FEATURE
DUCATI MUSEUM TOUR
P82
The Scrambler
450 was a bike
for its time, and
it sold its bevel-
driven head off
after hitting the
market in 1962.
The display
celebrates the
bike as well as
the culture that
both led to its
introduction
and lapped it
up at the time.
As cute as ever,
it's no wonder
it inspired the
modern, equally
successful
Ducati
Scrambler
models.
If any bike deserves pride of place in the
Ducati Museum, it's the 916. It is a fixed
point in motorcycling history, one that
stands out clear and bright. It seemed to
gather together everything that Ducati
had done before 1994 and present it
as a finished, perfected package that
accelerated the company into the major
success that has followed. Sure, there
have been financial difficulties, but
Ducati is Italian, after all. Look at the
diversity of models, the market success,
the engineering, the racing prowess
and the outstanding loyalty of the ever-
growing Ducatisti—without the genius of
916 designers Massimo Tamburini and
Massimo Bordi, Ducati may never have
quite built the momentum to carry to
it to where it is now.
