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Ducati had introduced the 350 Sebring in 1967 at the request of their American importer Berliner Motor Corporation (the US was Ducati's primary market at the time). [7] The Sebring was an enlargement of the existing 250 cc model but designer Fabio Taglioni had concerns about the reliability of the bottom end, so the Sebring was produced in a mild state of tune.
Ducati was already producing 250 and 350 Scramblers but the American importers, Berliner Motor Corporation requested a larger-engined version to compete against the BSA 441 Victor. [8] The 450 Scrambler was introduced in 1969, and was the first model to use the 436 cc engine, [ 9 ] which was the largest displacement possible that the OHC engine ...
The Ducati 450 Mark 3 is a 436 cc (26.6 cu in) single cylinder bevel drive SOHC motorcycle produced by the Italian manufacturer Ducati from 1969 to 1974. The 450 was largest displacement version of the OHC single series produced by Ducati and used the ' wide case ' engine.
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.
The Ducati 350 Scrambler, also known in the US as the Ducati 350 SS and in Europe as the Ducati 350 SCR is an on/off-road 340 cc (21 cu in) single cylinder bevel drive SOHC motorcycle produced by the Italian manufacturer Ducati from 1968 to 1974. It was the first of the 'wide case' Ducati singles produced [2] and aimed at the American Market. [3]
The Ducati 860 GT is a Ducati motorcycle that was produced in 1974 and 1975, replaced by the restyled 860 GTS for 1976–1979. [2] In 1974–1975 the electric-start version was called the 860 GTE , while all models had electric start after 1975, and for the final two years, 1978–1979, the name was changed to 900 GTS . [ 2 ]
Ducati Scrambler 450cc. The Ducati singles were single cylinder motorcycles, made by Ducati from 1950 to 1974. Chief Engineer Fabio Taglioni developed a desmodromic valve system in these years, a system that opens and closes the valves using the camshaft, without the need for valve springs. This valve system has become a trademark feature of ...
The Ducati ST4 was manufactured between 1999 and 2005, and used a retuned version of the Ducati 916 engine. 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 .