All bevel and belt drive V-twins plus parallel twins-1970 onwards by Mick Walker
If there is one symbolic word associated with Ducati it is the word "desmo" and rightly so. And if there is one modern engine configuration that endorses that, it is their "L twin" more commonly known as the V-twin. Yet not all Ducati twins have been either desmo or vees. Here is the full production development story of all the Ducati twin-cylinder motorcycles both from Bologna and Barcelona, under Mototrans guise. Appropriately, the forward is by Paul Smart, the ebullient and multi-talented roadracing allrounder, the like of whom only really comes from Britain, for it was he who set the Ducati twin ball rolling with his unexpected victory in the 1972 Imola 200 aboard what we now recognize as the 750SS prototype.
Long term Ducati enthusiast and dealer Mick Walker takes us through the myriad of 750 models, the GT, Sport and SS and their specifications. The perhaps the two most important models, the 900SS and the 900GT and GTS following with the stylish Darmahs and onto the Pantahs. There are full technical data tables, recognition points for restorers, colors, prices and more. Part of the Osprey Collector's Library series.
191 pages. Hardcover.
