Versatility is one big reason why the Ducati Multistrada 1200 collected Cycle World’s Best Open Class Streetbike for the second year running. An upright riding position, 135 horsepower from its “Testastretta 11-degrees” liquid-cooled Desmo Twin and long-travel Öhlins suspension; all you have to do is get off the throttle long [...]
In 2011, four pilots chose the Ducati Multistrada 1200 as their weapon of choice to attack Pikes Peak in the 89th running of “The Race to the Clouds.” Two would finish on the podium. Two would not finish… This is their story. More Pikes Peak Ducati Multistrada Road to Race: [...]
Dainese dropped the wearable airbag bomb a dozen years ago at the Intermot Show in Munich, Germany. Video showed a gas-charged bladder ballooning—pop!—to its full torso-swathing capacity in just 20 milliseconds. While the vest-like “D-air” prototype weighed a claimed 10 pounds, the Italian protective-apparel maker said it hoped to have [...]
Once was enough for nine-time world champion Valentino Rossi, who was wearing a D-air Racing suit when he fell at Mugello in 2010, breaking his lower leg. “It was quite a crash!” Rossi admitted. “But apart from the injury to my leg, I was surprised to find I didn’t even [...]
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