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Custom Rumble: the competition to find the best Scrambler “specials” built by Ducati dealers all over the world steps up a gear
Competition to decide the best dealer-customised Scrambler bikes
Photos and videos of dealers’ works in progress to be published online weekly
Best 6 Scrambler “specials” to be voted by users on the Instagram profile @customrumble

Borgo Panigale (Bologna, Italy), 27 October 2015 - With registration having closed in September, the Scrambler Custom Rumble competition is now nearing its climax.

The competition, which awards the best and most beautiful “custom” Scrambler bikes built by Ducati dealers, is really beginning to heat up with the unveiling of the first works.

Renamed “Custom Rumble Ambassadors” specially for the occasion, dealers taking part in the competition have opened an Instagram profile where, every week, they’ll be posting videos and photos of the bikes they’re customising.

Numerous Ducati dealers from Italy and the rest of the world...

Bloody fantastic !!

Bought my new 899 September 19th last year, so I've had the bike for 13 months now and I'm still over the moon with it !!

I've used it quite a bit this year, 4 long weekends away, almost 1,000 miles each, plus the normal? weekend blasts and all the way from running it in I've never had one bit of bother with it.
The finish is spot on and it just cleans up like brand new with very little effort.

Its just had its 7,500 mile service ( £166 quid, bargain! ) and its going like stink, I ride it in race mode normally and only swap to road mode when it rains, I don't use the wet mode at all as it just dumbs the bike down too much.
As I've said before, the bike seemed to get loads better after 5,000 miles, revs quicker and the suspension seems like it has finally bedded in

One happy bunny! you can just see the chrome silencer of my mates BMW s1000XR poking out behind my bike.
This pic was taken at St Mary's Loch on a 3 day weekend up to Dumfries in Scotland, the...

Just seen this on Facebook and would like to congratulate Neil on his achievement.
Steve

Cornerspeed
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Proper chuffed !!
During the recent Ducati Global Dealer Meet, Ducati UK awarded us with the 2015 Dealer Service Award. To say I was happy is an understatement. Sat in a room of "giants" that is the whole UK network, to be honoured with this award is one of, if not the proudest moment in the 12 years Cornerspeed has been in existence. Thanks to Ducati UK but above all thank you to all our customers that have supported us.
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Sold :Wideyed:

high quality Italian Motorcycles

something lighter, nimbler and that needs more ragging than my K5 monster

Reasonable spec:
Mupo shock
Worked internals
Std motor with PC and tune to 118 hp
Really short QA throttle
Triumph QS
De cat with race can (loud!)
Nice rear sets
Sigma slipper
Started life as a triple cup bike
2010
Rental clip ons
Spare wheels too

Bring on some track time

There's a crazy deal on in Halfords at the moment.
Buy their tool chest and roller cab together and the price is £199.
Use the code B16WT03 and they'll knock another £40 off!
At £159 it's the bargain of the year.

Multiple champion squad returns to its roots
PBM to run factory-supported Panigale Rs
Glenn Irwin joins Shane Byrne in all-star line-up
Ducati is delighted to announce that front-running MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship outfit Paul Bird Motorsport (PBM) will contest the 2016 season with Panigale R Superbikes. The Penrith-based team will field four-time BSB champion Shane ‘Shakey’ Byrne alongside new signing Glenn Irwin.

Ulsterman Irwin makes the step up from the Motorpoint British Supersport Championship. The 25-year-old from Carrickfergus is a triple Irish champion and former British Supersport Cup champion and currently occupies third place in this year's British Supersport title race.

The team will use fully factory-supported Ducati Panigale Rs – a return to the marque with which Steve Hislop and Shane Byrne both claimed British Superbike Championships for the Italian company under the MonsterMob Ducati branding in the early 2000s.

Both Byrne and Irwin will race...

Just wanted to say I finally have a 748! It's an SPS and im loving it so far!

Thanks @ibgarrow for selling me your bike and helping it all to go smoothly!

Many Thanks
Dave

Well it finally arrived. She was more mint than I expected. Although there was a stone chip in one head light, a bit of a swine hund but not the end of the world to sort out. Happy with it for the price I paid. beautiful bike.

Ha !
Keep your Ducatis

Today I shall be mostly hooning on the finest section of road I've ever had the pleasure of riding. Forget the Stelvio pass, far too tight hairpins, the magnificent section of road from Cala de Sant Vincent through to Sant Joan de Labritja in the north east of Ibiza was made for motorcycles. Tarmac perfection , smooth sweeping bends with perfect visibility means the attack on the bend can be planned far in advance, powered out of, and decent distances between the corners enables one to get up to some decent speed again before slowing for the next bend. So good that I have been perfecting my riding on the same section for 3 days in a row .
Did I mention the added bonus of the Gorgeous tiny short clad Spanish girls, dear oh dear god help me!
This evening I shall be mostly up to mischief on my mates yacht.

