Motorcycles

When one thinks of a cruiser class motorcycle, very specific visuals tend to pop into the mind’s eye, and I doubt very highly that many of those mental pictures resemble what we all would consider…

It seems that when Ducati designed and built the 2007 Hypermotard 1100 they had one thing in mind: To shock and amaze their target audience. The question is, did they accomplish their goal? Well, according…

In 2003, Ducati showcased its new range of retro-inspired motorcycles at the 2003 Tokyo Motor Show. Two years later, its Sport Classics line hit the market for the first time: over the next 5 years,…

No, it’s not. It is not a motorcycle that was designed and built to honor a great motorcycle racer. It was not created in tribute to a model Ducati built in the past. Instead, this…

Ducati Meccanica S.p.A. developed a motorcycle in 1949 which would earn a place in the history of the brand. The bike would also earn recognition among motorcycle enthusiasts in the years to come as a…

To the naked eye, the 2008 Ducati 1198S looks pretty much like any other Ducati model, with the exception of graphics, or a few small aesthetic differences here and there. But the naked eye is…

That’s the number of Ducati 851 Strada motorcycle kits put out by the iconic motorcycle company Ducati in 1988. Only 201 total. That’s not a big number, not in the grand scheme of things, so…

For decades, the overall appearance of Ducati’s sport motorcycles has pretty much remained the same. Sure, there are slight differences from one model to the next, as well as improvements and changes from one year…

Originally Antonio Cavalieri Ducati and his sons founded the Società Scientifica Radio Brevetti Ducati in Bologna in 1926 to make radio components like vacuum tubes. By 1935 they had a factory in the Borgo Panigale…