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From 21 April, visits to the Ducati Museum and Factory will also resume throughout the week
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the 1972 Imola 200 won by Paul Smart, from 23 April the Museum will temporarily host the rider’s ‘750 Imola’ bike
The digital offer of the Borgo Panigale Experience is also extended with the free virtual tour to walk virtually through the halls of the Ducati Museum

Borgo Panigale (Bologna, Italy), 13 April 2022 - The Bologna-based motorcycle manufacturer is gearing up to welcome its fans again at full speed: starting from 21 April, visits to the Ducati Museum and Factory will resume throughout the week.

The Ducati Museum will be accessible from Monday to Sunday from 9:00 to 18:00, with one closing day on Wednesday. In the halls of the Museum, located in the heart of the Ducati factory in Bologna, visitors will be able to discover the most iconic racing and road bikes that have made the history of the brand, along with many unique anecdotes and details....

Attention all potential Scammers!

Following a spate of scammers attacking this forum certain steps have now been put in place to stop you trying to scam the good people of this forum.

We do not and will not tolerate scamming on our forum. Anyone found scamming and/or trying to scam another member will be reported to the Police and the Action Fraud department.

Forum members must remain vigilant and report potential scammers and their activities to forum admin.

We do not take this lightly.

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On May 7th, join the group ride for a live event that anticipates the World Ducati Week in July! Take the road with all the Ducatisti and fans at your local dealer. Find out more about the live event on ducat.it/dealer-locator

#WeAreDucati #WeRideAsOne #DucatistiWorldGathering

Hi, new to this forum but just wanted to touch base with you and gain some advice after purchasing an 848 Evo.

I haven’t owned a bike for many years (I used to have a Yamaha RD350 LC), but after many years dreaming of a Ducati, I finally treated myself last week

I took it out on Saturday and loved riding it, but my only concern is the mirrors, as I don’t have much view of anything behind me

Please go easy on me if I’m saying something that just goes with the territory of owning a Ducati, but can you offer me any advice of other mirrors I can use without messing about too much with the bike?

thanks in advance!

It's that time of year again so thought I would share some photos of my 888 with the single rear seat in place as well as the new carbon clutch cover too. Now ready for the MOT tomorrow.

If you are looking to get your 851s or 888s back on the road for the season (or already have) lets see how many are hitting the road with some photos!

So it’s farewell to my Multistrada 1200 (purchased May 2010) and to this Forum.

The best bike I have owned, never let me down (expired battery excepted) and always looked after me with a chassis that was way beyond my riding skill. It has a raw, immediate power delivery and lighter weight than later versions, that I loved and always made me smile.

Instead of an expected change to the V4, I have bought my 1st BMW (@rotaxracer you started this transition!), an S1000 XR TE M Sport. It has had the pipe changed, centre stand, GPS mount, rear grabrail/rack mount removed saving 13 kgs approx. The M Sport has the 5kgs lighter wheels and it makes a noticeable difference compared to the demonstrator I test rode. This really suited my aims of good power with lower weight and it is just so light and easy to ride with all the latest tech and a fabulous quickshifter. I do miss the massive engine braking and immediate delivery of torque for an overtake that could lift the front wheel in 3rd....

Finally in what can only be described as the end to a perfect week, I sold the Hypermotard and bought the monster 1200s I’ve been drooling over since September last year!!! Never again will I try to sell a bike in the winter…it’s not worth the effort (tyre kickers, bogus dealers making “trade offers” and then the inevitable questions about why it’s been on so long). But as always with bikes, I did meet genuine/good people along the way and the guys who I struck deals with were exactly that. Both made it another excellent experience.

I picked the bike up yesterday near Gatwick and had the pleasure of getting to know it for the next four hours on A’s & B’s back to Bristol.

I think this one is a keeper! I love the riding position, the power delivery is awesome and the sound…what can I say! The fizzle and pop from the Spark exhaust on overrun is so fun, a real head turner. I need to do some tinkering/personalising and the belts need changing but other than that it’s perfect.

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Unfortunately one of our members has been scammed by an account (CGT878) before I noticed suspicious activity with the account and deleted it within 24 hours of it being set up.

If you are contacted by an account (particularly a new account) who claims to be selling something please, please, please check them out. You can always contact me and/or @Ducbird and we can try and do some background checks on them.

Unfortunately one of our members has been scammed by an account (CGT878) before I noticed suspicious activity with the account and deleted it within 24 hours of it being set up.

If you are contacted by an account (particularly a new account) who claims to be selling something please, please, please check them out. You can always contact me and/or @Ducbird and we can try and do some background checks on them.

Unfortunately one of our members has been scammed by an account (CGT878) before I noticed suspicious activity with the account and deleted it within 24 hours of it being set up.

If you are contacted by an account (particularly a new account) who claims to be selling something please, please, please check them out. You can always contact me and/or @Ducbird and we can try and do some background checks on them.

How's it going, y'all? After years of avoiding bikes due to the fear of potential injury derailing my sporting pursuits, I decided "what the heck" and jumped in head first. I've ridden downhill MTB and done all sorts of stuff on bicycles, but you know how people are about motorcycles; not encouraging, to say the least. Especially coaches who like to tell you how such and such athletes have clauses prohibiting motorcycle riding and whatnot. Well, Dennis Rodman rode a bike and he seemed to be having much (much) more fun than all the other coddled, straight-laced athletes, and so I harbored secret dreams of riding bikes one day and here I am.

