Ducati Sporting Club UK > General > Idle Chat > Ducati designer

[Steve M]

Now that everyone has seen their work, and had time to get used to things, who would you like to see as Ducati's chief designer?

[baylissboy]

They're not in the same league!!

Tamburini.................GOD

That other guy................no comment.it would only be censored anyway!!!:P

[Steve M]

BB you haven't ticked a box

[baylissboy]

Doh!!!

There you go!! I didn't bother voting,it's going to be a onesided affair anyway!!!

[Steve M]

One thing for Terblance, he's had to design a range of bikes. Tamburini did the 916 and ??????.

PT also did the Supermono race bike - fantastic.

[Edited on 25-6-2004 by STEVE M]

[baylissboy]

OK,i'll give you the supermono,but that's it!!!

PT hasn't done anything else worth a mention(in my opinion)!!!

[Jools]

Originally posted by STEVE M
One thing for Terblance, he's had to design a range of bikes. Tamburini did the 916 and ??????.
[Edited on 25-6-2004 by STEVE M]

The MV Agusta...which has so many styling cues from the 916 that it might as well be one. Tamburini has come up with one design (albeit a fabulous one) and just seems to be recycling it for all it's worth. That doesn't seem to me what good design is all about...a bit of a one trick pony IMHO.

Terreblanche has done the 999, the Multistrada, the SSIE and the Supermono (maybe other stuff as well) which are all entirely different types of bike, designed for entirely different purposes. I really like the 999, always have. The Multistrada is cool too...amazing bike on the road and I love the way it just dares to be different. The Supermono is just utterly gorgeous and the SSIE takes a lot of it's styling from that. What makes Terreblanche cool is that his designs are very individualistic and very brave, whether you love them or hate them, there is nothing else like them on the road.

[Steve M]

Jools - very well put and I agree totally.


And the sport classic range.

[Edited on 25-6-2004 by STEVE M]

[mike916]

Tamburini every time - designed the most beautifull bike on the road. Will never be beaten for looks.

Terreblanche has desined a wider range yes but will never design the ultimate. The only one that comes near is the supermono

But I would say that wouldnt I owning a 916

[lizzie]

Err.. let me see... knee-jerk reaction... I prefer the 916 to the 999 so it must be Tamburini, yes?

No; get real folks. The question is not who designs the prettiest bikes but who is the best person to be design chief at Ducati.

I've just come back from a lunchtime walk thinking about this and was going to make some of the same points as Jools. Tamburini designed one bike for Ducati and to the best of my knowledge has designed one bike since, one even more gorgeous to my eyes than the 916. So output of two bikes in what, 15 years?

One of the roles of the chief designer has to be to make bikes that sell. Regardless of whether you prefer the 916 style to the 999, Terblanche has designed or updated pretty much the whole current Ducati range, excluding the monster, covering sports, sports tourers, hyper-sports, the sport classics and, err, whatever you class the Multistrada to be. So that's best part of ten bikes, plus the Supermono, which most people seem to rate over the 916. And they sell.

It's all very well designing beauty - slowly - but compare the current state of MV and Ducati. If Tamburini was still in charge at Ducati, would Ducati even still exist? Most of you probably wouldn't have had the opportunity to buy a Ducati without Terreblanche at the helm.

Terreblanche every time. One of the few subjects I feel strongly enough about to put my head above the parapet and post about....

still prefer the 916 to the 999 though!