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Bloodlust - Honda NR750 vs. Ducati Desmosedici
By Niall Mackenzie and Jon Urry on 19/05/2009 15:30:27
Honda’s NR750 and Ducati’s Desmosedici are two of the most stunning bikes ever built. Each are worth £40,000 and both were developed from pure GP technology. There may be an incredible 16 years between them, but exclusivity this rare is timeless
and their special Desmodronic system. And what did they know about four cylinder engines or GP racing? It wasn’t long before I was eating humble crumble because in its first ever MotoGP the Desmo finished in third and fifth place with, fittingly, Italian Loris
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Ducati Desmosedici RR road test
By John Hogan on 12/07/2010 10:09:05
One of the MotoGP gods from the 990 era, the Ducati Desmosedici has been transplanted to a road-going and is now terrifying regular riders
before they get better. The Desmo I’m set to ride is on slicks. It also boasts a quickshifter and a Power Commander. And I’ll be sharing a sun-kissed Donington Park with 40 other Desmosedicis as part of the most unique, exclusive and expensive trackday I
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Rossi's Desmosedici GP12 technical analysis
By Our technical expert on 11/04/2011 13:53:49
And a clever way to play 2011 testing bans...
going Desmosedici RR that's derived from the older 990 machine uses a huge 86mm bore, way bigger than the 2012 regulations allow.The firm's trademark desmo valve system helped the old engine achieve high revs even while other firms started resorting
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Mike Scott Column - Feb 2008
By Mike Scott on 15/02/2008 12:37:06
Tyres, dodgy electronics and the first tests at Jerez: Scottie’s rubs his hands and gets stuck into another round of silly-season antics
because it’s such a small factory, and the lone European. Then they can bring their old 990 Desmo back. With today’s electronics and Stoner on board, that’d blow those Japanese 800s into the weeds.Tyres were the main source of controversy last season
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Michael Scott Column - Feb 08
By Michael Scott on 17/02/2008 16:08:13
Tyres, dodgy electronics and the first tests at Jerez: Scottie’s rubs his hands and gets stuck into another round of silly-season antics
because it’s such a small factory, and the lone European. Then they can bring their old 990 Desmo back. With today’s electronics and Stoner on board, that’d blow those Japanese 800s into the weeds.Tyres were the main source of controversy last season
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MotoGP: Stoner posts fastest test time on new GP9
By Visordown News on 10/06/2008 11:09:13
Click here to see images of Casy Stoner's new Ducati Desmosedici GP9
Stoner's new Desmosedici GP9HE may have been scheduled to test the all-new GP9 Desmo MotoGP tomorrow, but Casey Stoner decided to put some miles in on the prototype machine yesterday – and smashed his opposition by posting the fastest time
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Mike Scott Column - Apr 2002
By Mike Scott on 01/04/2002 11:45:33
Elder of Grand Prix journalism, Editor of Motocourse and man on the inside of GP racing, Mike Scott dissects the future of motorcycle racing
show the strong cross-over factor between the Supers and the new MotoGP 990cc four-strokes; both suggest that the direction of the cross-over favours the GPs.One is the migration from GPs to SBK of the new Petronas-Sauber (or Not-Sauber, as it has
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