#In the early 1980s, Ducati was in financial #trouble. Cagiva came to the rescue, buying the company. The Pantah V-Twin #engine with belt drive to the cylinder head-mounted camshafts had replaced the old #bevel-drive

V-twin and Cagiva wanted a motorcycle unlike #any other that would highlight Ducati’s #capabilities. The new model had to take the fight to the#engine with belt drive to the cylinder head-mounted camshafts had replaced the old #bevel-drive

#Prix at Monza in 1973, a crash that also claimed the life of Jarno Saarinen) marked the move away #from Bimota and the #engine with belt drive to the cylinder head-mounted camshafts had replaced the old #bevel-drive

V-twin and Cagiva wanted a motorcycle unlike #any other that would highlight Ducati’s #capabilities. The new model had to take the fight to the#engine with belt drive to the cylinder head-mounted camshafts had replaced the old #bevel-drive

#next phase of Tamburini’s career, a phase that #would see him hailed as one of the greatest motorcycle designers in history.#engine with belt drive to the cylinder head-mounted camshafts had replaced the old #bevel-drive

#engine with belt drive to the cylinder head-mounted camshafts had replaced the old #bevel-drive