My summer vacation

A Bimota, a wind tunnel, the Tail of the Dragon and some Land Speed Record racing. Sounds like a fun week, right? Add in hitchhiking through the Deep South in summer and it can only be one man’s idea of … Continued

Rossi and Ducati on canvas

Limited to a run of 46 prints a piece (see what they did there?) these artworks commemorate the as-yet unsuccessful union of Ducati and Valentino Rossi. Polish artist Patryk Kuleta starts with photographs of his subjects, blurring the shapes and … Continued

Photos: Rossi on the Island

This past weekend at the Laguna Seca MotoGP round, Ducati Island was crowded as usual, but when everyone caught word that Rossi would be walking out onto the stage, things got crazy. The first six photos in this set were … Continued

The best Ducati 1199 photo yet

This spy photo, hailing from validation tests occurring at Mugello this week, is the clearest we’ve yet seen of the Ducati 1199 — next year’s HiPo, hot shit superbike. While the styling is disguised with ghillie-like camo, mechanical details are … Continued

This is the Ducati 1199

Less than a week ago, Motociclismo.it teased us with with a leaked Ducati 1199 photo. Since then, there has been much speculation about every detail of the bike. Now that Motociclismo has published more shots, we can start to make … Continued

Husqvarna Nuda 900R: how do you say ‘KTM’ in Italian?

These are the first images of the Husqvarna Nuda 900R, a new high-end, quasi-dirt-style, naked roadster from BMW’s Italian brand. The Nuda adds 100cc, a steel-trellis frame, fully-adjustable suspension and edgy, angular styling to the basic premise of the BMW … Continued