Multistrada 1200 site live

If you like looking at teasers with a large countdown timer, you can click here and catch a glimpse of the new Ducati Multistrada 1200

Ducati Multistrada being teased today

At 3PM our time, Ducati launches a new site. It'll have all you wish to see...

KTM wins again. And AGAIN!

On the heels of Taddy's EnduroCross win, KTM gets two more wins, one in the World Offroad Championship Series, the other at the Klotz Ironman GNCC.

Mike Brown takes home the championship.

Nate Kanney king of Ironman.

Got the need for speed? In your stomach?

File this under WTF and AWESOME! The custom black Ducati Streetfighter with the Ohlins fork you see in the above picture is actually... Cake.

Seriously.

The functional (horns, ignition start, lights, etc) cake was made by the Food Network ace of cakes Duff Goldman for GoDaddy.com CEO and lady lover Bob Parsons.

Click here for more pictures and info!

AMA EnduroX: Taddy and KTM takes it all!

Taddy B. earned his fourth win of the season in Denver over the weekend and thus the AMA EnduroCross championship title! There's still a $10K bonus to be had if he wins the next round so stay tuned.

Check here for more details on Taddy Blazusiak's achievement!

Overall Results:
1) Taddy Blazusiak – KTM
2) Colton Haaker
3) Damon Huffman
4) Geoff Aaron – Christini/KTM
5) Kyle Redmond
6) Bobby Prochnau – KTM
7) Jamie Lanza
8) Patrick Smage – KTM
9) Cory Graffunder
10) Cody Webb – KTM
11) Ryan Rodgers

BTW, if you're wanting to stay directly involved with KTM's progress and perhaps live the fan experience at the final round, click here to request more information!

Road racing: Gotta love Sundays!

If you happen to have access to Speed channel (or network, whatever), there are four hours of motorcycle road racing to be watched today.

I'm going to repeat that.

THERE ARE FOUR HOURS OF MOTORCYCLE ROAD RACING TO BE WATCHED TODAY!

There. Now you know.

Today is the finale of the WSBK season with four contenders battling for the title and on the MotoGP front, the Sepang circuit hosts what may prove to be Valentino Rossi's stage for owning the world championship.

It's gonna be an exciting day!

Of course the races are already raced as I write this, but unless you subscribe to MotoGP or WSBK.com, you have to wait for Speed's coverage anyway.

DON'T CHECK MOTOGP.COM OR WSBK.COM UNLESS YOU LOVE SPOILERS!

Ducati: Find your moto-match!

Just posted on Twitter via Ducati North America is this awesome little program for discovering which bike is truly your match. Apparently, I'm destined to be with a SportClassic. No arguments here.

Click the below link to find your match!

DUCATI DATE

You know you want one

Thanks Rod!

Hypermotard 796 first ride... part 2

A week or so ago, we caught wind of a Hypermotard 796 first ride via Motorcycle-usa.com only to find that it was still in process of being edited...

Boo and hiss!

Well, it looks like it's up and they sorta like it.

Check here for the full monty!

MotoGP: Stoner owns the weekend

If you haven't seen this weekend's MotoGP race, you owe it to yourself to try and watch it! Not only did Malboro Ducati's Casey Stoner comeback from his sickness and win it all, he did it in style! I don't think I've seen a race this year where someone was sliding the bike through the corners like that and still turned in hot times lap after lap! Exciting racing for sure!

You can catch the highlights and if you're a member, the full race on MotoGP.com

Official highlights are also available on MotoGPs YouTube channel.

Action highlights

Stoner Interview after race.

Carl Cox interview at the race (for you house heads!)

Ducati Hypermotard 796 press wrap-up

Apparently, Ducati had a press invite to the early unveiling of the now-not-a-surprise, Hypermotard 796. A direct quote from motorycle-usa.com's Adam Waheed:

“Before riding the bike today, I presumed that this bike would be

nothing more than an entry-level Ducati machine more adept at

posing in the parking lot than ripping around the streets…how wrong

I was.”

Ducati's email in regards to that quote says there is more info to follow on Motorcycle-usa.com's website, but nothing has shown up as of yet. As soon as it does, i'll post it up!

Ducati: Steve Jones joins la familia

Sex Pistols alumni, Steve Jones takes delivery of a customized Hypermotard and Ducati wants you to know about it!

The former punk guitarist and LA radio show host picked up the HypM at the Ducati headquarters siting his return to the airwaves as a factor in him picking the bike he'd been eyeing all year long.

You can check out the 411 on Ducatiusa.com

ISDE: KTM riders get to go off piste

Just up on KTM's site and twitter,

"Some 500 Enduro enthusiasts gathered in Figuera da Foz on Monday for the first of six days of grueling riding as the 84th FIM International Six Days of Enduro got underway. The ISDE is the oldest offroad event in the FIM calendar."

You can read the rest of the post on KTM's site, here.

Shane Watts Update

Posted on his site, Shane Watts.com, Wattsy gave an update to his condition after crashing here in KC:

"Thanks for the outstanding support I have received from everyone since I crashed last Thursday while setting up for a Dirt Wise school near Kansas City. Pretty much is was just one of those dumb, slow crashes at only about 5mph (which probably should not have even happened). Amyway, as I went off a 3 meter high creek bank the engine stalled, which resulted in an abrupt endo and trip over the hangers. I landed sprawled out flat on the creek bed and the bike proceeded to have an intense, direct impact on my spinal column just below my shoulder blades. This resulted in three broken ribs, but more importantly multiple fractures to the six vertebrae between T3 and T8.

Following several days of hospitalization in Kansas City and a flight back to Charlotte, NC to see our specialists here, there were conflicting opinions about the severity of the injury and the best option for total recovery. With more consulting today it was determined that one of the vertebrae had started to collaspe and that surgery was the only option.

Therefore I'll be heading in tomorrow (Thursday Oct 8) for surgery to have the fractured vertebrae fused together. I'll spend approximately 3 days in hospital for observation and pain management but then will be able to walk on out of there and begin light, every day activities as I continue to heal. Following about three months of recovery and rehab the specialist says I'll be ready to get back out on the trails again and get into it!

So again, thanks heaps to everyone for their emails of support as we really appreciate that. We will post updates to our website every few days following the surgery to let those who are interested know what my progress is.

Also, check us out on Facebook for additional updates-just search "Shane Watts" and become a fan.

I can tell you though that I am pretty disappointed that this injury prevented us from attending the ISDE (6-day) in Portugal, from Oct 12-17. I was planning on making this my last ISDE ever. Unfortunately this is not the ending I was looking for....

There are still about 5 shirts available for giveaway for groups for fundraisers/raffles. If your group is doing something to raise money, drop us a line and tell us about it and we will send you out a shirt to raffle off!

We'll see you all back out on the trails again soon!

Thanks for reading!

Wattsy"

Shane Watts Update

Due to Watts getting hurt, the school has been called OFF for this weekend :(

'Nuff said

Watts: Got some?

Shane Watts arrives in town today in anticipation of the Dirtwise off-road school he is conducting this weekend to be followed by racing in Letko's Warrensburg, MO hare scramble. We've been getting ready for Wattsy & Co for the last few weeks, and even built him a bike to use for the school and the race!

For those attending the Dirtwise school, it should be an amazing time. For those who couldn't get in, the Sunday event is a rare chance to see this world champion perform amongst your local riders!

Hope to see you amongst Wattsy this weekend!