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How Ellaspede Reimagined a 1981 Ducati Mike Hailwood Replica

A 1981 Ducati Mike Hailwood Replica is a piece of racing history, and most owners would restore one to factory spec. Owner Glenn took his MHR to Ellaspede in Brisbane instead, with a brief to honor its past while reworking the stance, performance and details.

Ducati introduced the MHR in 1979 to mark Mike Hailwood’s Formula One TT win at the Isle of Man, earned on his return to racing after more than a decade away. Brisbane’s Ellaspede has history with odd briefs, including a custom Honda Zoomer.

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Could Ducati’s Desmo450 SM End KTM’s Supermoto Dominance?

Ducati has revealed the full specifications for its first racing supermoto, the Desmo450 SM, ahead of a December arrival at European dealers.

The bike was teased at World Ducati Week in July, but this week brought the complete technical breakdown through MCN and Visordown.

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Volkswagen Evaluates Ducati Sale Amid Restructuring

Volkswagen Group is evaluating whether to sell Ducati as part of a massive portfolio review covering all 600 of its business units.

Audi CEO Gernot Döllner confirmed the evaluation to Bloomberg, saying “nothing has been decided” about the Italian motorcycle brand’s future within the group.

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Inside Marc Wilmington’s 2009 Ducati Hypermotard Raptor Build

Ducati introduced the Hypermotard 1100 in 2007 as a supermoto-style machine with a 1078cc air-cooled Desmo V-twin. Pierre Terblanche designed it to combine supermoto agility with a heavier, torquey V-twin character.

The 1100S was the up-spec version with improved suspension, brakes, and forged Marchesini wheels. MCN described the original as having a “pathological penchant for wheelies.”

Marc Wilmington, a UK builder who has owned more than 30 motorcycles since a teenage Suzuki TS50X, chose a 2009 Hypermotard 1100S for his first full custom build. He wanted something that looked like a manufacturer concept before the boardroom watered it down.

Marc Wilmington Raptor Ducati Hypermotard 1100S studio shot
Photo: Marc Wilmington, via BikeBound.
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Aldeguer’s VR46 Ducati Deal Covers MotoGP’s 2027 Shift

Fermín Aldeguer will join the Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team for the 2027 and 2028 MotoGP seasons, according to an announcement published by MotoGP.com on August 26. The move also makes the Spanish rider an official Ducati Corse rider with a factory Ducati Desmosedici GP.

The deal arrives as MotoGP prepares to introduce a new technical era in 2027. Aldeguer will leave BK8 Gresini Racing after establishing himself as one of the class’s younger names to watch.

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Custom Ducati Multistrada 1000S by Pit Lane Moto

There are plenty of classic Ducati models that make obvious café racer donors, but the first-generation Multistrada has rarely been one of them. Pierre Terblanche’s tall, heavily faired sports-tourer was deliberately unconventional when it arrived in the mid-2000s.

Yet beneath all that polarizing plastic sat some of Bologna’s finest hardware of the era. For their latest project, dubbed “Desmo Corridore Caffè,” UK custom workshop Pit Lane Moto stripped a 2005 Ducati Multistrada 1000S DS back to its bare essentials to unlock its true athletic potential.

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Ducati Secures €121 Million Investment Fund to Drive R&D and Technological Innovation

Ducati has established a massive €121 million ($139.7 million) development program to strengthen its long-term global competitiveness and accelerate technological innovation.

Dubbed “Ducati Raise the Bar,” the comprehensive initiative was formally approved by Italy’s Ministry of Enterprises and Made in Italy via the state-owned development agency Invitalia.

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Ducati Is Not for Sale, According to Italian Firm

The saga surrounding a potential takeover of Ducati Motor Holding has taken a definitive turn, as leaked documents from investment firm Patritalia S.p.A. reveal that the iconic Italian brand is not on the market.

Initial reports suggested Patritalia’s founder, Massimo Ros, had submitted an unsolicited 2.5 billion euro proposal to Volkswagen Group to buy Ducati in its entirety.

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Video Analysis: 2026 Ducati Hypermotard V2 Review

The fine folks at Motorcycle.com traveled to Modena, Italy, to test the 2026 Ducati Hypermotard V2 SP. The below video review focuses on the high-performance “SP” variant of the newly redesigned Hypermotard.

It’s a special bike, and in the post below I’ll outline what Sylvia says in the video as well as provide my own take on this unique Ducati.

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Custom Ducati S2R 800 Cafe Racer by Rajputana Customs

Rajputana Customs, led by Vijay Singh in Jaipur, India, has reimagined a 2007 Ducati S2R 800 into a vintage-inspired cafe racer named “Veloce.”

Built for a client in Goa with the simple brief to create an “aggressive café racer,” the project departs from traditional Ducati restoration paths to embrace a more imaginative, hand-crafted approach.

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