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Ducati Hypermotard 1100 (ViaMichelin)
Model(s) covered: 2008 Ducati Hypermotard 1100
Half way between supermotard (an off-road bike equipped with road tyres) and street bike, the Ducati Hypermotard 1100 is causing quite a stir. A motorcycle to die for, it is full of character and can still be used on a day-to-day basis.
Father of the 749 and 999 superbikes, designer Pierre Terreblanche has once again come up with something that can leave no one indifferent. Incredibly eye-catching, the Hypermotard harbours a host of details, each more irresistible than the last.
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Ducati's streetwise Hypermotard (Wheels24.co.za)
Model(s) covered: 2008 Ducati Hypermotard 1100
In Sardinia we finally got the chance to ride the Hypermotard 1100. Is this the perfect motorcycle?
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!
Buell did it with their SuperTT and BMW came to the party, both with air-cooled versions like the Megamoto Ducati. 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 streetwise with the Hypermotard 1100.
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2008 Ducati Hypermotard - First Ride (Motorcycle-usa.com)
Model(s) covered: 2008 Ducati Hypermotard 1100
MCN's photographer, Howard Boylan, isn't easily impressed. For someone who's snapped the likes of everyone from Schwantz to Rossi slugging it out at GPs, and every single new motorcycle MCN's tested for the last ten years, it takes a special kind of two-wheeler to make him sit up and take notice.
So when he saw Ducati's new Hypermotard sitting pretty in the reception of our hotel at the world launch in Sardinia last weekend and said, "I'd kill for one of those", we knew we were onto something special. And you know what?
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Web Exclusive: 2008 Ducati Hypermotard 1100 (Cycle World)
Model(s) covered: 2008 Ducati Hypermotard 1100
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MD First Ride: 2008 Ducati Hypermotard 1100 & 1100S (Motorcycledaily)
Model(s) covered: 2008 Ducati Hypermotard 1100, 2008 Ducati Hypermotard 1100S
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Essence of fun (Telegraph.co.uk)
Model(s) covered: 2008 Ducati Hypermotard 1100
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