2011 Ducati 848 EVO Highlights

Base Price	$12,995.00
Model Year	2011
Manufacturer	Ducati
Model	848 EVO
Category	Sportbikes
Fuel Capacity	4.1 gal
Engine	Longitudinal Twin
Transmission	Manual

2011 Ducati 848 EVO Highlights

Base Price	$12,995.00
Model Year	2011
Manufacturer	Ducati
Model	848 EVO
Category	Sportbikes
Fuel Capacity	4.1 gal
Engine	Longitudinal Twin
Transmission	Manual

2011 Ducati 848 EVO Specs

Dimensions, Weights, Capacities

Width
Height	43.3 in.
Rake and Trail	24.5 / mm
Wheelbase	56.3 in.
Seat Height	32.6 in.
Dry Weight	370 lbs
Fuel Capacity	4.1 gal
Ground Clearance

Performance

Engine	Longitudinal Twin
Piston Displacement	849.4cc
Bore and Spoke	94mm X 61.2mm
Induction	Fuel Injected
Compression Ratio	13.2:1
Ignition	Electric
Cooling	Liquid

Chassis, Suspension, Brakes

Frame	Steel / Magnesium
Front Suspension	Inverted Fork
Rear Suspension	Single Sided Swing Arm
Read Suspension Adjust	Yes
Brakes	Dual Hydraulic Disc / Hydraulic Disc
Front Tires	Pirelli Dragon Supercorsa PRO 120/70 ZR17
Rear Tires	Pirelli Dragon Supercorsa PRO 180/55 ZR17
Front Suspension Travel	5mm
Rear Suspension Travel	120mm

Drive Train

Transmission

Manual

Pricing

MSRP	$12,995.00 (USD)

2011 Ducati 848 EVO Specs

Dimensions, Weights, Capacities

Width
Height	43.3 in.
Rake and Trail	24.5 / mm
Wheelbase	56.3 in.
Seat Height	32.6 in.
Dry Weight	370 lbs
Fuel Capacity	4.1 gal
Ground Clearance

Performance

Engine	Longitudinal Twin
Piston Displacement	849.4cc
Bore and Spoke	94mm X 61.2mm
Induction	Fuel Injected
Compression Ratio	13.2:1
Ignition	Electric
Cooling	Liquid

Chassis, Suspension, Brakes

Frame	Steel / Magnesium
Front Suspension	Inverted Fork
Rear Suspension	Single Sided Swing Arm
Read Suspension Adjust	Yes
Brakes	Dual Hydraulic Disc / Hydraulic Disc
Front Tires	Pirelli Dragon Supercorsa PRO 120/70 ZR17
Rear Tires	Pirelli Dragon Supercorsa PRO 180/55 ZR17
Front Suspension Travel	5mm
Rear Suspension Travel	120mm

Drive Train

Transmission

Manual

Pricing

MSRP	$12,995.00 (USD)

2011 Ducati 848 EVO Sportbike

2011 Ducati 848 EVO Sportbike

• Ducati has announced another EVO model release, with its 2011 Ducati 848 EVO middleweight sportbike. Like the EVO versions of the Hypermotard (2010 Ducati Hypermotard EVO First Ride) the new 848 builds off the base model, but features a higher-spec engine and performance-related additions, with the Italian marque citing feedback from AMA Pro Racing (where the 848 campaigns in the Daytona SportBike class) as well as consumer feedback.
• The Testastretta Evoluzione Twin gets a redesign, with Ducati swapping out new cylinder heads, pistons, throttle bodies and camshafts. While the Bologna-firm doesn’t divulge details on the new internal changes, it claims the mods up power to 140 hp @ 10,500 rpm and 72.3 lb-ft of torque at 9750 rpm. The standard 848 claims 134 hp at 10,000 rpm and 70.8 lb-ft at 8250 rpm, for EVO net power gaining six ponies and 1.5 lb-ft at higher rpm.
• The 848 EVO chassis get performance help too, with a cross-mounted steering damper standard equipment. Wheels are covered with the latest generation Pirelli Diablo Supercorsa SP tires, which replace the standard 848’s Dragon Supercorsa PRO. In the braking department, Brembo monobloc calipers round out the changes.