Presentation of Ducati 2016 model range also to go ahead on live web feed
Ducati World Première 2016, Monday 16 November, to precede the opening of EICMA 2015
Enthusiasts from all over the world will be able to link up via the internet

Borgo Panigale (Bologna, Italy), 9 October 2015 – The countdown to the Ducati World Première 2016 – the official presentation of Ducati models for the coming season – has begun. The event will begin at 4 p.m. on Monday 16 November, the day before EICMA 2015 opens its doors to the press.

As in 2015, the Ducati World Première will be streamed live on the web, where Ducatisti all over the world will be able to experience the unveiling of the latest Ducati bikes for 2016 as it happens.

The very latest models, together with the new Monster 1200 R already presented at the Frankfurt IAA, plus the full range of Ducati accessories and apparel, will be exhibited to the public at the 73rd International Motorcycle Exhibition (EICMA 2015) at the Fiera di...

We went for something different on the carby bike. Weight and performance is the objective of the EVO SS. Cafe bling is the objective here. The paint is a blingy metal flake.

Should be ready next month!

Right,

lets get this off my chest. Some of you know me very well, some in passing, some I have had a pint with and a fair few of you I have shared a paddock and a track with.

Occasionally I am abrupt, downright rude, challenging, gobby and even caustic. These are all parts of my personality. To balance things out there are fun, giggly, encouraging, informative, shy,knowledgeable and happy go lucky aspects too. I suspect this is true of all people. I have made lifelong friends in the biking community and respect them all for the characters they are.

My first foray into forums was many many years ago on Thumpertalk (single cylinder bike stuff, not belting people :Angelic. Since then I have found them to be of great benefit in many ways. Some forums cross social boundaries, giving people with very differing views but a common interest a shared space in which to meet.

I like a bit of anarchy, and I do try to temper my digits but sometimes I fail miserably. On those occasions I...

The finals of the Ducati Speciale Challenge took place yesterday at a sun drenched Silverstone circuit. The penultimate round of the British Superbike round was the setting for the Ducati Speciale’s own showdown as the eight finalists gathered at the circuit to discover who would be the 2015 Ducati Speciale champion.

Ducati has always been synonymous with performance and design and most Ducati customers modify their bike in some way using the extensive array of Ducati Performance accessories available. To celebrate some of the best examples of self-expression by UK Ducatisti, Ducati UK created the Ducati Speciale Challenge and invited entries from all over the country which were finally shortlisted to a final eight.

The eight bikes were displayed outside the Ducati UK hospitality drawing a crowd throughout the weekend. It was here that the judges, Niall Mackenzie, Ducati TriOptions ambassador, Tim Maccabee, Managing Director and Neil Spalding MotoGP technical journalist,...

just somehow looks 'right' to me

cranker!!'

Got a scary call from my 18 yr old son this evening that he'd been involved in an accident. The car behind him had been hit from behind and been forced onto his bike (short wheelbase XR125) and he then hit the car in front. He came off and hurt his leg but nothing serious and after a check over was released without need to go to A&E.

The Police did a fantastic job; arranged for the bike to be collected and drove my son back 20 miles from Oxford. Great for my son to be able to form a positive impression of the Police. He also laughed that they had a vehicle licence reader that gave a Homer Simpson "Doh!" upon recognising an uninsured car (6 on the way home). They praised my son for having all the right protective kit that probably saved him from more serious injury. Great service, thanks.

At last I have managed to get a ride on my new Scrambler,a red Icon.
Nice and easy to move out of the garage,not to heavy and with a nice low centre of gravity.Nice and easy to mount,the tail is a full 7" lower than my SF.
So, off we go.one of the first things I notice is how light the clutch is,difficult to believe it is cable operated.The wing mirrors actually work as well,I don't have to bend my body to see what's behind me.
This bike is acting like a little puppy,straining at the leash,and waiting to run away.Nice bit of torque,this thing likes a bit of a gallop.I like it.
Good slow speed running as well,nicely balanced and the engine very docile.I only encountered a bit of first gear 'over eagerness once'.Just a case of getting to know the bike I suppose.
Nice gear shift,I didn't encounter any false neutrals.Rev counter not that brilliant to read but luckily I can tell from engine feel that I am not labouring or screaming the engine.
After about 20 miles I...

Hey guys I've been doing some reviews of the Ducati's i've been trying whilst 899 is in for surgery. Here's the 1299 which i'm still riding. You may think it's a tonne of wank!
So far i have tried Monster 1200S Stripe, Monster 696, 1299s and 1299, Scrambler Icon (with panniers), 2016 Multistrada.

To say i am gutted about the fate that has befallen my 899 is an understatement. However a deep down feeling (and family request) that we never dance again is quite hard to ignore even with Ducati's finest looking after my 899. Every cloud has a silver lining and the dealers are doing their part by letting me use loan bikes.

I digress.

I was handed the keys to a 65 plate 1299 base with 7 miles on it. Between riding away from dealers at 2:30pm Tuesday and now, i've stuck 121 miles on it. Slowly at first to scrub in the Supercorsa SPs it's shod with.

Let's sort the bad out quickly:
1) Price. No getting around the fact that near £17k for a bike is obscene, and too much for any sensible...