With 8 world titles, 8 constructors’ titles, 151 victories and 341 podiums, the 1990s have been Ducati’s golden era in the Superbike World Championship. In his latest book “Ducati Superbike 1988-2001”, Alan Cathcart looks back partly from his own experience on the Desmoquatro era, which ran from 1998 to 2001.
Alan Cathcart is the only journalist in the world to have put through all but two of the factory Ducati desmo V-twin Superbikes that competed in the Superbike World Championships in the years since its inception in 1988.
In this book, the famous British racing journalist not only tells the technical secrets of the first generation Ducati Superbikes that raced to victory in the World Championship until 2001, but also tells us what it was like to ride them yourself.
Often this includes the crucial insight of the men who raced it for the Italian factory, including Carl Fogarty, Troy Corser, Doug Polen, Giancarlo Falappa and Troy Bayliss. Not to be missed are the exclusive photos of the book, which show these beautiful Ducati factory racers without fairings, so that racing fans can admire the previously hidden secrets of these beautiful bikes.
This is a large format (cm 30×23) prestige volume, printed on quality paper, with 160 pages and a hard cover, with the text in both Italian and English. It will be available in December 2022 as a limited edition book of just 996 pieces, each individually numbered.
It’s a book every Ducati enthusiast should have in their library – and indeed World Superbike fans too. Price is € 35,- excl. shipping costs, you can order via this link.
– Thanks for information from Motorfreaks.