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I know.....I'm at it again,pestering you lovely people for more donations.
I hope to,if I get my target,Skydive with the Red Devils for the only other charity close to my heart.It might even scare my cancer away for ever!!
I've also chosen to do the jump on my birthday this year,fingers crossed I'm healthy and ok to do it.....
Please read the link below and donate WHATEVER you can for these wonderful heroes and heroines.
THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN XX
Jennifer Coates is fundraising for Help for Heroes
Please do not give any negative comments on this post.......if you have grievances about this then please feel free to PM me!

The weather was just too good to not bring out the chariots for the first time since their winter refresh. Both received new suspension, serviced, and Ventureshielded.

Bayliss was defeated by the white corner, but he brought it home again on the red one
1098R profile pic.

this is the one for now

Picked up my new to me 848 Evo SE today, new tyres and pissing rain on a blustery bad day for biking. Just come back from a second blast. I couldn't resist. I daren't take any pictures. I'd be drummed out of the Ducati club for bike abuse. I already have a deeply loved SF848 and the Evo has not let me down. Solid as a rock and light and lovely all at the same time. Even in the mud and rain I am very pleased with my purchase. Weather be damned. I shall further acquaint myself in the morning.

As the title says here's my 899 current spec, Pictures from today.

BST Carbon Wheels
DID chain and Talon sprocket
DP tinted screen
DP mirror blanks
DP rearsets
DP carbon heal guards
DP carbon exhaust heat shields
DP comfort seat
DP levers
DP fuel cap
Termi exhausts & air filter
Ducati seat cowl & rear comfort seat
Evo tech tail tidy
1199 indicators
Evo tech rad guards
R&G reels
8x6 plate
Pro Grip 717's
New supercorsas fitted today

Next on the list
Ohlins ttx
DP carbon shock cover

Dream list/maybe one day list

Ohlins FGRT forks

This needs a new owner.

54,809 motorcycles delivered, 702 million Euro sales and 54 million Euro earnings for Ducati in 2015
CEO Claudio Domenicali: "A solid company, well prepared for the challenges of the future"
CFO André Stoffels: "A continuing growth trend for the company"

Borgo Panigale, Bologna (Italy) / Ingolstadt (Germany), 3 March 2016 – Ducati Group is showing a consistent growth rate - closing 2015 with 54,809 Ducati motorcycles delivered to owners worldwide. The growth in sales allowed the turnover figure to exceed 700 million Euro, with operating profit at 54 million Euro and an operating return on sales of 7.8%.

The financial figures of the Audi Group - of which Ducati is part - relating to the fiscal year 2015, were presented at the annual press conference held at the AUDI AG headquarters in Ingolstadt.

Deliveries have increased by 21.5%, for a total of 54,809 motorcycles sold - almost 10,000 more than in 2014. In this record year, Ducati grew even faster than the global motorcycle...

Hi boys and girls I finally got round to publishing a video on my site about the first 1000 miles. Let me know what you think!

Sorry about the face and the monotone! Entirely the freezing weathers fault making it difficult to speak!

Got a riding modes, 1299 v 1299S and a Diavel one to go up when I get a chance to finish.

http://thatsbelter.com/

Hello, my name is Anders, and new to this forum. Im an "old family guy" from Norway, ridden and owned several bikes through many years (mostly japanese bikes; R1, CBR1000, GSXR1000`s, ZX-10R, also Aprilia RSV1000R factory, BMW1200RS and KTM´s). But never my dream from mid-90`s:
This is the one. Owned and served well by the same guy last 20 years.

To be honest, i hope it will function a few more miles. Its been ridden a lot, 57000 miles (!).... Many "things" have been done with it last year, but, i will post more updates during the coming season to tell You all how it works.
A Ducati dealer told me it may last all the way up to 90-100000 miles if i took care of it. I will try
(Sorry for my bad english)
Looking forward to hang around this forum, cheers:sunglasses:

Well here we go... Two months in waiting for the new regs.... Glorious day on Monday, pissing down on Tuesday. Still, picked her up in the rain just to see if Wet mode worked!!!
What a bike, thought my 749s was good can't wait for full race mode!
1199s is a leap forward from my ducatis of old....

It has been a long development process to put this all together. A two-man-show, me doing the hardware side (PCB prototyping, component assembly, testing), my brother (he is C++ programmer) working on software side of this project in about 6 month span. After several hours (clocking about +200h of personal time) and countless £££ spent on PCB board revisions, ECU models, components and prototype mistakes we have finally finished this into viable functional adapter. I would like to proudly present my contribution to the DIY servicing of your Ducati Motorcycle: A completely new design of Diagnostics/Service adapter for the shadetree / garage mechanic.
It all started after huge frustration of getting all of those OBD adapters to work. In my case and also in a case for many of my friends, I could not get to work all of those blue/silver/black OBD Vagcom adapters that you can buy online on Ebay/Amazon/etc with available free DucatiDiag software. Also, available bluetooth adapters did...

Newest Ducati store opens in Nottingham
Largest Ducati showroom in the dealer network
British Superbike Be Wiser Ducati rider Shane Byrne opens dealership


Ducati UK welcome Ducati Nottingham to its UK dealer network. Ducati Nottingham, owned and operated by Pidcocks Motorcycles becomes the twelfth solus Ducati store in the UK.

