desmo

who's in? I'm in. US DESMO - Calendar of Events 2013

Ducati Supermono - four-stroke, four-valve, Desmo DOHC, fuel-injected, liquid-cooled! Singularly Sexy: The amazing Ducati Supermono Back in 1993, Ducati took a rather brave break from their traditional v-twin engine format, and produced a radical, high-tech racebike with a...

HI All, Thought someone might be interested in doing this track weekend. US Desmo events are always low pressure and lots of fun. The groups have no more than 30 riders each and novice usually numbers 20. Lots of lead riders to help if this is your first track day. Roebling is near...

here some impressions of this nice track! warmup: CMP session 3 - YouTube finding the pace: CMP session 5 - YouTube having fun: CMP session 6 - 120929 us desmo - YouTube behind the "capo" checking the line: ready to roll: the "red flash": hard breaking to turn 12: and...

This is one of three annual rallies US Desmo club has. Last week we had the rally in Erwin. Sept 14-16 we have the annual rally (I think this is the 17th annual DFS rally). We generally have about 75-90 riders mostly ducatis, some other euro bikes and a few japanese bikes. We've moved to a...

HI Guys, THought I'd mention to riders in GA and Carolinas, Tn that US desmo ducati club is having a duc rally at Erwin TN Aug 10-12, it's near Asheville, and some really nice roads. US DESMO - Sixth Annual Ducks Head West 2012 Ducati Motorcycle Rally I've been going to the various US...

Phil mentioned the possibility of doing this in another thread, I like this idea. I've been a member of US Desmo since 97. It's a great ducati club and we've got over 700 members. US DESMO - A Ducati Desmo Motorcycle Owner's Club for the United States you can see some of the annual...

See how the rest of the weekend goes :) 1. Dani PEDROSA Repsol Honda Team 1'50.780 2. Valentino ROSSI Ducati Team 1'51.440 3. Jorge LORENZO Yamaha Factory Racing 1'51.873 4. Casey STONER Repsol Honda Team 1'52.106 5. Nicky HAYDEN Ducati Team 1'52.254 6. Andrea DOVIZIOSO Monster...

The power of precision inside the Ducati 1199 Controlling such large valves with the precise Desmodromic system also led engineers to replace the original belt-drive concept with a combined chain and gear-drive arrangement. The conventional bush-type chain runs from the crankshaft to...

Ducati 1199 is very Desmo dependent With such an extreme engine, never before has Ducati's unique Desmodromic system been so vitally important. With the high engine speeds at which the Superquadro operates combined with such large valves, it would be impossible for the valve's rocker-arm to...