| it'll be sad if they do lose the Terblanche's inflence, he's designed the 2 best, real world usuable Ducati road bikes in the 999 and multistrada and understands the balance between what customers want in performance and the function over form equation and is also responsible for what, (IMHO), is the most best Ducati ever in the Supermono. Add in the MH900E and the work he did with CRC on the 916 and his influence is part of what make's Ducati design and history so appealing.
Quite why any progressive company would want to lose designers like that is beyond me, hey ho, we'll go back 15 years to singlesided swingarms and twin cans and spend the next few years watching sales dwindle as the customer base ages then someone finally realises that its not the design that's the problem but the production and manufacturing costs, running costs and increase in competition. |