ETAuto honours Massimo Tamburini, who was called the "Michelangelo of motorbike design"
Critics use to call him the "Michelangelo of motorbike design". Today on his 2nd death anniversary, ETAuto presents to you some of the iconic motorcycles designed by him.
He once said, "The bike of the future? A 750 with the power of 1,000 and a weight of 500. The lightness is the secret."
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It came equipped with 750 cc Ducati 90 degree V-twin engine with 5-speed manual transmission. It was not that powerful, it was extremely refined.
It is made of alloy chromium and came equipped with a four cylinder in-line, four-stroke , air-cooled engine, developing 67 hp at 8000 rev / min.
It is powered by four carburetors of 28 mm in diameter. It is coupled to a gearbox with five ratios.
It is a four-cylinder, four-stroke , air-cooled and powered by four carburetors Teikei 28 mm, developing 48 hp at 8500 rev / min to a torque of 3.8 kgm at 7800 rev / min.
The bike weighs 167 kg dry.
It comes equipped with quadricilindrico a 2-stroke V-80°, liquid cooled engine, which produces 110.3 kW (150 hp) at 12.000rpm power; and a maximum torque of 8.5 kgm at 11.500rpm.
It has a 6-speed sequential pull transmission.
The F4 was created by motorcycle designer Massimo Tamburini at CRC (Cagiva Research Center), following his work on the Ducati 916.
The F4 has a four pipe undertail exhaust, single-sided swingarm, large front forks (49 or 50 mm diameter) and traditional MV Agusta red and silver livery.
The F4 is also one of the few production superbikes to have a hemispherical chamber 4 valves per cylinder engine.
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