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DUCATI’S SUPERBIKE HISTORY

Ducati defied the critics when it reinvented the V-twin in 1986. Its clean- sheet design launched a Superbike legend lasting more than three decades

08 October 2019

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WORDS HAMISH COOPER

PHOTOGRAPHY PHIL AYNSLEY

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