Started off on the street and decided that I needed to be able to do some stuff off-road as well for the sake of completeness as a rider. That's why my latest purchase was a Ducati Desert Sled. After living in constant fear of dropping it on fire trails other light off-road terrain, I decided to take it to the desert because it says it right...

Finally it's here and being prep'd for collection.

Ordered in November which in hindsight was a good move as it's Spring now!!

CW 1 by KTM Marky, on Flickr

Up for sale is my trophy 1098R
I bought it via this forum in 2017 and have just done around 200 miles in that time. it’s been sitting I my workshop or in the living room in that time and I’m not going to ever really ride it so it’s time someone used it as intended.
Mileage is 10700 .
It has an early service history and was then looked after by Richard at Louigi Moto. The motor was taken apart and had rods and piston in and the cams dialled in accordingly .
I do have a dyno graph for it saying 191 bhp but make of that what you will.
Due to it sitting for so long the bike has just had fluids changed and new belts along with a new battery.
It has a full 70 mm system, I think some different levers and footrest and the originals are in the loft which go with the bike.

sorry it’s not the best advert , please look at the pictures.
The bike is totally immaculate and unmarked and near Cambridge.
Thanks.
£16800 Ono.

Hi first time Ducati owner from just outside Birmingham. Very proud owner of a 2015 899 Pinagale. Absolutely love the thing. Loads of mods completed just waiting for the weather to improve to put some serious miles on it.

I’m sorry to have to tell you all that our old friend Al (aka @Arquebus) passed away at the end of January this year.

I, among many other forum members, knew he had been ill for some time and we’d also noted he’d not been on the forum for a while. I’d wanted to try and make contact for some time but was afraid of the reply I might get back.

Well this afternoon I received the reply to my email that I didn’t want from his wife Glynis.

Al was a valued and knowledgeable member of the Ducati forum and I for one will miss him and his friendship. And although I’d never met him face to face we used to email/message each fairly regularly as he knew people I knew (and vice versa) from our work days and we’d reminisce about people and stories we both knew.

This forum was important to him on many levels. I will miss him, his humour, his knowledge and his friendship. I’m sure there are lots of you that feel the same

I’m sure that everyone would like to pass their condolences to Al’s...

Ducati 1000SS DS (2007)

Low mileage of 9618 miles, with a full service history and MOT, in superb condition.

Two owners. I purchased the bike at 2 years old in 2009 with 900 miles, the first owner purchased the bike from Motorline Ducati in Ashford.

Being the last model year it has all the nice bits from the last model year. The Red frame, adjustable Showa front forks, adjustable Ohlins rear shock, Brembo gold series brakes, lightweight black Marchesini wheels and that gorgeous aluminium swingarm.

Above the standard spec the bike has high level Ducati Performance carbon exhausts fitted (hard to find), originals are included. It also has an Optimate connector.

When I say full history it is a full history unlike others, serviced every year regardless of mileage by Italia Moto in Lincoln. The original service book became full, Italia Moto supplied another book so I have the full 15 service stamps in the books. Also included are receipts for every bit of work on the bike since...

just thought i'd share my first experience of riding my 94 900ss as its been a while waiting for the weather to dry up as i have only had it for 5 or 6 weeks, first set off was anxious but much easier than was expected after the info i had read, yeah its a bit of a different animal to jap engineered bikes but wow what machine ,no jap bike can stir that much feeling lol, its all different riding habits you have to learn quick but the sound on the over run is addictive, power for a 900 isn't as aggressive as i was expecting but the feel of wrestling an angry jolting finicky strangely engineered but beautiful machine is good for the soul and I'm reluctantly addicted against all my better judgements. i have felt what i have read about ducatis. its all true. gotta ride one before you die

Appearing at Ducati Dealerships across the UK
from 7th April to 12th May 2022

It is time to dream wilder as the stunning new DesertX embarks on an unprecedented tour of the UK ahead of the official launch. The DesertX is a bike designed to tackle the most demanding off-road conditions and this is your chance to get an up close experience with the model at your local Ducati Dealership on their Tour evening between 6pm - 8pm.

Get the answers to your questions from our experts in-store. Learn all about the dedicated accessory and apparel lines, and perhaps more importantly, get your name down in the demo ride diary ready for when the models officially arrive.

SEE WHEN AND WHERE, HERE

BOOK YOUR PLACE
A motorcycle that has its natural territory in the off-road and that moves the boundaries of what you can do with a Ducati. The dunes of the deserts, narrow off-road trails, dirt roads and mountain passes: with the new DesertX, dreams no longer know any limits.
DISCOVER THE NEW DESERTX

I've owned this since June 2019, but she finally took her first breaths again. Bit of wiring to tidy, tax, mot and I'm in buisness. Video of first start too large for upload here, carbon screen is coming off as soon as it's home. Ended up with white number plate on front because I didn't communicate with painter properly, but thinking it may help with visability on road. I'm very excited to finally unleash it on the Queens highways.

Shall post better pics when I've got her & given her a spruce up