NCR Millona 16: How to improve the Ducati Desmosedici RR
by Jeremy Korzeniewski (RSS feed) on Jun 10th, 2010 at 6:00PM
Step One: Start with a good platform. As far as motorcycles go, there are few (perhaps none?) more worthy of being called a good platform than Ducati's Desmosedici RR, the Italian firm's limited production MotoGP motorcycle for the street. So, that one's a no-brainer. Step Two: Add more power, take away weight. The first half of that equation didn't need much tinkering, but NCR says it's tuned the Duc's engine to put out over 200 horsepower at the rear wheel. To put it mildly.. check. Lightness was a bit more important to NCR, and it's left no stone unturned in its quest to remove every... Read More
