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The Ducati Pantah is an Italian motorcycle with a 90° V-twin engine, produced between 1980 and 1986. Unlike its predecessors which were bevel-gear OHC designs, the Pantah was the first Ducati to have belt-driven camshaft motors, thus forming the vanguard of the new generation of current Ducati V-twins.
Ducati Bipantah was a prototype 90° V4 four-stroke motorcycle engine made by Ducati in 1981. It was designed by Pierluigi Mengoli under the supervision of Fabio Taglioni. It had four cylinders and made coupling two Ducati Pantah V-twin engines. It remained a prototype, although it had good results during dyno-tests.
Announced in 1988, the Ducati Supersport used a Pantah based 904 cc air-cooled 90° V-twin, two-valve "Desmodue" engine with crankcases derived from the 851 motor. It was mounted in a tubular trellis frame. The resurrection was due largely to Ducati being bought out by Cagiva and the first reborn Supersport was released as a 750 Sport. It met ...
Fabio Taglioni (right) and Bruno Spaggiari at the 1972 Imola 200. Fabio Taglioni (10 September 1920 – 18 July 2001) was an Italian engineer.. Born in Lugo di Romagna, he was chief designer and technical director of Ducati from 1954 until 1989.
The Ducati 916 is a fully faired sport bike made by Ducati from 1994 to 1998. [ a ] Featuring a 916 cc (56 cu in) fuel injected , 4-valve, desmo , liquid-cooled, 90° V-twin engine in a trellis frame with a single-sided swingarm and USD forks , the 916 is frequently cited as one of the most beautiful motorcycles ever.
The Ducati ST4s was based on the ST4, but had improved suspension and a larger engine, using the liquid-cooled Desmoquattro (four desmodromic valves) 90° V-twin engine based on the Ducati 996. The Desmoquattro was largely unchanged from the 996 Superbike, and retained a valve angle of 40°, but lost 4 mm of diameter on each of the intake ...
In 1999, TPG issued an initial public offering of Ducati stock and renamed the company "Ducati Motor Holding SpA". TPG sold over 65% of its shares in Ducati, leaving TPG the majority shareholder. In December 2005, Ducati returned to Italian ownership with the sale of Texas Pacific's stake (minus one share) to Investindustrial Holdings, the ...
A red Ducati GT1000. A yellow Sport1000 is in the background, with a silver Paul Smart visible further back. The Ducati GT1000 used a similar steel tubular trellis frame to the Paul Smart and the Sport1000, and the same Desmodue 992 cc (60.5 in 3) engine. It was designed with comfort in mind and intended for sport-touring riders. [4]