“Is the 916 sexy? Like no inanimate object has any right to be. It’s cliché-ridden, but it’s Italian, red, sculpted from sheer speed and Da Vinci nudes, demanding, expensive, sometimes cantankerous and it wears the soporific aphrodisiac of success effortlessly.” – Bike magazine. Although Ducati’s water-cooled 8-valve v-twin had been around in its original 851 and 888 incarnations for years and indeed, had already won World Superbike Championships, it was the arrival of the iconic 916 in 1994 that really captured the public’s imagination. Styled by Massimo Tamburini, the 916 and its subsequent evolutions established Ducati as one of the world’s foremost brand names. Universally recognised as icons of automotive art, Ducati motorcycles have been exhibited in some of the world’s foremost museums, including the Guggenheim in New York and the Museum of Modern Art in San Francisco. In developing the original 851, engineer Massimo Bordi created one of the finest motorcycle power plants ever built. By the mid-1980s, Ducati’s existing air-cooled 4-valve twins were approaching the end of the development, so Bordi started with a clean sheet in creating their water-cooled, 8-valve, fuel-injected successor. Ducati’s trademark desmodromic valve actuation system, which closes the valves mechanically rather than relying on springs, was retained, as was the 90-degree angle between the cylinders. Wrapped around this outstanding engine was a frame, consisting of an intricate trellis of straight tubes, whose design has since become standardised throughout the Ducati range. The integration of all these elements was the key to the 916’s success; that and a brilliant on-road performance that eclipsed just about everything else around at the time. The Ducati 916 won the World Superbike Championship in its 1994 debut season and its evolutions three times after that. Enough said. This Ducati 916 is the property of actor Laurence Fishburne and displays a total of 2,347 miles on the odometer. This motorcycle is one of five action bikes featured in the 1996 motion picture Fled, in which Laurence Fishburne starred as central character Charles Piper, and was ridden by him in the movie. Title is in Mr Fishburne’s name and the tank has been signed by him.
“Is the 916 sexy? Like no inanimate object has any right to be. It’s cliché-ridden, but it’s Italian, red, sculpted from sheer speed and Da Vinci nudes, demanding, expensive, sometimes cantankerous and it wears the soporific aphrodisiac of success effortlessly.” – Bike magazine. Although Ducati’s water-cooled 8-valve v-twin had been around in its original 851 and 888 incarnations for years and indeed, had already won World Superbike Championships, it was the arrival of the iconic 916 in 1994 that really captured the public’s imagination. Styled by Massimo Tamburini, the 916 and its subsequent evolutions established Ducati as one of the world’s foremost brand names. Universally recognised as icons of automotive art, Ducati motorcycles have been exhibited in some of the world’s foremost museums, including the Guggenheim in New York and the Museum of Modern Art in San Francisco. In developing the original 851, engineer Massimo Bordi created one of the finest motorcycle power plants ever built. By the mid-1980s, Ducati’s existing air-cooled 4-valve twins were approaching the end of the development, so Bordi started with a clean sheet in creating their water-cooled, 8-valve, fuel-injected successor. Ducati’s trademark desmodromic valve actuation system, which closes the valves mechanically rather than relying on springs, was retained, as was the 90-degree angle between the cylinders. Wrapped around this outstanding engine was a frame, consisting of an intricate trellis of straight tubes, whose design has since become standardised throughout the Ducati range. The integration of all these elements was the key to the 916’s success; that and a brilliant on-road performance that eclipsed just about everything else around at the time. The Ducati 916 won the World Superbike Championship in its 1994 debut season and its evolutions three times after that. Enough said. This Ducati 916 is the property of actor Laurence Fishburne and displays a total of 2,347 miles on the odometer. This motorcycle is one of five action bikes featured in the 1996 motion picture Fled, in which Laurence Fishburne starred as central character Charles Piper, and was ridden by him in the movie. Title is in Mr Fishburne’s name and the tank has been signed by him.
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