Winter is slowly approaching and soon there will be a time when you will need to prepare your bike for short winter sleep. If you want to get your bike clean, shining and ready for action in spring, the following steps are for you.

First, you should find a place to keep your bike over the winter. This place should be dry. It can be your own garage or sometimes dealers offer Ducati owners use their own garages for storing purposes.

Let’s start with engine related issues. If you’re going to stop riding your bike for more than a month, you should know you cannot leave any petrol in it. If you have spare time, make a last ride on your Ducati. This way you can warm its parts and top off all petrol it has. In case you don't have enough time, just pour out all you have in your tank.


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Nowadays the competition in motorcycle market is so tight that it takes many efforts to choose a brand and model. Ducati is known to produce motorcycles of the highest quality. However, this is not the only thing that can make you love them. Here is the list of reasons why you should pay your attention to these bikes.

1. Ducati means quality. These Italian bikes are known to have huge history as this manufacturer produces bikes for more than 50 years! Ducks are constant winners in world's major motorcycling competitions, showing total dominance in Superbike class. Ducati team has even such motorcycling celebrities as Nicky Hayden who has recently joined it. The company never stops developing new, more sophisticated bike models to show the best not only on race track, but on a road as well.

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If you want to buy a motorcycle, but have no experience in this field, you may feel confused and even somewhat lost since the styling, models and technical characteristics are so wide that can muddle even experienced riders. Beginners will surely be under strong emotional pull. This short guide is an attempt to through the light on a problem of first motorcycle choice.

When you plan to buy your first bike, I'd recommend you to pay your attention to famous manufacturers as in this case you reduce the risk of making a wrong choice. Also note you will need to maintain your bike in good working condition. It's good to learn how to perform basic maintenance like oil level adjusting or changing filters, but beginners usually know nothing about engine and valves, so you cannot avoid service center and a happy owner of brand bike can always visit official service center and solve the problem of bike maintenance in a simple but effective way.

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