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How the 1098 Saved Ducati
By Colin Goodwin on 04/05/2010 15:45:23
In 2007 the future looked bleak for Ducati. With debts in excess of £30 million and with a product range that simply wasn’t selling, it was quite possible that another famous Italian marque was about to go bust. And then along came the 1098
In 1995, while Carl Fogarty was ripping up the world’s circuits on the 916 and winning his second WSB championship in a row, Ducati was in the shit. Ailing companies within the Castaglioni group, the then current owners, were sucking money from
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How the 1098 saved Ducati
By Jocolin Goodwin on 07/09/2009 16:41:55
Two years ago the future looked bleak for Ducati. With debts in excess of £30 million and with a product range that simply wasn’t selling, it was quite possible that another famous Italian marque was about to go bust. And then along came the 1098..
with too many different model variants, and sales were down 20% that year. Ducati needed a two-wheeled saviour, and it was around the corner in the shape of the 1098. Claudio Domenicali, Ducati’s boss in charge of all current and future models, admits
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Spy shots: Ducati 1098 Streetfighter
By Visordown News on 03/11/2008 09:53:42
Eagle-eyed snapper captures what's reported to be Ducati's new 1098 naked
YOU'RE LOOKING at spy shots of what's believed to be Ducati's new 1098 Streetfighter.The bike was spotted at Ducati's factory gates earlier this week by an eagle-eyed snapper. As you can see, the company have spared no expense in camouflaging
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Martini Racing Ducati 1098S
By Visordown News on 08/07/2009 12:43:21
Check out this awesome Ducati 1098S with a Martini Racing paintjob, the paintjob that never fails to satisfy..
Martini Ducati 1098S ... looks freshMARTINI paints jobs always go down good. Much better than the drink itself, that's for sure.Check out this one-off Ducati 1098S by North California Ducati dealers Hattar Motorsports. The first official Martini
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First ride: Ducati 1098R
By Jon Urry on 06/11/2008 13:03:10
Thinking of buying a 1098R Ducati? Check out our first ride report of the ultimate factory superbike for the road
If you can’t beat them, get the rules changed so you can then build a bike with all the bits you need to dominate the racetrack out of the box. Ducati’s 1098R is pure WSB homologation magic...This time I’m going to be brave. Probably braver than I
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Milan: 2009 Ducati 1098 Streetfighter first pics
By Visordown News on 04/11/2008 09:16:28
We report back from the Milan show with the first pictures of Ducati's all-new 1098
HERE'S the first picture of Ducati's new 1098 Streetfighter, revealed at the Milan show on Monday night.
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Feed the habit: Living with the Ducati 1098R
By John Cantlie on 29/06/2010 10:55:25
Ducati’s hand-made and deliciously savage 1098R is unashamedly brutal, it takes no prisoners and makes no excuses. We lived with the £26k masterpiece for three weeks to find out if you can really live with such excess
Ducati 1098R, you honestly don’t care what other people think. You’re living in a special place called Me Town, population: one.I’ve ridden everything from jet-bikes in Arizona to Valentino Rossi’s RC211V in Malaysia, but the Ducati 1098R is as special
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Splitting Heirs: Ducati 998 v 1098
By Jon Urry on 19/01/2011 14:50:02
The Ducati 999 was just a stop-gap between the legendary 916 and the stunning new 1098. So for the first time ever, here are the two stablemates ridden head to head...
are unlikely to let them out of their garage, let alone allow someone like myself to throw a leg over it and give it the berries. But, having ridden the new 1098, I had to know if Ducati's successor to the 916 (we will brush over the 999's sad existence
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Next year's 1098R Ducati being tested now
By Visordown News on 14/05/2008 11:41:34
Junior Ducati Superstock squad test out next year's 1098 and one rider is looking like taking Bayliss' place
WITH Troy Bayliss retiring at the end of this year, the hunt to replace him in the premier Xerox Ducati squad is on and today two of the main candidates for the slot are out in Mugello testing next year's 1098R.Junior Ducati Superstockers Brendan
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KTM RC8 vs. Ducati 1098 - Euro Fighters
By Jon Urry on 22/10/2010 11:55:07
KTM's plan could be seen as audacious; take on the benchmark boss, Ducati’s 1098. So, should Ducati be scared?
slightly better about matters. V-twins always take a little while to click with, maybe we had just got off to a bad start. I was sure today would be better, the weather was great and waiting for a back to back comparison was a Ducati 1098, the benchmark V
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