Finally, a naked bike that lives up to its name!
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When Only The Best Will Do
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The latest in Desmoquattro decadence, from Bologna with lust.
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Ducati's Slimmer, Stronger Monster 1100 Shows Some Leg
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The beast from Borgo Panigale isn't that scary after all.
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Redefining Superbike
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Lighter Makes Righter For This 370-Pound, 134-Horsepower Middleweight
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Talk about your Christmas bonuses... When Lorenzo and Frank Fertita, owners of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, wanted to thank their president, Dana White, for a job well done, they didn't buy him a stinking watch. They bought him a Ducati 999R. And not just any 999R-this one is as buff as the m
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The First-Ever Street-Legal Motogp Replica Is Absurdly Expensive-And Worth Every Red Cent
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The Big Problem with nostalgia, for a motorcycle manufacturer, is you really can't make 'em like you used to. As fondly as those of a certain vintage may remember it, 1978 was too loud, too dirty and a bit too rough around the edges to get by in 2006. That goes double for the revered '70s twins that
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MC GarageThe 999's cardinal sin was its blatant divergence from Massimo Tamburini's sacrosanct 916. That was an offense hard-core Ducatisti could not forgive, making the bike a showroom underachiever. Then-Ducati design boss Pierre Terblanche is still seen as a heretic, but only among those who spen
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The most functional SportClassic in Bologna's lineup
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Ducati's meanest Monster.
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I'm all for adding to the nostalgia when riding a retro-bike like Ducati's new GT1000 SportClassic, but this is taking it too far. We're splashing back toward Bologna through steady rain, which, in these days of efficient waterproof clothing, normally would not be a problem.
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Ducati's Meanest Monster. Has King Kong Seen This?
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According to Miguel Galluzzi, the Argentinean designer who dreamed up this whole Monster thing in the first place, "all you need is a saddle, tank, engine, two wheels and handlebars." That's an apt description of any Monster, and doubly so when it comes to the new S2R 1000. OK, so the monstrous S4Rs
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Ducati's Multistrada 620 was designed to be light, agile and easy to ride, the press kit said. Just as well. The hail of a few minutes ago had turned to sleet. Now I was winding my way down a Sicilian mountainside, aiming the little V-twin around a succession
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The Monster S4R revitalized Ducati's naked lineup in 2003 with its racy looks and potent eight-valve, liquid-cooled engine. But not everyone who fancies the S4R's cute bikini fairing and high-mount pipes needs a 150-mph rocketship with a price tag to match.E
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For 2005, Ducati's base 999 has been tuned to produce 140 bhp. That's a hefty 16 bhp more than last year's version--and even more powerful than the previous R model.The standard 999 now gets the R's uprated ignition pulse generator. New camshafts have more li
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Europeans always seem to do budget bikes differently. Style often wins over content, particularly for manufacturers who have to work especially hard to trim the sticker to fit a newbie's budget. So it is with the Ducati Monster 620, a sub-$7000, demi-entry-lev
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I cranked the throttle for the first time, and the most powerful production Monster lunged forward almost hard enough to bend its fancy new one-piece aluminum handlebar. This thing's fast! Seconds later the S4R is still accelerating hard past 120 mph, not surp
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IT WAS DUCATI'S chief test rider Andrea Forni who convinced me about the Multistrada, though I didn't realise it at the time. The Ducati had felt good all morning on the damp roads of Sardinia, impressing with its roomy, near-upright riding position, its torqu
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First, Ducati disappointed us by dropping the 916-powered Monster S4 from its 2003 lineup. Then it won back our hearts and minds with the unveiling of a much-improved and upgraded piece called the S4R. This, the mother-of-all Monsters, will soon rear its beaut
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From Bologna with lust
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