Ducati
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Ducati (Italian pronunciation: [duˈkaːti]) is an Italian motorcycle manufacturing company headquartered in Bologna, Italy. The company is directly owned by Italian automotive manufacturer Lamborghini, whose German parent company is Audi, itself owned by the Volkswagen Group.[2]
History
In 1926 Antonio Cavalieri Ducati and his three sons, Adriano, Marcello, and Bruno, founded Società Scientifica Radiobrevetti Ducati (SSR Ducati) in Bologna to produce vacuum tubes, condensers, and other radio components. In 1935 they had become successful enough to enable construction of a new factory in the Borgo Panigale area of the city. Production was maintained during World War II, despite the Ducati factory being a repeated target of Allied bombing. It was finally destroyed by around 40 Consolidated B-24 Liberators on 12 October 1944 as part of the United States Army Air Forces's Operation Pancake, which involved some 700 aircraft flying from airfields in the Province of Foggia.[3]
Nonetheless it maintained production.
Meanwhile, at the small
In 1950, after more than 200,000 Cucciolos had been sold, in collaboration with SIATA, the Ducati firm finally offered its own Cucciolo-based motorcycle. This first Ducati motorcycle was a 48 cc bike weighing 98 lb (44 kg), with a top speed of 40 mph (64 km/h), and had a 15 mm carburetor (0.59 in) giving just under 200 mpg‑US (1.2 L/100 km; 240 mpg‑imp). Ducati soon dropped the Cucciolo name in favor of "55M" and "65TL".
When the market moved toward larger motorcycles, Ducati management decided to respond, making an impression at an early-1952 Milan show, introducing their 65TS cycle and Cruiser (a four-stroke
In 1953, management split the company into two separate entities, Ducati Meccanica SpA and Ducati Elettronica, in acknowledgment of its diverging motorcycle and electronics product lines. Dr. Giuseppe Montano took over as head of Ducati Meccanica SpA and the Borgo Panigale factory was modernized with government assistance. By 1954, Ducati Meccanica SpA had increased production to 120 bikes a day.
In the 1960s, Ducati earned its place in motorcycling history by producing the fastest 250 cc road bike then available, the
In April 2012, Volkswagen Group's Audi subsidiary announced its intention to buy Ducati for €860 million (US$1.2 billion). Volkswagen chairman Ferdinand Piëch, a motorcycle enthusiast, had long coveted Ducati, and had regretted that he passed up an opportunity to buy the company from the Italian government in 1984. Analysts doubted a tiny motorcycle maker would have a meaningful effect on a company the size of Volkswagen, commenting that the acquisition has "a trophy feel to it," and, "is driven by VW's passion for nameplates rather than industrial or financial logic". Italian luxury car brand Lamborghini was strengthened under VW ownership.[8][9] AUDI AG's Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A. subsidiary acquired 100 percent of the shares of Ducati Motor Holding S.p.A. on 19 July 2012 for €747 million (US$909 million).[2]
Ownership
Since 1926, Ducati has been owned by a number of groups and companies.
- 1926–1950 – Ducati family
- 1950–1967 – Government Istituto per la Ricostruzione Industriale (IRI) management
- 1967–1978 – Government EFIM management (control over day-to-day factory operations)
- 1978–1985 – VM Group
- 1985–1996 – Cagiva Group
- 1996–2005 – Texas-Pacific Group(US-based) ownership and going public
- Headed by CEO Federico Minoli, 1996–2001; returning for 2003–2007
- 2005–2008 – Investindustrial Holdings S.p.A.
- 2008–2012 – Performance Motorcycles S.p.A.[12]
- An investment vehicle formed by Investindustrial Holdings, BS Investimenti and Hospitals of Ontario Pension Plan
- 19 July 2012 – present – Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A.[2]
- AUDI AG acquired 100% of the voting rights of Ducati Motor Holding S.p.A. via Audi's Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A. subsidiary
From the 1960s to the 1990s, the Spanish company MotoTrans licensed Ducati engines and produced motorcycles that, although they incorporated subtle differences, were clearly Ducati-derived. MotoTrans's most notable machine was the 250 cc 24 Horas (Spanish for "24 hours").
