Your right Bossman....same idea they just more or less flipped the idea....not much thought on their part to me. I think it would look ok if they got rid of the road or whatever its supposed to be and just had the Red Badge and the word Ducati. I know thats way to simple for the normal graphics designer trying to make their statement. Instead it makes me feel like the old commercial,"You meet the nicest people on a Honda"...lol
I also agree that it makes me think and feel all soft hand and yuppieville. Ducati has always taken some bad judgements in their styling and logos from Day one.
I was looking at old photos on the internet last night on early Ducati factory shots, racing, etc. I think it must be just an Italian thing for all the Italian guys pictured in them made feel soft handed and fruity......Maybe I am just to much a Red Neck...Poor White Trash....Hill Billy...yep! thats got to be it. I do not see putting that logo on anything myself....not even a T-Shirt.