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exactly that, a streetlegal version
of Paul Smart's Imola 200-winning
factory racer which legitimised the
company's presence in the nascent
Formula 750 category. Same thing
once Superbike racing replaced
that in 1988, since then the Ital-
ian manufacturer has produced a
succession of small volume models
whose detailed specification has
BY ALAN CATHCART
PHOTOGRAPHY KEL EDGE, MILAGRO
D
ucati has been building
limited edition homologation
specials for customer sale
ever since it began making 90° V-
twin motorcycles 45 years ago. The
iconic green-frame 750SS – the
first desmo V-twin streetbike – was
The latest
incarnation of
Ducati's sell-
what-they-race
philosophy is
a masterpiece
of Superbike
design.