Motorcycle designs
Ducati is best known for high-performance motorcycles characterized by large-capacity four-stroke, 90° V-twin engines,[14] with a desmodromic valve design.[15] Ducati branded his configuration as L-twin because one cylinder is vertical while the other is horizontal, making it look like a letter "L". Ducati's desmodromic valve design is nearing its 50th year of use. Desmodromic valves are closed with a separate, dedicated cam lobe and lifter instead of the conventional valve springs used in most internal combustion engines in consumer vehicles. This allows the cams to have a more radical profile, thus opening and closing the valves more quickly without the risk of valve-float, which causes a loss of power that is likely when using a "passive" closing mechanism under the same conditions.
While most other manufacturers use
Ducati also extensively uses a trellis frame, although Ducati's MotoGP project broke with this tradition by introducing a revolutionary carbon fibre frame for the Ducati Desmosedici GP9.
Product history
The chief designer of most Ducati motorcycles in the 1950s was
1950s
1960s
In addition to manufacturing two-wheelers, Ducati also assembled Triumph Heralds for sale in the Italian market in their Borgo Panigale plant beginning in early 1963.[18]
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1970s
In 1973, Ducati commemorated its 1972 win at the
Ducati also targeted the offroad market with the two-stroke Regolarità 125, building 3,486 models from 1975 to 1979, but the bike was not successful.[19]
In 1975, the company introduced the 860 GT, designed by noted car stylist Giorgetto Giugiaro. Its angular lines were unique, but raised handlebars made for an uncomfortable seating position at high speeds and also caused steering issues.[20] The 860GT's angular styling was a sales disaster, and it was hurriedly re-designed for the 1976 season with a more rounded fuel tank.[21]
In 1975 Ducati offered hand-built production racers, the 'square case'
1980s
Ducati's liquid-cooled, multi-valve 90° V-twins, made from 1985 on, are known as Desmoquattro ("desmodromic valve four"). These include the 851, 916 and 996, 999 and a few predecessors and derivatives.
The Ducati Paso was introduced in 1986 with the Paso 750, followed in 1989 with the Paso 906. The final version came in 1991 with the 907IE (Iniezione Elettronica), now without the name "Paso". The design was from the hand of Massimo Tamburini, who also designed the Ducati 916 and MV Agusta F4. The Paso was a typical "you love it, you hate it" bike.[citation needed] However, at that time it looked like that all-enclosed bodywork would be the future for all motorcycles. The Paso design was copied for the Moto Morini Dart 400 and Cagiva Freccia 125. Together with Tamburini's Bimota DB1, they were enormously influential in terms of styling.
1990s
In 1993, Miguel Angel Galluzzi introduced the Ducati Monster,[23] a naked bike with exposed trellis and engine. Today the Monster accounts for almost half of the company's worldwide sales. The Monster has undergone the most changes of any motorcycle that Ducati has ever produced.
In 1993, Pierre Terblanche, Massimo Bordi and Claudio Domenicali designed the Ducati Supermono. A 550 cc single-cylinder lightweight "Catalog Racer". Only 67 were built between 1993 and 1997.
In 1994, the company introduced the Ducati 916 model designed by Massimo Tamburini,[24] a water-cooled version that allowed for higher output levels and a striking new bodywork that had aggressive lines, an underseat exhaust, and a single-sided swingarm. Ducati has since ceased production of the 916, supplanting it (and its progeny, the 748, 996 and 998) with the 749 and 999.
