When Ducati’s beloved Monster inherited the L-twin powerplant of the race-bred 999, things started getting pretty damn serious. The Ducati Monster S4RS Testastretta you’re looking at here is a 2007 ...

More: Monster S4RS | Monster S2R | Text and photos courtesy Ducati Motor S.p.A. Official Press Release – The Monster 2007 range is now bigger and better with the new S4R Testastretta. This new bike ...

Brazil's SP Corse is a reputed workshop located in the culturally enriched neighborhood of Vila Madalena, Sao Paolo. After a brief involvement in motorsports, the company’s areas of expertise have ...

Named the Ducati Testastretta DVT (Desmodromic Variable Timing), Ducati’s new Desmodromic engine is the first in the world with variable timing on both inlet and exhaust camshafts, leading the way for ...

Liquid-cooled, desmodromic, 4-valve twin produces around 110bhp ‘11°’ refers to valve overlap, the short window when intake and exhaust valves are open together Used on models such as the DesertX ...

Merriam-Webster's definition fits Ducati's Monster as well as any and better than most. But you won't find a Monster more worthy of that name than the 118-horsepower, Ohlins-suspended, blood-red '07 ...

With a Master's degree in English Literature and six years of writing experience, Aayush has been contributing to TopSpeed for over two years. Since 95% of his personality is motorcycles, he goes ...

The first Ducati with a 21-inch front wheel mixes tall suspension and ample ground clearance with the superbike genes of the 937-cc Testastretta V-twin. The result is a ferocious off-road alter ego to ...

Valve overlap—that crucial interval when both the intake and exhaust valves are open, expressed in degrees of crankshaft rotation—is typically a fixed parameter and always a compromise. For example, ...