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The Ducati SportClassics are a range of retro styled motorcycles introduced by Ducati at the 2003 Tokyo Motor Show, and put on sale in 2005 for the 2006 model year. The Paul Smart version was made for the 2006 model year only, while the Sport1000 ran from 2006 through the 2009 model years, and the GT1000 ran from the 2007 through 2010 model years.
The Ducati PaulSmart 1000 LE (PS1000LE) is a retro styled motorcycle built by Ducati in 2006 to commemorate Paul Smart's win at the Imola 200 race in 1972, a win that helped define Ducati's future approach to racing.
The Supersport 1000 DS produced 95.2 N⋅m (70 lb⋅ft) of torque at 5750 rpm, and 95 hp (70 kW) of power at 7750 rpm. The SS naming convention was eventually dropped and the line evolved into the SportClassic line that includes the Sport 1000 and GT 1000, and another Paul Smart replica, the PaulSmart 1000 LE.
Smart sitting on one of his modern replica Ducati PaulSmart 1000 LE roadgoing motorcycles. After making history for Ducati and winning further races, in 1978 Smart finally hung up his leathers and retired from competition to concentrate on his motorcycle business, [18] [12] which he expanded into three separate shops at one stage.
In 2006, the retro-styled Ducati PaulSmart 1000 LE was released, which shared styling cues with the 1973 750 SuperSport (itself a production replica of Paul Smart's 1972 race winning 750 Imola Desmo), as one of a SportClassic series representing the 750 GT, 750 Sport, and 750 SuperSport Ducati motorcycles.
A Suzuki GSX-R1000 at a drag strip – a 2006 model once recorded a 0 to 60 mph time of 2.35 seconds. This is a list of street legal production motorcycles ranked by acceleration from a standing start, limited to 0 to 60 mph times of under 3.5 seconds, and 1 ⁄ 4-mile times of under 12 seconds.
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The Japanese were selling a lot of parallel twins and the Ducati management though they could take a share of this market by producing a similar twin. [ 8 ] Following the success of the 750 GT v twin Ducati chief engineer Fabio Taglioni proposed a smaller v twin with belt driven cams rather than bevel drive of the 750 GT to reduce production costs.