After Alan Cathcart’s bestselling pair of volumes recounting his experiences as the only journalist in the world to have track tested almost all of the factory Ducati Desmo V-twin Superbikes which participated in the Superbike World Championship from 1988 to 2018, now the famous British racing journalist turns his attention to la Ducatina – the 748 Supersport model.

This newest book tells the complete story of the creation of this junior version of the legendary Desmoquattro 916 Superbike designed by Massimo Tamburini. What makes this volume unique is the fact that, in addition to the road tests of the sportiest customer road models like the 748SP and the 748R, there are also tests of the various versions of the bike which competed in the World Supersport championship between 1996 and 2003. 

Author Alan Cathcart not only recounts the technical makeup of this first-generation Ducati Supersport model, but also crucially tells us what the various versions entered by rival teams were like to ride via his own hands-on experiences at their controls. DUCATI 748 On Road and Track includes test rides on the bikes raced by Fabrizio Pirovano, Stéphane Chambon, Paolo Casoli and Piergiorgio Bontempi — a unique privilege which makes the book a must-have for all Ducati enthusiasts. It also includes many exclusive photos, which show these successful Ducati V-twin racers without bodywork, allowing race fans to admire the technical secrets of these wonderful bikes. As always in this series of books published by FBA Moto Italiane, this is a large-format (30×23cm) hard cover volume, printed on high-quality glossy paper, with 144 pages containing the text in both Italian and English, as well as 74 full-page colour photos. The book is available now for €40 from motoitaliane.it as an individually numbered limited edition of only 748 copies for shipping worldwide…