The star of Cagiva 's street lineup is the liquid-cooled. fou r-valve per -cyl inder. six-speed Ducati 851 Superbike.
cific street and off-road segme nts of
the motorcycle market," says Cagiva.
"Cagiva North America is a company that manufactures, markets and
distributes two brands of motorcycles: Ducati road bikes, and Husqvarna off-road bikes. "
Gone are the days of Cagiva N.A.
offering a co nfusing hodge-podge of
Cagiva street and dirt bikes , Husky
dirt bikes and Ducati street bikes. Not
to mention the recently acquired
Moto Morinis ...
The crown jewel of the Ducati
lineup is th e 851 Superb ike, based
on the World Superbike racer originally campaigned by Mar co Lu cchinell i in 1988, and whi ch Cagiva
refers to as th e " Ferrarri of motorcycles". Until recently, the 851 was
hand-built by Ducari 's racin g depart- ,
ment in extremely limited numbers,
and sold for o ver $18,000. For 1990,
th e 851 has achi eved production-line
sta tus, and will sell for a far less
expensive $10,900.
What the buy er gets for his money
is the fastest twin-cy linder production motorcycle ever crea ted. It's
powered by a Massimo Bordidesigned 851cc, liq uid-cooled, fuel-
New bikes:
1990 Cagiva street and dirt bikes
Ducatis and Huskys;'
no more Cagivas
.Cagiva is back for 1990 with a stream lined
product line of nine motorcycles with just
two brand names on the fuel tan ks. There
will be no m ore motorcycles carryin g th e
name Cagiva.
" We are presenting
a
I focuseddesigned to fulfill speand rational model
lineup
The popular 750cc Ducati Paso has been in creased to over 900cc for
1990. and now features li quid -cooling anc:t a six -speed transmission.
The Ducati 750 Sport combines elements of the 750cc F-1 and Paso . Priced at $6700. Cagiva N .A. expects it to be their volume seller.
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