IXXRA......The Home Of The Superblackbird

... because somebody remotely connected to motorcycling dies every day. But Massimo Tamburini, designer of the Ducati 916 and the stunning MV F4 (amongst others) has died aged 70. The post is because those two machines above others, are world respected as the epitome of magnificent beauty and simplistic function combined and have launched a good many wannabes thereafter, none of which come very close (I except the Benelli Tornado from that in the looks dept anyway. That comes within... maybe... a mile or so).

My opinion... god wants a new bike and now Soichiro's spent a few years fettling the engine, transmission and chassis for him, he really needed the only being in the universe who could design the aerodynamics, line and bodywork that could do justice to such a machine.

RIP Mr Tamburini Sir. Whatever your faults as a human being, if you had any at all, you made motorcycling as beautiful as it always has been exciting


Serious point. My absolute dream team was a bike designed and built Soichiro San's engineers with the bodywork and aerodynamics by Tambourini Sir Power, speed, natural reflexive handling, reliability and beauty to take your breath away... 90% of bike manufacturers would have gone bankrupt overnight

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designer par excellence.. on a different level to most...
lets hope he passed his skills and visions on..

regards
aj

Dunno if the chap had children, but fingers crossed that he did and we can rely on genetics for the rest