Happy New Year to everyone, sorry I’ve been slow with updates (again).

Ducati and Ferrari’s annual week of launches and skiiing in the Italian Alpes begins tomorrow, with the WROOM even scheduled to run this week!

You will see lots of Nicky and the new Desmosedici on here, so stay tuned!

I totally missed this when it was published, but there is a new interview with Nicky up on Superbike Planet which discusses his season, the return of the 1000cc bikes, Casey Stoner’s illness and Livio Suppo’s departure among other things.

Make sure you check it out!

Well, I’m stuck in Chicago airport on my way home from India thanks to some great weather. When I was going thru my phone I saw a few photos that I wanted to share with you guys.

They pretty random but here’s the run down:

My favorite one is from when I was at Ducati headquarters last wk checking in with all the crew and checking out my 2010 weapon. Watching them test engines on the dyno was cool. I’m happy to report they’re doing their home work.

Also had a few pictures from when me, my bro Rog and a few of our boys went to watch the university of Kentucky basketball game. They beat north Carolina in a thriller that went right down to the buzzer in a instant classic for sure. Freshman John Wall took over, he is a bad dude!!!

Also got a picture from me and all the fellas at one of my best friend’s wedding from a few wks ago which you could also could say was a instant classic!!

HAHA And last some pretty interesting pictures from my latest trip to India where we launched a new Ductai dealership. It was my first time there, prob wouldn’t go back anytime soon on my own time, but wow didIi get to see a few things I cant say I see everyday and meet some nice people.

The biggest thing was seeing cow’s in the middle of the road, yes I said cow’s in the middle of the road in the middle of the city. Turns out there some people actually worship these cow’s and the locals told me you better off to hit a person in the road then a cow!!! No wonder they didn’t let me drive!!!

Last but not least there is a photo of me training in the dirt

Nicky

You can view the photos mentioned at Nicky’s Official Site. Do note that he also managed to leak a photo of the GP10! Cheeky!

If you’ve followed the “silly season” shenanigans closely in the off season, you will know that Blusens Aprilia 125cc refuge, Scott Redding, is currently without a ride for 2010, having been linked to a few fruitless talks with various Moto2 teams. Scott certainly has the talent to excel in the Moto2 class, but is suffering with sponsorship deals to land him a Moto2 ride.

My friend Gareth has created this website to get some more Scott supporters to donate to the young Brit’s Moto2 cause, and if you have some loose change to spare, you should donate to help Scott secure that Moto2 ride he thoroughly deserves!

Click here to visit the site

Nicky ended the final day of the post-season test at Valencia in 3rd place on board the GP10! But before you get too excited, the Yamaha boys didn’t take part in the final day’s proceedings! Still, this test has been a great result for Nicky and hopefully the next test at Malaysia will go just as well!