Ducati Corse has released the first pictures of Valentino Rossi
Ducati Corse has released the first pictures of Valentino Rossi in their colours, posing with his Desmosedici GP11 bike at their annual pre-season 'Wroom' event. Rossi has retained the flouroscent green colour on his leathers but its a fashion calamity combined with Ducati's red. And his Bike has it too! The figure '46' on the nose is of course flouro-green along with the seat border, tank and the tail piece.
Nicky Hayden meanwhile has matching the red with black this year. The AMG logo is also present on both Rossi and Nicky hayden's bike and leathers. The bright livery of Rossi's motorbike is a reminisce of his wild paintjobs during the 125cc and 250cc days with Aprilia. Hope he rides so too.
Ducati’s new Facility to be set in Thailand
Ducati, the ever faultless name in the sports bike segment is all prepared with its new manufacturing facility in Thailand. As per latest information received, it is known that the Bologna Bullets for Southeast Asian countries are to be developed at this new facility set by Ducati. absolutely the union workforce of the company is a bit worried taking their job being shipped overseas. The company has already made it clear that the new factory established in Thailand is to produce motor bikes for the rising economies like that of India, China and other South East Asian countries.
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The basic cause behind the famous company to set up this new facility is to compete with existing manufacturers like those of Honda, Yamaha, KTM, Harley Davidson and Brembo in a better way. It is also expected of the company to lower down prices for its all efficient and astonishing motor bikes with the setting up of this new facility. The companies these days with a view to increase their tariff with products are running towards setting up assembly plants locally that helps them with the same. Some of the company's ever famous Sports Bikes are Ducati Monster, Ducati Streetfighter, Ducati Superbike and Ducati Sports Classic. Ducati also is to approach the Indian markets soon with its recently designed Ducati Diavel.
Rossis Ducati Prototype Desmosedici GP11 unveiled
The Ducati prototype which Valentino Rossi will ride in the 2011 MotoGP season was officially presented on Wednesday, with the Italian’s own individual touch added. The team’s technical chief Filippo Preziosi hinted that Ducati had significant progress plans for the new motorcycle, and said it should address the issues that prevented a title challenge in 2010. Valentino Rossi’s inauguration as an official Ducati rider took a further step at Madonna di Campiglio on Wednesday, along with team partner Nicky Hayden he was on hand to unveil the Desmosedici GP11 that both with ride in the 2011 MotoGP World Championship. Valentino Rossi spoke for the first time as a Ducati rider at the Wrooom 2011 occasion at Madonna di Campiglio on Tuesday, satisfying the demands of both fans and media as he discussed the Desmosedici.
Complete in the individualised fairings that each rider will display this season, Rossi’s machine – personalised by Aldo Drudi – had hints of the Italian’s famous yellow, as the prototype was revealed for the first time. Other popular bikes of Ducati are Ducati Hypermotard 1100, Ducati Monster 1100, Ducati Monster 696, Ducati Streetfighter, and Ducati Monster 1100 S etc. Following his first Test on the Desmosedici in Valencia last November, Rossi had surgical treatment on his shoulder and said: “The big difficulty in Valencia was me. I had a lot of pain in the shoulder and not enough energy. This is a different bike and you have to ride it more sharply. This is my work at Ducati, to improve it and make it an simple and easier bike and have fewer risks in all the races. Stoner was unbelievable in some races last year but made some faults and ended the Championship in fourth no. So far we have been working on easier things such as rider position, handlebars, foot pegs for Sepang, and there we will begin to work on improving the bike.”
AMG to sponsor Ducati MotoGP team
Ducati Motors, Italian two wheeler manufacturer which known for its superclass bikes, has collaborated with AMG, as a result AMG will sponsor Ducati MotoGP team and both the partners will start joint marketing activities. AMG is the German popular four wheeler maker and always participates in the four wheeler race and now ready to enter in world famous bike race, MotoGP. Now AMG is the partner of Ducati and will sponsor Ducati MotoGP team. Now the company will organise all the activities with AMG. It is expected that Ducati Diavel will participate in MotoGP 2011 race.
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The company has been participating in this race for many year and won several titles including World Superbike Championship and 2007 MotoGP season. Both the companies are very exciting to work together and ready to participate in MotoGP 2011 race. This is not the first tie-up of a car maker with, before it Fiat has tied-up with Yamaha Motors for MotoGP race. Ducati has recently announced to launch Ducati Diavel in India along with its super bike series 848 Evo and 1198SP. At present, Ducati India in its portfolio includes Ducati Superbike, Ducati Streetfighter, Ducati Sports Classic and Ducati Hypermotard bikes series.
Ducati To Expand Dealership Network
Ducati plans to expand its dealership network by opening more dealerships across India in 2011. The company is seeing huge potential for its bikes in the country and thus hopes to make India as the top 5 Ducati markets in the world. The company will launch the Ducati Monster and Ducati Diavel to expand its portfolio in the country. Also on the cards is the 1198S, which is the top of the line Ducati from the Italian motorcycle maker.
Ducati – Videocon Mo-Biking India tour
Videocon Mobile Phones flags off the first ever Mo-Biking road trip. The trip will cover 8 cities and showcase the stunning new V6200 (Videocon Ducati Brand licensed Phone) and Ducati Monster bikes to provide the audience a firsthand experience of the concept of Mo-biking. This is for the first time that an Indian company has launched a brand licensed phone from the International superbike major Ducati Motors Plc. Videocon has its presence across India and the tour has been planned keeping in mind the stature of the brands associated with the trip. The trip has been divided into 2 teams which will cover 8 cities during its journey which includes Mumbai, Pune, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Chennai, Bangalore, Delhi and Chandigarh.
