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| Originally Posted by Gizmo wrong way round I'm afraid, the 916 was designed by a CRC design team consisting of Tamburini, Terblanche and Sergio Robbiano plus others. Tamburini nicked the best bits from bikes like the Honda NR750 and added Terblanche's waisted styling, tank shape etc from the supermono. That supermono look created by Terblanche took Ducati from big boxy front ends into the sleek shape most now consider to be a Ducati.
With the 999 Terblanche was allowed to do his own thing hence the more individualistic look of it. |
You completely missed the point there Gizmo. I am not interested in who designed what, where and when. The point I am making is that the 999 series is downright ugly. It's mis-matched, it looks unfinished, it looks messy (the subrame/frame/swingarm area is hideous), it's not at all elegant. The 916 series is universally applauded as the most beautiful bike design of all time, when it came out people said "WOW". 13 years on people still say "WOW".
OTOH when the 999 came out people said "Oh".
As I said - the 916 series looks like it was crafted with a love for bikes. The 999 doesn't.
The 916 is what got me into Ducatis and now all those years later I can still sit and look at my 748 with admiration for hours.