DUCATI

After the Second World War Ducati offered its own motorcycle built around the Cucciolo engine, in collaboration with SIATA, once more than 200,000 of the engines had been sold. That first Ducati motorcycle was a 48 cc machine.

The company introduced its liquid-cooled, multi-valve 90-degree V-twins in 1985 and the Ducati Monster in 1993, a naked bike with an exposed trellis frame and engine that now accounts for almost half of worldwide sales. Its headquarters are in Bologna.