2010 Ducati Hypermotard 1100 EVO & EVO SP launch – Exciting Evoluzione
Nearly 2 and a half year since I tested the very first Hypermotard right here at Mores in Sardinia I’m at it again. I clearly remember that I wished for a little more horsepower down the short 500 metre straight and that’s exactly what Ducati have done. The new 1100 EVO and EVO SP features a 95hp version and with the replacement single can race exhaust produces nearly 100 horsepower.
Words: Tor Sagen/Photography: Milagro
On location in Sardinia late November it’s a cold and crisp morning but by lunchtime we’ve already got a pleasant 20+ degree Celsius. I’m having another one of those dream days away from the office where I have the two all new Ducati Hypermotard 1100 EVO versions to my disposal on a very easy to learn racetrack.
2010 Ducati Hypermotard 796 launch – Hyperactive inner city killer
Only two years has passed since Ducati launched the original production Hypermotard. I tested the Hyper 1100 with Ruben Xaus sliding past me with thumbs up and knee down at the Mores circuit in Sardinia and loved it. Now just two years later ahead of the 2010 season Ducati is ready with the first addition to the Hypermotard family. Hypermotard is one of the most satisfying motorcycles in the world to ride really hard and the new 803cc version is no different.
Words: Tor Sagen/Photography: Milagro
The Hypermotard 796 is a motorcycle where you really feel that you’re sitting on top of the front wheel. It gives massive front end confidence and I am throwing the 796 into the tight corners always knowing that there’s plenty of ground clearance. In the hills surrounding Bologna and Ducati’s home town of Borgo Panigale the roads are pure motorcycling heaven.
Since Ducati showed us the Hypermotard concept in Milan 2005 we have been very eager for a ride. Early May in Sardinia and we are finally in the seat of the latest motard designed fun-bike to enter the market. In hyper mode we rode the Hypermotard both on the road and on track. Is this the perfect motorcycle?
Words: Tor Sagen/Photography: Stefano Taglioni & Marco Campelli
The trend that Ducati is about to define as Hypermotard started with KTM’s 950 SM. It’s a simple recipe really, take an existing 1000cc V-twin engine and add Supermoto styling and manoeuvrability to it! That’s what the new trend is all about, big displacement street supermotards. Like the Buell SuperTT and BMW HP2 Megamoto Ducati have gone air-cooled. But the daddy itself, KTM 950 SM is liquid cooled.
Whilst KTM’s 950 SM and BMW’s HP2 SM (conversion kit with the Enduro) really are big supermoto’s true down to long suspension travel, racy seats and foot-controls made for cross boots, Ducati have gone street with the Hypermotard 1100. Street in Ducati terms also means sport, but the Hyper have got more in common with a roadbike than Supermoto in the handling department. The Hypermotard is basically a naked street bike disguised as a king sized supermoto. Hypercool!