On the occasion Mr. Saurabh Dhoot (Director, Videocon Group) said: “We are proud to introduce a new trend with the first ever Ducati brand licensed sports phone in India. “Mo-Biking” is not just the theme of our association but is an experience in which we desire all adventure enthusiasts to participate”. Ducati builds racing-inspired motorcycles characterized by exclusive engine features, innovative design, superior engineering and overall technological excellence. The company produces motorcycles in six market segments which differ in their technical and design features and intended clients Superbike, Ducati Desmosedici RR, Monster, Multistrada, SportClassic and Hypermotard and the new Diavel. The company’s motorcycles are sold in 80 countries worldwide, with a chief focus in the Western European, North American and Japan markets. Ducati competes in the World Superbike and MotoGP World Championships. In World Superbike, Ducati won 16 of the last 20 Manufacturers’ titles and 13 Riders’ titles. Competing in MotoGP since 2003, Ducati won both the Constructors’ and Riders’ world titles in 2007.
Ducati unveils Diavel in Diamond Black
Unveiled by Ducati at the Milan International Motorcycle Sh
ow last month, the new Ducati India will now also roll out in a stunning diamond black colour scheme following huge attention from enthusiastic show visitors.
Having grabbed global attention at the show, the Italian manufacturer collected instant feed-back from thousands of passionate motorcyclists viewing the bike for the first time and now take action immediately with an update to the Duccati Diavel colour options.
The new colour scheme will be further enhanced with black anodised headlamp body and lateral air intakes. The Diavel in Diamond Black will be available alongside the entire Diavel range in February next year.
EFI Lite is to soon reach the Indian market
New electronic system, the EFI Lite, from Kinetic Motors in partnership with Ducati Energia of Italy is announced to be released with the Indian two wheelers soon by the approaching year that is 2011. The system is complete efficient enough being environment friendly with Electronic Fuel Injection system and advanced features. The Royal Enfield Classic 500 cc, Yamaha R15, Hero Honda Karizma ZMR, Bajaj Pulsar 220 DTS, TVS Apache 160 RTR, Hero Honda Glamour and Honda Stunner are coupled with Electronic Fuel Injection system. The electronic two and three wheelers are now gaining popularity and with this new launch from the company, it is expected grow all the further. Plus the environment these days counts for high need of introducing electric vehicles to the market so as to reduce global warming and ratio of pollution on our earth.
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In comparison with the BS III /EURO III emission standards, the Electronic Fuel Injection system are proved better which causes low emissions and enhances performance of the vehicle. In order to manage the additional components in the Fuel Injection System such as Fuel pumps, Lamba sensors, Throttle body, Injectors, Ignition coil, etc ECU is needed to be calibrated and finely tuned with the vehicles. ECU is a part of EFI system that is capable enough of managing up to 18 to 24 inputs or outputs that minimizes the emissions with two wheelers.
Ducati to rev up superbikes for Indian market
Ducati India aims to sell more than a couple of thousand bikes annually in the country by 2014-15, a figure to reckon with considering the company sells around 8,000 bikes per year in Italy, its home. Ducati, however, does not plan to start completely-knocked-down (CKD) manufacturing in India anytime soon. "Italy is the biggest market for us, where we sell around 8,000 bikes a year", informed Ashish Chordia, chief executive of Ducati India. Ducati started its journey from Italy way back in 1926 when the company was founded by the Ducati brothers. "India would be one of the major markets for Ducati in the next years, we are very positive about our growth here", said Mirko Bordia, CEO, Ducati Asia Pacific.
The company, that entered the Indian market in November 2009 and had sold 12 bikes that year, managed to sell 100 bikes in 2010 from its two dealerships in the country. Ducati India is now all set to open 11 more dealerships across India by June next year including cities like Bangalore, Pune, Hyderabad, Chennai, Jaipur, Chandigarh and Kolkata. It opened its third showroom in the country in Ahmedabad on Wednesday, and already has around 15 bookings. "We could have sold over 150 bikes in 2010, but did not have supply. We see fine demand for our bikes here, and are planning to sell over 300 bikes in 2011," Chordia said adding that Ducati is the only superbike maker in the country which is offering its entire global bikes variety in India as well. The company is bringing in three new models of Ducati bikes in January next year, the Ducati 848 Evo, 1198 SP and the new Diavel. at present the Monster M 796, priced at Rs 8.2 lakh, is the most popular replica in the country.
Ducati To Launch Diavel In 2011
Ducati would be launching the Diavel in India soon along with 2 more models of its superbike series 848 Evo and 1198SP in India by January 2011. The Ducati Diavel would be available in the European and American markets by January or February 2011. The 1200 CC Ducati Diavel would be available in 2 variants, the base and Carbon S versions in India. The Italian bike major plans to sell over three-hundered units of the racing bikes in the next one year.
“Since the launch of the Ducati in 2009, we have sold over 100 units through our two dealers in Gurgaon and Mumbai. We expect to sell over 300 units in next one year. Of this we are expecting sale of 40 60 unit from Gujarat itself,” Ducati India CEO Ashish Chordia said.