Comments on: Ducati Financial Roller Coaster

By: Brian

Brian — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 23:22:35 +0000

Well Hugo, “quit” is such a harsh sounding word. I like the term “moving on”.

By: Hugo

Hugo — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 21:32:53 +0000

Interesting in this matter is that Terblanche has quit as head of ducati design. He didn’t work on the 1098 which was already an indication that his days as head of design were over.

By: greer

greer — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 01:23:25 +0000

doh, i mean hugo

By: greer

greer — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 01:23:08 +0000

Very interesting article, hoyt thanks for the link to durbahn’s site, I’ve read about him before but didn’t know he had a website.

By: Hugo

Hugo — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 22:49:41 +0000

I wonder what would have happened if the 999 had had the “technical” features of the new 1098 (which aren’t that big after all), so the lighter frame, etc. If a motorcycle has is some way a “radically” new design it is often accepted if the technical innovation is just as big. Another interesting thing is the weight of the new single sides swingarm of the 1098 and the 999 swingarm. Durbahn weighed them both: http://durbahn.de/1098_startpage_engl.htm
The 1098 SSSW weighs a wopping 10.1 lbs more! So much for styling Terblanche had to endure a lot of critisism about the 999, but what would you do if you had to design the succesor of the Tamburini maserpiece 916? You either do it the Porsche way, evoluting not revolution, or do what Terblanche did and make something completely different where the risk is a lot bigger.