2000s
In 2006, the retro-styled
- Monster: 620, 695, 696, 750, 796, 900, S2R, S4R[25]
- Streetfighter S[25]
- ST4[25]
- Paul Smart 1000LE and SportClassic variants[25]
- SuperSport 750, 900, 1000[25]
- 748, 749, 848[25]
- 996, 998, 999, 1098, 1098S, 1098R,[25] 1198
- Desmosedici RR[25]
Current lineup
- Monster
- Monster+
- Monster 821
- Monster 821 Stealth
- Monster 1200
- Monster 1200 S
- Multistrada 950
- Multistrada 950S
- Multistrada V4
- Multistrada V4 S
- Multistrada V4 S Sport
- Multistrada 1260 Enduro
- Diavel 1260
- Diavel 1260 S
- Diavel 1260 Lamborghini
- XDiavel
- XDiavel S
- XDiavel Black Star
- Panigale 899
- Panigale 959
- Panigale 1199
- Panigale 1299
- Panigale V2
- Panigale V4
- Panigale V4 S
- Panigale V4 SP
- Panigale V4 R
- Superleggera V4
- Streetfighter V4
- Streetfighter V4 S
- Streetfighter V2
- SuperSport[32]
- SuperSport
- SuperSport S
- Hypermotard 950
- Hypermotard 950 SP
- Hypermotard 950 RVE
- Scrambler 1100 Pro
- Scrambler 1100 Sport Pro
- Scrambler 1100 Dark Pro
- Scrambler Nightshift
- Scrambler Full Throttle
- Scrambler Café Racer
- Scrambler Desert Sled
- Scrambler Icon
- Scrambler Icon Dark
- Scrambler Sixty2
Current engines
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- Desmodue: Desmodromic two-valve, air-cooled, 90° V-twin, 60° included valve angle (Scrambler, Monster 695, 797)
- Desmodue Evoluzione: Desmo two-valve, air-cooled (Hypermotard 1100 Evo, Monster 1100 Evo, Scrambler 1100)
- Testastretta 11°: Desmo four-valve, liquid-cooled, 90° V-twin, 11° valve overlap angle (Supersport/Supersport S, Hypermotard/Hyperstrada 939, Multistrada 950, Monster 821)
- Testastretta 11° DS: Desmo four-valve, liquid-cooled, 90° V-twin, 11° valve overlap angle, dual ignition (Monster 1200, Diavel)
- Testastretta 1262 DVT: Desmo four-valve, liquid-cooled, 90° V-twin, variable valve timing, longer stroke, smaller bore, re-tuned for high torque@lower 5000rpm peak 152-162 hp - 126-135Nm Torque dual ignition (XDiavel, Diavel 1260 2019–Present, Multistrada1260 DVT)
- Superquadro: Desmo four-valve, liquid cooled, 90° V-twin, 157–205 bhp (117–153 kW) (Panigale 959, 1299, V2 & Streetfighter V2)
- Desmosedici Stradale: Desmo four-valve, liquid cooled, 90° V4 with a displacement of 1,103 cm³ and counter-rotating crankshaft (214–226 hp) (Panigale V4/S/S Corse/Speciale)
- Desmosedici Stradale R: Desmo four-valve, liquid cooled, 90° V4 with a displacement of 998 cm³ and counter-rotating crankshaft (221–234 hp) (Panigale V4R)
- V4 Granturismo: Four-valve, liquid-cooled, 90° V4 with a displacement of 1,158 cm³ and counter-rotating crankshaft (170 hp) (Multistrada V4)
Past engines
- Desmodue DS: Desmo two-valve, air-cooled, 56° included valve angle, dual ignition (Hypermotard 1100, Multistrada 1000/1100, Monster 1100, Monster S2R 1000, SportClassic GT 1000, SuperSport 1000)
- Desmodue LC: Desmo two-valve, liquid-cooled (ST2)
- Desmotre DS: Desmo three-valve, liquid-cooled, 40° included valve angle, dual ignition (ST3)
- Desmoquattro: Desmo four-valve, liquid-cooled, 40° included valve angle, (851, 888, 916, 996, 748, Monster S4, Monster S4R, ST4, ST4s)
- Testastretta: Desmo four-valve, liquid-cooled, 25° included valve angle, (996R, 998, 999, 749, Monster S4R Testastretta)
- Testastretta Evoluzione: Desmo four-valve, liquid-cooled, 24.3° included valve angle, 41° valve overlap angle (848, 1098/1198, Streetfighter 1098)
- Testastretta 11° DVT: Desmo four-valve, liquid-cooled, 90° V-twin, variable valve timing, dual ignition (Multistrada 1200 DVT)
Motorcycle design history
Ducati has produced several styles of motorcycle engines, including varying the number of cylinders, type of valve actuation and fuel delivery. Ducati is best known for its 90°
On current Ducati motors, except for the Desmosedici and 1199 Panigale, the valves are actuated by a standard valve cam shaft which is rotated by a
Ducati is also famous for using the desmodromic valve system championed by engineer and designer Fabio Taglioni, though the firm has also used engines that use valve springs to close their valves. In the early days, Ducati reserved the desmodromic valve heads for its higher performance bikes and its race bikes. These valves do not suffer from valve float at high engine speeds, thus a desmodromic engine is capable of far higher revolutions than a similarly configured engine with traditional spring-valve heads.
In the 1960s and 1970s, Ducati produced a wide range of small two-stroke bikes, mainly sub-100 cc capacities. Large quantities of some models were exported to the United States.
