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916

Massimo Tamburini’s 916 combined under-seat exhausts, single-sided swingarm and a tightly packaged racing V-twin into a shape that became an immediate icon.

Ducatimanufacturer
superbikecategory
916 ccengine capacity
Liquid-cooled desmodromic L-twinengine

Museum plaque

Why this bike belongs here.

A rare motorcycle that is equally important as industrial design and as the basis of a dominant superbike racing family.

Massimo Tamburini’s 916 combined under-seat exhausts, single-sided swingarm and a tightly packaged racing V-twin into a shape that became an immediate icon.

Why it matters. A rare motorcycle that is equally important as industrial design and as the basis of a dominant superbike racing family.

Technical identity

The engineering at a glance.

This first expansion records museum-level specifications rather than pretending every year and market used one immutable specification.

EngineLiquid-cooled desmodromic L-twin
Capacity916 cc
Production era1994–1998
CategorySuperbike
TransmissionAdd by variant/year
Final driveAdd by variant/year

Research starting point

Built to improve, not freeze.

Model-year specifications can vary. The museum keeps the stable historical interpretation here and leaves room to add exact variants, racing derivatives, engine codes and source-specific specifications later.

Ducati source / heritage starting point
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