombardier private jets operate from Biggin Hill (one of which belongs to Lewis Hamilton).

Then we had a rather boring safety briefing which...

So today was a good day, I stumbled across an absolute Beauty of a machine. A 1098s with Baylis livery.

She's a standard bike one owner from new and with full Ducati service history. Just ticked over 6000miles and the previous owner was a gent and extremely honest. Nothing to hide and was great to deal with start to finish.

Wish all my purchases were as easy and smooth as this.

So drove the bike home 80miles tonight freezing and having to stop to warm my fingers up it was that cold. Not ideal for the time of year to be driving a bike but hay ho if there's a deal to be had you have to make exceptions!

I've only got the picture from tonight so here it is.

So happy