Ducati has produced the following motorcycle engine types:
- Single-cylinder,
- pullrod actuated, 48 cc and 65 cc (Cucciolo)
- pushrod actuated, 98 and 125 cc
- two-stroke, 50, 80, 90, 100, 125 cc
- bevel actuated, spring valved: 98 cc, 100 cc, 125 cc, 160 cc, 175 cc, 200 cc, 239 cc, 250 cc, 350 cc, 450 cc
- bevel actuated, desmodromic valved: 125 cc, 239 cc, 250 cc, 350 cc and 450 cc
- belt actuated, desmodromic valved: 549/572 cc Supermono, only 65 made.
- Two-cylinder,
- bevel actuated, spring valved 90 ° V-twin: 750 cc, 860 cc
- bevel actuated, desmo valved 90 ° V-twin: 750 cc, 860 cc, 900 cc, 973 cc (Mille)
- bevel actuated, desmo valved parallel twin: 125 cc
- chain actuated, spring valved parallel twin: 350 cc, 500 cc (GTL)
- chain actuated, desmo valved parallel twin): 500 cc (500SD)
- belt actuated, desmo valved 90 ° V-twin: Almost all engines since 1986.
- Four-cylinder,
- gear actuated, desmo valved (V4): Prototype Desmosedici, and Low volume Production Desmosedici RR, 1,500 made
- pushrod actuated, spring valved (V4): Prototype Apollo, only two made.
Enthusiasts groups
A key part of Ducati's marketing strategy since the 1990s has been fostering a distinct community identity in connection with branding efforts including online communities and local, regional, and national Ducati enthusiast clubs. There are more than 400 Ducati clubs worldwide and 20,000 registered users of the Ducati Owners Club web site and 17,000 subscribers to the racing web site.[35] Enthusiasts and riders are informally referred to in the motorcycling community as Ducatista (singular) or Ducatisti (plural).
In North America there are several Ducati enthusiasts organizations with varying degrees of factory sponsorship, such as the Bay Area Desmo Owners Club (BADOC) located in and around the city of San Francisco, CA. Ducati Riders of Illinois (DRILL) located in Chicago, IL. DESMO, the Ducati Enthusiast Sport Motorcycle Organization, is a North American group affiliated with the factory Desmo Owners Club.[36] Some groups are focused on vintage Ducatis[37] while several are based primarily or entirely on email discussion lists or web forums.[38]
Merchandising
Ducati has a wide range of accessories, lifestyle products and co-branded merchandise bearing their logos and designs. The company has a licensing agreement with
Racing history
Ducati's history with motorsport began with speed records on Cucciolo motorized bicycle
MotoGP World Championship
Ducati rejoined Grand Prix motorcycle racing in 2003, after a 30-year absence.[43] On 23 September 2007, Casey Stoner clinched his and Ducati's first Grand Prix World Championship.
When Ducati re-joined MotoGP in 2003, MotoGP had changed its rules to allow four-stroke 990 cc engines to race. At the time Ducati was the fastest bike. In 2007, MotoGP reduced the engine size to 800 cc (49 cu in), and Ducati continued to be the fastest with a bike that was markedly quicker than its rivals as was displayed by Casey Stoner on tracks with long straights.
For 2009, Ducati Marlboro Team campaigned their Desmosedici GP9 with former World Champions Casey Stoner and Nicky Hayden.[44] Ducati also supplied customer bikes to Pramac Racing, with Mika Kallio and Niccolò Canepa riding for the team in 2009.[45]
Nine-time world champion
Rossi returned to the Yamaha team for the 2013 season.[48]For
In
In 2022, Despite suffering five DNF's, four of which were individual errors throughout the 2022 season, Bagnaia became the newest MotoGP world champion today in Valencia. The Ducati rider also became the Italian manufacturer's second-ever MotoGP champion after Casey Stoner, and first in 15 years.[51]
Year | Champion | Motorcycle |
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2007 | Casey Stoner | Ducati Desmosedici GP7 |
2022 | Francesco Bagnaia | Ducati Desmosedici GP22 |
2023 | Francesco Bagnaia | Ducati Desmosedici GP23 |
Superbike World Championship (SBK)
The company has won 16 riders world championships and 19 manufacturers world championships, competing since the series' inception in 1988. At the end of 2015, Ducati has amassed 318 wins, more than any other manufacturer involved in the championship.
