MotoGP has long inspired competing manufacturers to implement racing technologies on their road-going motorcycles, but nobody believed (although everybody thought at the idea at least once) that a MotoGP bike will ever be turned into a road-legal one and be sold to those willing to pay the big bucks. Ducati was the first, and currently only, to break the ice in 2007 with the Desmosedici RR, which was derived from the Desmosedici GP6 Grand Prix motorcycle, and in 2009 the world is still amazed of this even being possible, not to mention the bike’s evolution.
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The latest Superbike models coming from Bologna, Italy are the Ducati 1198 and 1198 S, which might look like the 1098 R, but are in fact totally new creations with enhanced all-around performance and decent price tags.
Built using experience gathered in years of racing, the 1198s qualify as uncompromising Superbikes representing the unique Italian styling and the innovative maker’s solutions to keep things safe and interesting on the track as well as on the road.
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There’s nothing quite like riding the best there is out there and with the 2009 Ducati 1098R and the corresponsive brand new Bayliss Limited Edition you stand great chances to be doing just that, so it’s nice to get a preview of the blast that you’ll have if paying around $40K for a bike is no problem for you.
Ducati’s exclusive liter-class superbike impresses a rider with the greatest ease. You see, you cannot replace the massive Twin, bag loads of technology and sharp looks with anything. Let’s see what more.
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The Ducati 848 superbike simply carries on as a 2009 model year, but manages to offer a different kind of middleweight rush. It is all about the Italian way of building a racing bike with lights and mirrors, so that can never pass without leaving quite a big impression in the always opened heart of a passionate sports rider.
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Ever since Ducati started selling the Streetfighter in the US we kept hearing happy owners bragging about their exquisite rides and decided that it was time to get our own riding experience on what is claimed to be the best roadster there is out there. So we started from the already very good opinion that we had on it after simply reading the specs and came to find that this is an uncompromising naked motorcycle with superbike-like performance.
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Ducati’s 2009 SportClassic lineup features what can be presented as a café racer fitted with a classic style half fairing. Still, the bike is as modern as Ducatis get nowadays and this makes it a modern classic on which we were eager to jump. We did so and came across the best power-to-weight ratio of the category as well as over the refreshed, but still unique riding characteristics of a café racer.
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Ducati’s stand at the 2008 Intermot show featured the Monster 1100 and 1100S as the main attraction points, but the Italian house also enlarged its 2009 SportClassic range with the GT1000 Touring. This last stood out as the next big attraction (despite the facile transformation, if we look at the standard bike) and we simply had to get our hands on it.
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When Ducati set out to built the sport-touring Multistrada 1100 model they did it with top notch engineering, refinement and, most of all, style. As a 2009 model year, this represents the Italian way of building a bike that would prove efficient on the way to and from work during the first five days of the week and great fun during weekend trips as well.
Not only that, but Ducati also offers the “S” Multistrada 1100 model, which is no more or less than an upgraded model with performance suspensions and even carbon fiber insertions.
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The end of September 2008 saw Ducati launching the new Monster 1100 and the 1100S version, a smart move that increased the Monster lineup to three members (if you count the Monster 696), each one offering a new kind of excitement. This was the first out of ten new models that Ducati announced to launch until 2010.
The TopSpeed crew counts more than a few Ducati fans and we simply couldn’t abstain ourselves from seeing what the big Monsters can do in a variety of riding environments. Check out the results.
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The latest entry-level Monster has been available for almost a year now, but we haven’t yet experienced the best of it simply because the Bologna, Italy manufacturer had other temptations for us. It was about time to reconnect with the Monster’s versatile character in order to come up with a report and the fact that the 2009 model year is lighter and more powerful only spiced things up a little bit.
Completely redesigned and still retaining the very essence of a Monster, the 696 blends beauty with comfort and practicability. The result is an overall better performing and more attractive looking Italian naked with a famous name that is better than any possible commercial.
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