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Newest Ducati store opens in Nottingham
Largest Ducati showroom in the dealer network
British Superbike Be Wiser Ducati rider Shane Byrne opens dealership


Ducati UK welcome Ducati Nottingham to its UK dealer network. Ducati Nottingham, owned and operated by Pidcocks Motorcycles becomes the twelfth solus Ducati store in the UK.

The store is located on a prominent main road on the edge of Nottingham occupying a 7,500 sq ft premises boasting the largest Ducati showroom in the UK. The showroom incorporates the latest Ducati retail identity communicating a strong and distinctive brand image with a premium customer experience. The dealership also has a two bay workshop with room for expansion to four bays.

Shane Byrne was the guest of honour for the official opening, welcoming the first customers to visit the new dealership. ‘Shakey’meet fans and posed for photos and signed autographs. Byrne was also keen to tell fans about his experiences of the new XDiavel which he had ridden...

Well I've lied a bit in the title already, its actually a Magni Sfida 1100, but its based heavily on the Guzzi Sport.

Anyway after a long time when life got in the way I thought I'd start to try and make some progress.

The front wheel going in a milestone as at least its now got 2 wheels and an engine and long road filled with pain and frustration awaits

I am not scared to change some of the rubbish stuff on it, even though it lowers value, I'll be either past caring or pushing up the daisies when it leaves. So value isn't a big issue to me.

Thought somebody might like a wee peek

So it was a sad day on Tuesday when I said goodbye to my 1199. It's gone to a good home, someone from here, so that's cool.

And today I picked up this as its replacement.

It's a 2013 899 on a 63 plate, one owner, 2600 miles with Termi cans, Evotech tail tidy and genuine Panigale R decals (although I'm not sure if they'll be staying!)

It's pretty much mint but yeah, not sure about the decals. The guy was sticker crazy, if you believe the stickers then it has an Ohlins rear shock and steering damper too It has some nasty stickers on the rims too which will be coming straight off also.

I had a few reasons to want to swap from a 1199 to an 899. One being that it has helped free up a little cash for my screen protector project and secondly I never really felt like I was making the most of the 1199, it was almost wasted on me. I'd like to feel a little more like I'm ringing the bikes neck a little, which is pretty much impossible on the 1199 on the road.

So yeah, here it...

Collecting my red 899 tomorrow morning. Don't know what else to say. Can't wait.

The ninth edition of World Ducati Week, at the “Marco Simoncelli Misano World Circuit” from 1 to 3 July 2016, gathers Ducatisti from all over the world
Bikes, Riders and Community together to celebrate the 90th anniversary of Ducati
Tickets and passes available from 23 March on the wdw.ducati.it website


Not just an event or simple bike meet, World Ducati Week is much, much more…
Every two years the Ducati universe gets together to celebrate a shared desmodromic passion and the pride that comes from belonging to such a prestigious, unique and fascinating brand. From 1 to 3 July 2016 the “Red Party” will be back, with this ninth edition hosted at the “Marco Simoncelli Misano World Circuit”. WDW2016 calls on Ducatisti from all over the world (over 65 thousand tickets sold at the 2014 edition) to get together for a three-day event which will coincide with the climax of celebrations for the 90th anniversary of Ducati.

In time-honoured fashion, there will be a busy programme of...

Ducati UK to again hold two track days on the full GP circuits at Silverstone and Donington Park.
Track days will be held in association with California Superbike School.
Monster 1200 S, 959 Panigale and the 1299 Panigale will be available to hire by the day or by the session.


This year Ducati UK will host two exclusive track days for Ducati owners at Donington Park on May 31 and Silverstone on June 16. Both the track days will be ‘noisy’ (105db) days and will take place on the full GP circuits priced at £175. Breakfast and lunch is included in the price for those riding.

A unique feature of Ducati track days will be the chance to hire a Ducati to ride on track. For those who do not wish to take their own bike on track or would like to test ride a Ducati in a controlled environment there is an opportunity to hire the Monster 1200 S, the new 959 Panigale or the 1299 Panigale. These can be reserved during the booking process. It is advisable to book hire bikes early as there is...

Today was sunny, so I popped out for a ride on my ST4.
I thought I'd post a few pics. Empty roads and just a T shirt under my jacket.
Better than an English summer day because there was almost no traffic.

Tight roads at first, then onto a real peachy blaster. The A-356 Valez-Malaga to Colmenar.
So good I turned around and went back again, past the reservoir at Vinuela.

As I approached Los Castillejos there's a lovely right hand sweeping bend, on the opposite side is a restaurant. About 10 guys on trial bikes stood outside with their helmets on. It looked like an organised tour, they must have been having fun. I know I was.

They turned and looked up early as the roar of the Termignonis announced my arrival. I was hanging off the right side of the bike with my knee out but I took my left hand off the bar and gave them a wave. Every one of them waved back.

Lou Reed came to mind, "Just a perfect day."

