2008 Ducati DesmoseDici RR with GP exhaust on ebay A lot of motorcycle manufacturers produce race-replica (RR) bikes that they promise are street legal versions of track bikes. Honda did it with the the RC45, Kawasaki with the ZX7R, even BMW with S1000RR. But above the RR bikes are the “Halo bikes”, outrageously expensive modern…
For all the grief he received for his redesign of Ducati’s superbike, it’s still pretty clear that Pierre Terblanche had some great ideas for Ducati. Aside from the iconic but rare Supermono, he managed to evoke Ducati’s classic style in modern machinery with his line of SportClassics and, while the style of the original MH900e…
A Ducati 851 Corsa Superbike is like a “blu-rare” cooked steak; a level beyond rare. For those readers who are unfamiliar with the 851 Corsa Superbike, in 1991 the Ducati factory produced two small batches of production based customer race bikes (two batches of 25). These bikes were produced in the Spring and Winter of…
While the Ducati 916 was a styling bombshell, the standard/Strada versions only really come on the power around 7000 RPM which meant they need to be flogged a bit to get going. Ducati first attempted to resolve this issue by installing lighter internals and high lift cams to create the SP/Sport Production edition. Unfortunately even…
I saw this particular bike on BikeEXIF a while back and thought it was stunning, so I was very excited to see it up for sale. If you’re not familiar, Venier’s 999VX was basically a stripped-down Ducati 999 that turned the Italian firm’s ugly duckling into a swan. From its introduction, Pierre Terblanche’s follow up…
Is this a Ducati that Ducati doesn’t want to admit exists? Read on! Earlier this year I wrote about what collectors look for when assessing a rare vehicle; age, number produced of a particular configuration, technological impact, and availability in the country being sold in. When I noticed this pristine-looking 1988 Ducati 900SS located in…
The Ducati 888 SPO is a bit of a hidden jem, no doubt due to the bike that came right after it, the 916. Only produced for two years and specific to the USA, the 888 SPO was a limited edition of the 888 – only 390 were produced. NOTE: 1993 was the first year…
The Ducati brand is steeped in competition; much of what we enjoy today on the street was forged in angry battle on the tracks across Europe. So to was it with this 600cc TT2 machine. Listed as a racebike with a penchant for itinerant touring of local European villages in its youth, this twin now…