Giandrea Fabbro

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Gianandrea Fabbro is an Italian motorcycle designer and a senior designer for Ducati motorcycles in Bologna Italy. He gained notoriety when he was given the responsibility to design the next generation of Ducati's Superbike line, the 1098, after Pierre Terblanche's 999 failed to gain the popularity and success of the iconic 916 designed by Massimo Tamburini. [1]

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Ducati 1098

The Ducati 1098 is a sport bike made by Ducati from 2007 to 2009, in three versions, the 1098, 1098S, and 1098R. The 1098 was succeeded by the 1198 in 2009, though the 1098R remained in production that year.

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Ducati 1098 Design

In 2006 Ducati decided to go back to the 1994 roots, and the design of the 916, while still keeping the 1098 modern for many years. Fabbro was given the task of designing the 1098 while he was still Terblanche's junior. [2]

In an interview about the development of the 1098 Fabbro downplayed his role in the success of the 1098 design when he said “I have my dreams and take care of the creative. Other people work on different parts of the bike. My creative department are closely connected to the technical department. Part of the success of a bike is its technical specs. It is always like this.” [3]

Ducati 1199 Design

After the launch of 1098, Ducati started working on its successor Ducati 1199 Panigale. The project was code-named 0801. The company started an internal contest for the job of designing the new Ducati sport bike. Three Ducati designers were chosen to compete, and two of the designs were developed into full-size mock-ups. Fabbro’s design won the contest. [4]

Ducati 1199 motorcycle

The Ducati 1199 Panigale was a 1,198 cc (73.1 cu in) Ducati sport bike introduced at the 2011 Milan Motorcycle Show. The motorcycle is named after the small manufacturing town of Borgo Panigale. Ducati had announced a larger displacement 1,285 cc (78.4 cu in) 1299 Panigale for the 2015 model year.

Sport bike type of motorcycle

A sportbike, or sports bike, is a motorcycle optimized for speed, acceleration, braking, and cornering on paved roads, typically at the expense of comfort and fuel economy by comparison with other motorcycles. Soichiro Honda wrote in the owner's manual of the 1959 Honda CB92 Benly Super Sport that, "Primarily, essentials of the motorcycle consists in the speed and the thrill," while Cycle World's Kevin Cameron says that, "A sportbike is a motorcycle whose enjoyment consists mainly from its ability to perform on all types of paved highway – its cornering ability, its handling, its thrilling acceleration and braking power, even its speed."

In an interview, Fabbro admits that he made the first drawings of what would become Ducati 1199 at the end of 2006, without knowing about the new project. “The first design was for fun! I knew there was no new bike happening but my dream was to make something very modern, compact and technical in design. The first sketch took me one afternoon. It was a pencil drawing so it was easy to erase it as I went along." [5]

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References

  1. ↑ "How the 999 Nearly Killed Ducati". DucatiNewsToday.com. 2009. Archived from the original on 2010-11-02.
  2. ↑ Glynn Kerr (2007). "The Next Tamburini". Motorcycle Consumer News. p. 10.Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
  3. ↑ "Giandrea Fabbro 1098 interview". raptorsandrockets.com. Archived from the original on 2009-12-31.
  4. ↑ http://www.motorcyclenews.com/MCN/News/newsresults/New-bikes/2011/November/nov2511-ducati-1199-panigale-where-it-all-began/
  5. ↑ http://www.motorcyclenews.com/MCN/News/newsresults/New-bikes/2011/November/nov2511-ducati-1199-panigale-where-it-all-began/
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