Finally got round to having my bike painted by dream machine

Hi All
Today, I took my 899 into the dealer for a service, and at the same time arranged to have a test of the demo 959 so I could get some form of reasonable back to back comparison.
Although it was bloody cold leaving my house at 9am to make the 60 mile trip to the dealer, the roads were pretty dry largely, and it gave me a chance to remember what my 899's really like before going on the new bike.
Here's a few token pics of the 959
I had the 959 for a good couple of hours, so got to give it a proper blast, although with temps hovering around 6deg and the roads really cold with still some ice about, I couldn't really get the tyres warm enough to really give it a blast
Personally, I'm not a big fan of the exhausts, although I do think the Akra option on the test bike look OK, and they're growing on me, but still a £1.2k option on a bike that's so far not being offered with any discount of free exhausts (yet)
The Akra pipes sounds pretty similar to my standard piped 899 at tick over...

Well finally have the 1098S back from Baines and she is all back together, am rather happy with how everything has turned out, all I need is some asv levers which I should be ordering later. I think it looks so much better with the number boards removed and the carbon belly. Am very impressed with the belly pan and the carbon v, both very easy to fit and the finish is great.

Had most of this for ages, but decided to pull my finger out with the Desmo and put some of it on today.

The swing arm covers didn't come pre-drilled so that put the grey matter to try and figure out a way of getting it to all line up. My rather primitive method seemed to work out okay. Looks not too shabby I think sat there against that super expensive MS Production stuff.

Got the new wheels out of their boxes. Discs and sprocket carrier were cleaned up and put on the new rims. I can't wait to get these on the bike. Should manage that tomorrow if all goes to plan.

BTW, I used some of the WD-40 bike products for the first time. They're excellent and work very, very well.

Finally pulled the carbon out the box too. Great pre-preg job on the bodywork and with a few details, will match the oem items. It's that good, it interchanges with the original panels. Nice race nose cone too with ram air duct. Hopefully they'll be painted in the next month or so.

After missing my favourite bands when I was going through Chemo 2014-2015....I'm making up for it this year.........Slipknot in Birmingham,awesome,my grin was a mile wide

The Bologna based company has been recognised for its excellent working conditions
The report by the Top Employers Institute endorses the best companies in terms of Human Resources

Ducati has been declared one of the Top Employers for Italy in 2016. The recognition, for the second year in a row, comes from the Top Employers Institute which certifies the best companiesworldwide in terms of human resources.

Top Employers certification is awarded to companies offering excellent working conditions that train and develop talents at every level throughout the company and which strive continuously to improve and optimise best practices in the field of human resources.

The key point of the procedures followed by Top Employers is a far-reaching and serious research process – the HR Best Practices Survey – and the high standards required must be met. In order to safeguard the validity of the research procedures, each answer undergoes revision by audit. This demonstrates that the working...

We've just moved house, and there is a shell of a workshop at the bottom of the garden which I have spent the first few months kitting out as a workshop/home cinema. Now it's done, I'm going to start Phase 2 of the 899S build. Late last summer I put together the bike you see below and took it over it to Jerez. Unfortunately I ran it in to the gravel and fell off. It's a bit scraped up down one side and needs a bit of TLC. It's been in my office since November last year. I'm also going to take the opportunity to make few more mods. The most significant being fitting Brembo M50s and some beautiful Ducabike rearsets. I'll update the thread as I go........

So to get us started, a couple of pictures of the workshop and bike on the ramp ready for the off....

Ducati Scrambler on display in Scrambler café area
XDiavel welcomes visitors to dedicated area
Ducati store will be there selling the latest 2016 apparel

Ducati UK will present their 2016 Model year range at this year’s Carole Nash MCN London Motorcycle Show.
Up to nine new models will be on display at Excel London as Ducati UK looks to build on a record 2015 which saw them become the fastest growing major motorcycle brand in the UK.

One of the sales successes of last year was the new Ducati Scrambler brand. The Scrambler range has now been expanded with the introduction of the 400cc Scrambler Sixty2 while the bigger engine 800cc Scrambler welcomes the Flat track pro version to the family. The Ducati Scrambler will again have its own area although this time it will be in the form of a Scrambler Café where visitors can view the bikes in a relaxed atmosphere over a coffee.
The bike that will no doubt become one of the most talked about models of 2016 is the XDiavel. Ducati enters...

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Just got it back today .. Looks red in pictures .. But it's a reddish orange .. Which really looks good to me. Oh well lets see if it lasts a whole summer

Next ventureshield it ...

This is your fault, @royalwithcream with your BMW thread. Now you've got me at it.
Put down a deposit on this exact bike today. Collecting on Saturday. One of the last 2015 bikes in the country knocked down to £12,000. 2 grand off list price. Bargain.
Its a replacement for my SMT. I love that bike dearly but this has more power and more orangeyness so what can you do. Bang goes my grand tour this year and eating for about the next two..