Year | Champion | Motorcycle |
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1990 | Raymond Roche | Ducati 851 |
1991 | Doug Polen | Ducati 888 |
1992 | Doug Polen | Ducati 888 |
1994 | Carl Fogarty | Ducati 916 |
1995 | Carl Fogarty | Ducati 916 |
1996 | Troy Corser | Ducati 916 |
1998 | Carl Fogarty | Ducati 916 |
1999 | Carl Fogarty | Ducati 996 |
2001 | Troy Bayliss | Ducati 996R F01
|
2003 | Neil Hodgson | Ducati 999 F03 |
2004 | James Toseland | Ducati 999 F04 |
2006 | Troy Bayliss | Ducati 999 F06 |
2008 | Troy Bayliss | Ducati 1098 F08 |
2011 | Carlos Checa | Ducati 1098 R |
2022 | Álvaro Bautista | Panigale V4 R |
2023 | Álvaro Bautista | Panigale V4 R |
Supersport World Championship
Year | Champion | Motorcycle |
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1997 | Paolo Casoli | Ducati 748 |
2023 | Nicolò Bulega | Panigale V2 |
FIM Superstock 1000 Cup
Ducati has also won the manufacturers' championship for years 2008–2009, 2011 and 2016.
British Superbike Championship
Ducati has won the British Superbike Championship twelve times.
Year | Champion | Motorcycle |
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1995 | Steve Hislop | Ducati 916 |
1999 | Troy Bayliss | Ducati 996 |
2000 | Neil Hodgson | Ducati 996 |
2001
|
John Reynolds
|
Ducati 996 |
2002 | Steve Hislop | Ducati 998 RS |
2003 | Shane Byrne
|
Ducati 998 F02 |
2005
|
Gregorio Lavilla | Ducati 999 F04 |
2008
|
Shane Byrne
|
Ducati 1098 RS |
2016
|
Shane Byrne
|
Ducati Panigale R |
2017 | Shane Byrne
|
Ducati Panigale R |
2019 | Scott Redding | Ducati Panigale V4 R |
2020 | Josh Brookes | Ducati Panigale V4 R |
2023 | Tommy Bridewell | Ducati Panigale V4 R |
AMA Superbike Championship
In the AMA Superbike Championship, Ducati has had its share of success, with Doug Polen winning the title in 1993 and Troy Corser the following year in 1994. Ducati has entered a bike in every AMA Superbike season since 1986, but withdrew from the series after the 2006 season.[52][53][54]
Year | Champion | Motorcycle |
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1993 | Doug Polen | Ducati 888 |
1994 | Troy Corser | Ducati 888 |
Ducati had an important place in early Superbike racing history in the United States and vice versa: In 1977, Cycle magazine editors Cook Neilson and Phil Schilling took a Ducati 750SS to first place at Daytona in the second-ever season of AMA Superbike racing. "Neilson retired from racing at the end of the year, but the bike he and Schilling built — nicknamed Old Blue for its blue livery — became a legend," says Richard Backus from Motorcycle Classics: "How big a legend? Big enough for Ducati to team with Italian specialty builder NCR to craft a limited-edition update, New Blue, based on the 2007 Sport 1000S, and big enough to inspire the crew at the Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum (see Barber Motorsports Park), arguably one of the most important motorcycle museums in the world, to commission Ducati specialist Rich Lambrechts to craft a bolt-by-bolt replica for its collection. The finished bike's name? Deja Blue."[55]
Australian Superbike Championship
Year | Champion | Motorcycle |
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1999 | Steve Martin
|
Ducati 996RS |
2019 | Mike Jones | Ducati 1289 Panigale R Final Edition |
2020 | Wayne Maxwell | Ducati Panigale V4R
|
2021 | Wayne Maxwell | Ducati Panigale V4R
|
Formula TT
Ducati's first ever world title was the 1978 TT Formula 1 World Championship, achieved thanks to Mike Hailwood's victory at the Isle of Man TT. Between 1981 and 1984 Tony Rutter won four TT Formula 2 World Championships riding Ducati bikes.
Year | Class | Champion | Motorcycle |
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1978 | F1 | Mike Hailwood | Ducati NCR 900 SS TT1 |
1981 | F2 | Tony Rutter | Ducati 600 TT2 |
1982 | F2 | Tony Rutter | Ducati 600 TT2 |
1983 | F2 | Tony Rutter | Ducati 600 TT2 |
1984 | F2 | Tony Rutter | Ducati 600 TT2 |
See also
- List of Italian companies
- List of motorcycle manufacturers
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