2011 Ducati 848 EVO Sportbike

2011 Ducati 848 EVO Sportbike

• Ducati has announced another EVO model release, with its 2011 Ducati 848 EVO middleweight sportbike. Like the EVO versions of the Hypermotard (2010 Ducati Hypermotard EVO First Ride) the new 848 builds off the base model, but features a higher-spec engine and performance-related additions, with the Italian marque citing feedback from AMA Pro Racing (where the 848 campaigns in the Daytona SportBike class) as well as consumer feedback.
• The Testastretta Evoluzione Twin gets a redesign, with Ducati swapping out new cylinder heads, pistons, throttle bodies and camshafts. While the Bologna-firm doesn’t divulge details on the new internal changes, it claims the mods up power to 140 hp @ 10,500 rpm and 72.3 lb-ft of torque at 9750 rpm. The standard 848 claims 134 hp at 10,000 rpm and 70.8 lb-ft at 8250 rpm, for EVO net power gaining six ponies and 1.5 lb-ft at higher rpm.
• The 848 EVO chassis get performance help too, with a cross-mounted steering damper standard equipment. Wheels are covered with the latest generation Pirelli Diablo Supercorsa SP tires, which replace the standard 848’s Dragon Supercorsa PRO. In the braking department, Brembo monobloc calipers round out the changes.

Amy Winehouse Dead

Alex James is very convinced that Rehab singer Amy Winehouse will be dead within two years - and would be "surprised" if she lives any longer. The bassist is worried for the star and British musician Pete Doherty, who have both had much publicized battles with drugs and alcohol. And James is insisting that he doesn’t expect the pair to live to see 2010, unless they get urgent help.He tells Britain’s Daily Mirror, "I’d be surprised if Pete Doherty and Amy Winehouse both live to see the decade out. You know, it’s not funny. "I’ve been in situations where my best friends have been killing themselves (with drugs) and they won’t listen… It is scary."
Photo By: Sara De Boer/Retna

Comedian and Actor Russell Brand paid touching Tribute to friend Amy Winehouse

The pair first met on London's gigging scene, through mutual friends.


Russell Brand said: "When you love someone who suffers from the disease of addiction you await the phone call. There will be a phone call. The sincere hope is that the call will be from the addict themselves, telling you they've had enough, that they're ready to stop, ready to try something new. Of course though, you fear the other call, the sad nocturnal chime from a friend or relative telling you it's too late, she's gone."

Speaking about their first encounter Brand said: "When I first met her around Camden she was just some twit in a pink satin jacket shuffling round bars with mutual friends."

At the time, Russell Brand was barely out of rehab and failed to notice that they both shared an affliction, "the disease of addiction".

On hearing her sultry voice for the first time at a Paul Weller gig Brand said: "I arrived late and as I made my way to the audience through the plastic smiles and plastic cups I heard the rolling, wondrous resonance of a female vocal."

"My ears, my mouth, my heart and mind all instantly opened. Winehouse. Winehouse? Winehouse! That twerp, all eyeliner and lager dithering up Chalk Farm Road under a back-combed barnet, the lips that I'd only seen clenching a fishwife fag and dribbling curses now a portal for this holy sound."

Brand finished up his post with a plea to addicts suffering the same as Amy was.

He said: "Now Amy Winehouse is dead, like many others whose unnecessary deaths have been retrospectively romanticised, at 27 years old. Whether this tragedy was preventable or not is now irrelevant. It is not preventable today. We have lost a beautiful and talented woman to this disease."

 

"Not all of us know someone with the incredible talent that Amy had but we all know drunks and junkies and they all need help and the help is out there."