Since 1968, the Martini Racing livery has been synonymous with championship-winning race cars. So it was only a matter of time before the iconic colors appeared on a motorcycle. The Ducati 1098 was a good choice: it’s a supermodel clotheshorse for high-impact paint schemes, as the exquisite Gulf-Ducati showed. This 1098S was built by Nor-Cal Ducati dealer Hattar Motorsports, receiving a full race prep (Motorcycle USA did a track test) before being repainted in the Martini Racing colors. Check the terrific Martini Racing website for more vintage racing goodness of the four-wheeled kind—including the 1975 Porsche Carrera RS and the Lancia 037 Berlinetta rally car.
Four ways to follow BIKE EXIF
Facebook
Twitter
RSS Feed
Newsletter-
Popular Posts
Recent Comments
- H on Husqvarna automatics
- interested in Austin bikes on Ducati Sport 1000
- Ammerlander on Husqvarna automatics
- Mingh on Husqvarna automatics
- Mack-o-matik on BMW R100T custom
Bike EXIF on FacebookTopics
5 Comments
Ah… Ask, and you shall receive. Thanks for the post, Chris!
Beautiful bike!
Fantastic BIke. About time we saw those evocative Martini colours on a two wheeled machine.
I guess the Alitalia Aprilla is next then?
I’ll take mine shaken not stirred thanks.
This is a great color scheme. The 1098/1198 seems to suit such schemes and doesn’t look as good in a solid colour. On my site I featured the same bike but also a Martini R1 which looks equally good as the Ducati (shame on me!) http://www.ducatinewstoday.com/2009/07/martini-racing-ducati-1098s-special/