The store is located on a prominent main road on the edge of Nottingham occupying a 7,500 sq ft premises boasting the largest Ducati showroom in the UK. The showroom incorporates the latest Ducati retail identity communicating a strong and distinctive brand image with a premium customer experience. The dealership also has a two bay workshop with room for expansion to four bays.

Shane Byrne was the guest of honour for the official opening, welcoming the first customers to visit the new dealership. ‘Shakey’meet fans and posed for photos and signed autographs. Byrne was also keen to tell fans about his experiences of the new XDiavel which he had ridden...

Well I've lied a bit in the title already, its actually a Magni Sfida 1100, but its based heavily on the Guzzi Sport.

Anyway after a long time when life got in the way I thought I'd start to try and make some progress.

The front wheel going in a milestone as at least its now got 2 wheels and an engine and long road filled with pain and frustration awaits

I am not scared to change some of the rubbish stuff on it, even though it lowers value, I'll be either past caring or pushing up the daisies when it leaves. So value isn't a big issue to me.

Thought somebody might like a wee peek

So it was a sad day on Tuesday when I said goodbye to my 1199. It's gone to a good home, someone from here, so that's cool.

And today I picked up this as its replacement.

It's a 2013 899 on a 63 plate, one owner, 2600 miles with Termi cans, Evotech tail tidy and genuine Panigale R decals (although I'm not sure if they'll be staying!)

It's pretty much mint but yeah, not sure about the decals. The guy was sticker crazy, if you believe the stickers then it has an Ohlins rear shock and steering damper too It has some nasty stickers on the rims too which will be coming straight off also.

I had a few reasons to want to swap from a 1199 to an 899. One being that it has helped free up a little cash for my screen protector project and secondly I never really felt like I was making the most of the 1199, it was almost wasted on me. I'd like to feel a little more like I'm ringing the bikes neck a little, which is pretty much impossible on the 1199 on the road.

So yeah, here it...

Collecting my red 899 tomorrow morning. Don't know what else to say. Can't wait.

The ninth edition of World Ducati Week, at the “Marco Simoncelli Misano World Circuit” from 1 to 3 July 2016, gathers Ducatisti from all over the world
Bikes, Riders and Community together to celebrate the 90th anniversary of Ducati
Tickets and passes available from 23 March on the wdw.ducati.it website


Not just an event or simple bike meet, World Ducati Week is much, much more…
Every two years the Ducati universe gets together to celebrate a shared desmodromic passion and the pride that comes from belonging to such a prestigious, unique and fascinating brand. From 1 to 3 July 2016 the “Red Party” will be back, with this ninth edition hosted at the “Marco Simoncelli Misano World Circuit”. WDW2016 calls on Ducatisti from all over the world (over 65 thousand tickets sold at the 2014 edition) to get together for a three-day event which will coincide with the climax of celebrations for the 90th anniversary of Ducati.

In time-honoured fashion, there will be a busy programme of...

Ducati UK to again hold two track days on the full GP circuits at Silverstone and Donington Park.
Track days will be held in association with California Superbike School.
Monster 1200 S, 959 Panigale and the 1299 Panigale will be available to hire by the day or by the session.


This year Ducati UK will host two exclusive track days for Ducati owners at Donington Park on May 31 and Silverstone on June 16. Both the track days will be ‘noisy’ (105db) days and will take place on the full GP circuits priced at £175. Breakfast and lunch is included in the price for those riding.

A unique feature of Ducati track days will be the chance to hire a Ducati to ride on track. For those who do not wish to take their own bike on track or would like to test ride a Ducati in a controlled environment there is an opportunity to hire the Monster 1200 S, the new 959 Panigale or the 1299 Panigale. These can be reserved during the booking process. It is advisable to book hire bikes early as there is...

Today was sunny, so I popped out for a ride on my ST4.
I thought I'd post a few pics. Empty roads and just a T shirt under my jacket.
Better than an English summer day because there was almost no traffic.

Tight roads at first, then onto a real peachy blaster. The A-356 Valez-Malaga to Colmenar.
So good I turned around and went back again, past the reservoir at Vinuela.

As I approached Los Castillejos there's a lovely right hand sweeping bend, on the opposite side is a restaurant. About 10 guys on trial bikes stood outside with their helmets on. It looked like an organised tour, they must have been having fun. I know I was.

They turned and looked up early as the roar of the Termignonis announced my arrival. I was hanging off the right side of the bike with my knee out but I took my left hand off the bar and gave them a wave. Every one of them waved back.

Lou Reed came to mind, "Just a perfect day."

Finally got round to having my bike painted by dream machine

Hi All
Today, I took my 899 into the dealer for a service, and at the same time arranged to have a test of the demo 959 so I could get some form of reasonable back to back comparison.
Although it was bloody cold leaving my house at 9am to make the 60 mile trip to the dealer, the roads were pretty dry largely, and it gave me a chance to remember what my 899's really like before going on the new bike.
Here's a few token pics of the 959
I had the 959 for a good couple of hours, so got to give it a proper blast, although with temps hovering around 6deg and the roads really cold with still some ice about, I couldn't really get the tyres warm enough to really give it a blast
Personally, I'm not a big fan of the exhausts, although I do think the Akra option on the test bike look OK, and they're growing on me, but still a £1.2k option on a bike that's so far not being offered with any discount of free exhausts (yet)
The Akra pipes sounds pretty similar to my standard piped 899 at tick over...