Archive for the ‘Superbikes’ Category

Ducati launches 848 Nicky Hayden Edition Sportsbike

Tuesday, July 7th, 2009

Ducati unveiled the new for 2010 Nicky Hayden edition 848 for the US market on 4th of July at Red Bull United States Grand Prix at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. [caption id="attachment_579" align="alignleft" width="250" caption="Ducati 848 Nicky Hayden Edition"][/caption] Nicky Hayden Edition 848 is the 2010 model of Ducati’s middleweight sport ...

Rossi & Lorenzo replica 2009 Yamaha R1′s launched

Sunday, May 3rd, 2009

[caption id="attachment_563" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="2009 Yamaha R1 Rossi Replica"][/caption] Yamaha France has just released 2009 Yamaha R1 in  Valentino Rossi & Jorge Lorenzo replica factory livery. These bikes will be made available in limited numbers( 4 units only) for select buyers in France. In France, each R1 will cost €19,990 (a ...

Ducati to finally open showrooms in India starting off with Mumbai

Wednesday, January 21st, 2009

Ducati after it's entry in India 7 months ago will finally open it's showrooms in India. It's first showroom is expected to open in Mumbai in the third quarter with a possibility of more showrooms by next year. [caption id="attachment_454" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Ducati 1098R"][/caption] “We want to have one showroom in every ...

BMW planning a midrange capacity sportsbike.

Sunday, January 4th, 2009

BMW plans to enter the highly competitive and large volume middleweight supersport motorsegment with development of a new 600cc sportsbike. Unlike previous endevors where BMW would bring out an innovative product, this time it's expected to pickup design cues from the sucessfull production models from Japanese firms. [caption id="attachment_414" align="alignright" width="300" ...

Sportsbike riders are over 4 times likely to die!!

Saturday, November 8th, 2008

Sportsbikes account for the highest death rate and for over 25% fatalities among bikers as per a study by IIHS. With eye-popping acceleration, superb manuverability and stopping power combined with the most powerful engines developing maximum bhp per tonne, superbikes or supersport bikes as they are sometimes called have been ...

Ducati launches Limited Edition Bayliss 1098R

Tuesday, November 4th, 2008

[caption id="attachment_261" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Ducati SBK 1098R Troy Bayliss"][/caption] Ducati has released a limited edition 1098 superbike, the Bayliss 1098R to commemorate Troy Bayliss's victory in the 2008 World Superbike Championship on board the 1098 R. The 1098 R Bayliss Limited Edition has a special colour scheme designed by Aldo Drudi. The ...

Ducati Monster 1100 & 1100S… Finally they are official

Thursday, September 25th, 2008

[caption id="attachment_184" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="2009 Ducati Monster 1100"][/caption] Ducati Monster have been practically unchanged since 1994. Last year when the new Ducati 696 was restyled & launched,  there were speculations for the higher capacity which have finally been confirmed with Ducati unveiling the Monster 1100 & 1100S. The new Monsters are powered ...

MotoGP FIAT replica body kits for Yamaha R1 & R6

Thursday, September 18th, 2008

As a limited edition gesture, Yamaha France will offer 35 kits of MotoGP livery to customers who own a recent Yamaha R1 or R6. The kits will feature a full MotoGP styled fairing kit, fuel cap and graphics. The kit once on the bike will transform a R1/R6 into a MotoGP ...

Are Indians wary of Superbikes?

Wednesday, August 13th, 2008

[caption id="attachment_4" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Ducati 1098S Tricolore"][/caption] I came across this article in Economic Times stating the launch of superbikes to be a disaster in India. With 73 R1 & MT-01 sold since December 07 & 'just' 22 bookings for Ducati's in India, the launches have been termed failures. Now let's look ...