Got an extra $1.34 billion dollars in your checking account? Already have your own 400-foot carbon fiber sailboat and put a down payment on your moon-base condo? Why not buy a certain Italian motorcycle manufacturer? According to the Financial Times, the 86-year-old company is for sale, just six years after its purchase by private equity group Investindustrial.
Investindustrial’s Chairman Andrea Bonomi told the Times “Ducati is now a perfect company but the further growth it requires needs the support of a world-class industrial partner…this year, we will  … More
A high-end bike show is a barometer for the latest and hippest trends in motorcycle customization. From what we saw at Cincinnati’s V-Twin Expo, the current custom trend is undoubtedly dominated by slammed baggers with huge front wheels. Like any trend in fashion, the “next big thing†is usually the opposite of what was popular in years past, and that point is proven by the overwhelming abandonment of fat-tired choppers popular only a few, short seasons ago.