From 125cc learner bikes to 125mph-in-second-gear steeds, the latest edition of our 44Tea chat reviews features the beauty and the beast: Ducati’s 1299 Panigale versus the all-new Yamaha R1. You’ve probably already heard how fantastical they are on the track, chasing tenths against the stopwatch? Well, in this video... Read more
They don’t come much meaner (or redder) than this pairing. Our pick of 2015 – Ducati’s 1299 Panigale and the all-new Yamaha R1 – have been engrossed in a 44T style head-to-head skirmish over the past few weeks and the results stunned us. I never thought I’d say this,... Read more
Team 44Teeth congregate at Ducati UK in honour of the 1299 Panigale, talking through the launch at Portimao, the changes over the 1199, and answering some of your questions. Full written review – avec sexy pictures – here. Can someone lend us £20k? Thanks. Bye… Read more
Launched late in 2011, the Ducati Panigale has always been a thing of outstanding beauty – maybe too beautiful in a fashion-over-function approach if we’re talking pure dynamics. You’d come in after a session, sweating, shaking, checking for skidmarks and ready for bed, thinking you’d broken the lap record or a... Read more
Following the overwhelmingly popular response we had with the new BMW S 1000 RR, it makes sense to get you guys involved in the next instalment of 2015: 44Teeth are off to Portimao this weekend for the world press launch of the Ducati 1299 Panigale… While Chaz and Dave, and the... Read more
There aren’t many sane folk who wouldn’t want a Ducati Panigale for Christmas. I’m not talking about the 899: I’m talking the full fat, bar-slapping suicide mission that is the 1199. If you haven’t ridden one, excitable brown trouser moments during a session on a Panigale aren’t unusual, and it’s a... Read more