http://www.ducatinewstoday.com Ducati News, Reviews, Rumors and Opinion Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:00:15 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Subscribe with My Yahoo!Subscribe with NewsGatorSubscribe with My AOLSubscribe with BloglinesSubscribe with NetvibesSubscribe with GoogleSubscribe with PageflakesSubscribe with PlusmoSubscribe with The Free DictionarySubscribe with Bitty BrowserSubscribe with NewsAlloySubscribe with Live.comSubscribe with Excite MIXSubscribe with Attensa for OutlookSubscribe with WebwagSubscribe with Podcast ReadySubscribe with FlurrySubscribe with WikioSubscribe with Daily Rotation With half of 2010 over, its time to review the most popular posts for the first half of the year. So find out what you and others have been reading and maybe even find a gem or two you missed! 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Bikes both old and new get crashed unfortunately but it always makes your stomach turn a little more when something brand spanking abrades itself into the asphalt. 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This Beach racer was created by a New Zealand Ducati dealer and started off as a 2003 Ducati 999. 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Every week I will post up something beautiful from the world of Ducati that you just might like to have grace your desktop. This week we have the newly released Ducati 848EVO in the delectable Dark flavor. Ducati has given the baby Superbike a nice and timely upgrade for 2011. All [...] <h3>Related Posts</h3> <ol> <li><a href="http://www.ducatinewstoday.com/2010/07/the-ducati-848-is-dead-long-live-the-new-848-evo/" rel="bookmark">The Ducati 848 is Dead. 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