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Ducati GT1000 Sport Classic Road Test
Getting enthusiastic acclaim for wild retro show models is one thing, but selling them come Monday is quite another. I find it hard to believe that anybody in Ducati could have suspected that three years after the Sport Classic models were unveiled in the Tokyo show, that these would become the top sellers in the Bolognese firm's line-up.
Ducati Sport Classic 1000
The Sport 1000 is a gutsy "Café Racer". Ducati through-and-through, with a coat of bold Ducati yellow paint, the Sport delivers timeless good looks and excitement that fans and enthusiasts expect of all Ducati sport bikes.
Ducati SportClassic Helmets by Cromwell
Ducati is bringing out their SportClassic helmets by Cromwell. We mentioned Cromwell Helmets last November and I think they look absolutely perfect for a lot of older bikes. After all, if you're riding a classic of any kind, you wouldn't dress like you're racing in this year's MotoGP, kinda ruins the illusion.
The way retro should be
"May you live in interesting times" might have been a curse to the ancient Chinese, but for motorcycle manufacturers dredging their histories as inspiration for retro models, an interesting past is a blessing. Ducati's archive is especially worthy of attention as it boasts two of the most famous motorcycle race triumphs of the past century.
Triumph Bonneville vs GT1000 Touring
Twin powerplant, wire-spoked wheels, dual rear shocks and simple, classic lines… These features define many a motorcycle produced during the great boom of American ridership in the ‘60s and ‘70s. Jump ahead a decade or four, and Motorcycle USA sampled the modern interpretation of these “classic” rides - the 2009 Ducati GT1000 Touring and Triumph Bonneville SE. What we discovered were two different approaches to delivering a retro-themed modern motorcycle.
Meghatározás
The SportClassics are a range of retro-styled motorcycles first introduced by Ducati at the 2003 Tokyo Motor Show, and put on sale in 2005 for the 2006 model year. They are the product of Ducati's design chief Pierre Terblanche, who says the series started with the Evoluzione, that is, the MH900e replica of Mike Hailwood's victorious 1978 Isle of Man TT bike. The different variations are based on similar frames, and powered by the Desmodue 992 cc (60.5 cu in) air-cooled L-twin Ducati 1000 Dual Spark engine, also called the DS9 engine.
