Excellent reply Lizzie.

I thought and hoped this post would provoke some reasoned emotion - it has.

Tamburini, because he changed the course of my life. I would never have bought my first 900 if I hadn't been dreaming of a 916, and if I hadn't bought the 900 then I'd have missed out on a lifetime of dreaming in red.:roll:

That doesn't make him the best designer for Ducati, and I think the Supermono is still the most beautiful piece of automotive design ever penned, but it was a 916 for me, all the way.

Unreasonable emotion comes with owning a Ducati.:)

Cheers,

Ali

Neither. NCR gets my vote. Check out some of their specials!





[Edited on 25-6-2004 by Felix]

Good looking bikes, but I think they give them a bit of a Jap look.

Agree with all the comments on PT - without him Ducati wouldn't be in the strong (and eviable) position they are in today. He gets my vote.

PT everytime ....
 

... because he's joined the Club :D Everyone knows my views on the 999.

you can't copmpare them, Tamburini was from another time when design and form came first, - PT designs around the production line and profit line and EU/USA regulations. However i think he is ahead of the game, the 999 was released a couple of years too early to be accepted. There will never be another 916, ever. Time to move on I say. Mozart and Beethoven were never understood fully in their day, - Beethovens Ninth is still not understood by most, it requires an open mind, now who is open minded or stuck in the past? Yes Roy I know I was there a little while back. rember when your parents said "they don't build cars like they used to". Now who does that sound like?? :)

I really like Beethoven but I'm not sure about Peter Andre? Should I open my mind? Hmmmmm

Better the Master of one, than the jack of all!!!!!

He's the "Ta" from Bimota. So he would have certainly had a hand in all the Bimotas up until the DB1 http://www.dropbears.com/m/models/bimota/db1.htm

Apparently he started designing bikes in 1973, joined Cagiva (Ducatis owners of the time) in '85ish and started with the Paso, basing the frame on the FJ1100 (the frame of which he did for Yamaha while still with Bimota). He finally moved to MV in the late(?) '90s.

Since his credits at Ducati start with the Paso and end with the 9*6 series would that not make him chief designer of all in between? I realise that the Monster was penned by Galluzzi and PT did the SuperMono too but how 'bout the 851/888/900SS?

Anyone got one of those history of Ducati type books?