The year 2011 marked the 25th anniversary of the creation of the first, of a now legendary line of Ducati Superbikes with their trademark Desmoquattro 4-valve V-twin motors hung below a lightweight trellis tube frame, racebikes that went on to dominate the then new World Superbike Championship for next quarter of a century. Arguably the most significant motorcycle engine design of any kind since the CB750 Honda, and surely the most remarkable and successful volume production engine format ever used in world competition by any single manufacturer, the venerable Ducati 4-valve desmodromic engine recorded to this date 14 World Superbike Championship titles in the 24 year history of the world's premier production bike based world roadracing series.  A page was also turned in motorcycle history in November 2011, with the debut at the EICMA Motorcycle Show in Milan, Italy, of the exciting new Ducati 1199 Panigale Superbike powered by the Italian company s all-new Superquadro ultra short-stroke motor. A motor which beyond its overall 90-degree V-twin desmo architecture, owed nothing to previous Ducati Superbike engine designs except the promise of continuing a winning tradition. Moreover, this Superquadro was fitted in a minimalist monocoque chassis design representing an important departure from previous Ducati V-twin motorcycles, which have all employed the company s trademark tubular steel trellis frame.  This book chronicles the development and history all five Ducati Corse World Superbike generations together with interviews with the designers, racers and team managers. This unique insight is provided by renown motorcycle racer and journalist Alan Cathcart who has had the envious and often exclusive opportunity to test ride every one of the factory Corse race bikes over the last 25 years, those tests of which are featured here. Photography of the Corse factory bikes and riders is proved by the world's most renown motorcycle roadracing photographers. Adding icing to the cake, and to warrant this big collectors edition book, included are the incredible high definition photographs of the bikes taken by former racer, motojournalist and photographer Jim Gianatsis as featured in the Fast Dates World Superbike Calendars from those years with the beautiful Fast Dates Calendar Kittens who served as the official SBK or Team Ducati Corse grid girls at the race where the bikes were photographed.

Ducati Corse World Superbikes

Jim Gianatsis

Alan Cathcart

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<p>The 2020 Iron &amp; Lace Calendar features the world's top custom motorcycles premiered at the LA Calendar Motorcycle Show with David Bird s Hardtail Triump Bobber featured on cover. Plus Lonny Spiva s Heartland Fat Tire Custom Softail, two of Anthony Robinson s Triumph Bobbers, John Schroder s Suzuki GS 250 Cafe Racer, a Richard Pollock Mule Motorcycles Triump 650cc Streetracker, Roland Sands Kenny Roberts Proton 5-cylinder MotoGP powered Streetracker, Max Hazen 1936 JAP Speedway Board Tracker, Thad Wolff s 1920 Harley-Davidson, Mike LaFountain Raccia Motorcycles Honda CB750 Cafe Racer, Richard Pollock / Mule Motorcycles Barnett H-D Sportster Hooligan Racer, Marco Djoric s Mad Max Triumph Custom, and a Confederate V-Twin Cafe Racer.</p>

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GARAGE GIRLS 2021 - Beautiful Models Hard at Work Calendar

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<p>This year’s 2022 Iron & Lace Calendar features exciting new Calendar shoots including V-Twin customs and Metric Cafe Racers from Yaniv Evan / Powerplant Choppers, Jamie Oliff Restoration, Richard Pollock / Mule Motorcycles, Russell Mitchell / Exile Cycles, Daniel Stern’s custom sidecar, Ron Baldonado, and Todd Daniel / BX Custom Design Bagger. Plus there’s one more special treat, legendary actor Steve McQueen’s 1942 Indian Scout from the collection of Daniel Schoenewald. Together with two historic Iron & Lace Calendar shoots with never before seen shots: A Big Twin custom from legendary East Coast Hamster Club builder Dave Perewitz, photographed in downtown Los Angeles back in the early ‘90s with 1989 Playboy Playmate Cynthia Brimhall. And Roland Sand’s /RSD “No Regrets” street racer with August 2005 Playboy Playmate Tamara Witmer from a favorite shoot 17 years ago. The other beautiful new FastDates.com Calendar Kittens with the bikes are Maxim, Playboy and Penthouse centerfolds Karina Velez, Monica Sims and Riley Anne, together with Sophia Seban, Sara Horvath, and Taylor McKegney. This is a high quality 2022 Wall Calendar with 16-months starting with September 2021. Full Color 15x15” large format design printed on quality art board, wire spiral bound with a hang hook and and plastic envelope sealed for the Kittens’ protection, so take you best shot!</p>

IRON & LACE 2022 Custom Motorcycles and Beautiful Centerfold Models

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