Skip to main content
YouTube:
Instagram:
Facebook:
Twitter:
user_account_buttons
Log-In
Register
Search
News
News Home
General
New Bikes
Industry
Viral
Reviews
Reviews Home
Motorcycle Reviews
Product Reviews
First Ride
Road Test
Versus
Used Bike
Racing
Racing News Home
General
MotoGP
WSB
BSB
Road Racing
Features
Features Home
General
Advanced Riding
How To
Interviews
Deals
Learner
Motorcycle Track Guides
Top 10s
Workshop
Videos
Home
Ducati
General
How the 1098 Saved Ducati
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
Road Test
1098R and the Fastest Island in the World
Ducati’s glorious 1098R thrashed around the the Isle of Man just days before thousands of bikers got there for the 2008 TT. If there’s a two-wheeled heaven, this may just be it
General
You what? Bike dealer donates Ducati 848 to police
Riding around Cumbria? Watch out for a white 848 tha wants to go for a play
Guides
Ride Casey Stoner’s bike
Do what no one else can do and get to grips with the Ducati Desmosedici, the fiercest race bike on the planet
General
Brighton Rock - Desmo at the Speed Trials
Once a year in September the seafront at Brighton rocks to the sound of highly-tuned car and bike engines blasting up the prom. This year, we joined them on the most expensive production bike in the world
Used Bike
Second Hand Dream Bikes - Yamaha RD350LC, Honda RC30, Ducati 916SP used test
Whitham, Mackenzie and Urry spill the beans on owning the bike of your dreams, sometimes it’s Heaven and sometimes it’s Hell. RC30, RD350LC and 916SP revisited.
Used Bike
Supertramps - Honda Blackbird, Ducati Multistrada, Aprilia SXV550 used test
There’s a heatwave on out there and you’ve got £4000 to spend on a new bike for summer, but should you go for something refined, something Italian or something plain nuts? Let’s shop...
Road Test
Cash Machines - MV Agusta F4 312RR, Ducati 1198S, KTM RC8R, Aprilia RSV4 Factory
Expensive, exclusive, esoteric and bordering on erotic, the latest quartet of exotic Europeans are only for a select few
First Ride
Ducati Streetfighter first ride review
If you thought the S4RS was barking, then think again. Ducati’s latest machine goes right back to streetfighting basics…
Road Test
Fifteen Degrees of Separation - Ducati Monster V KTM Super Duke
All-new and more powerful than ever, Ducati's big Monster is back to battle the super-naked benchmark: KTM's Super Duke
Road Test
Fight Club - Ducati 1198 v Yamaha R1 review
While Ducati cleaned up in superbike racing with Bayliss and Yamaha the year after with Spies, which is better a production version of their winning bikes?
Interviews
Troy Bayliss: After the racing
Visordown caught up with Troy Bayliss to find out what life's like after racing. And what he plans to do with all that free time
First Ride
Ducati 1198 and 1198S review
Niall brushes elbows with Troy Bayliss at the launch of Ducati’s new big-bore superbike. It’s a monster machine that will put hairs on the inside of your eyelids, let alone your chest...
General
Video: 2010 Ducati Mulitstrada S in action
Check out Ducati's eagerly awaited GS rival, in the company's latest video
General
First Look: Petit Desmosedici Trike concept
Fancy a slice of this 200bhp bad boy?
General
2010 MV Agusta F4 1000 presentation video
Tasty track riding footage of MV's new superbike
MotoGP
Stoner 'happy' with new Ducati engine
Ducati team-mates get to grips with 2010 Desmosedici racers
MotoGP
Ducati Desmosedici GP10 Picture Special
Is this the best-looking bike on the MotoGP grid, or what?
Product
New: Ducati 80s Leather Jacket
New product showcase from Visordown
Motorbike
S1 125 review