IAN FALLOON
Introduction and acknowledgements
1 A brief history of ducati motorcycles until
the 750
Enter Dr T
The 1960s: a dark decade
2 750 GT PROTOTYPES AND EARLY PRODUCTION (1970-71)
The first 750 prototypes
The first one hundred 750 GTs
1971 750 GT (until chassis 750100) distinguishing features
3 REGULAR PRODUCTION COMMENCES: 1972
750 GT: first production stage (engine number 750100-750404)
750 GT: second production stage (from engine number
750405-750700 approx)
750 GT US model (from engine number 750100-750700 approx)
750 GT electric start
1972 750 GT distinguishing features 50
750 Sport prototypes
The early production 750 Sport (engine number 750900-751700
approx)
1972 750 Sport distinguishing features
First 750 Super Sport prototype (750 SP)
4 THE 750 GT, 750 SPORT, AND 750 SUPER SPORT (1973)
First 750 Super Sport prototype (Turin Show 1973)
750 GT 1973 first production stage (engine number 750700-752500
approx, until frame number 752100 approx)
1973 first production stage 750 GT distinguishing features
750 GT 1973 second production stage (engine number 752500-753700
approx, from frame number 752100-753500 approx)
750 GT 1973 third production stage (engine number 753700-754300
approx, from frame number 753500-754300 approx)
1973 second production stage 750 GT distinguishing features
1973 750 Sport (from engine number 752500-754100 approx, frame
number 752800-754000 approx)
1973 third production stage 750 GT distinguishing features
Pre-production 750 Super Sport 1973 (around engine number
753000)
1973 750 Sport distinguishing features
Pre-production 1973 750 Super Sport distinguishing features
Second 750 Super Sport prototype (Milan Show 1973)
Frame and engine number correlation 750 GT and 750 Sport
5 THE 750 GT, 750 SPORT, AND 750 SUPER SPORT (1974)
1974 750 Super Sport (engine number 075001-075411)
750 Super Sport engine and frame number correlation
1974 750 GT first production stage (engine and frame number
754300-755000 approx)
750 Super Sport racing uprating kit
1974 750 Super Sport distinguishing features
1974 750 Sport first production stage (engine number
753000-754000 approx, frame number 754300-754900 approx)
1974 first production stage 750 GT distinguishing features
1974 750 GT second production stage (engine number
755000-755500 approx, frame number 755000-755500 approx)
1974 750 Sport first production stage distinguishing features
1974 750 GT third production stage (engine number
755500-756500 approx, frame number 755500-756700 approx)
1974 750 GT second production stage, distinguishing features
1974 third production stage 750 GT distinguishing features
1974 750 Sport second production stage (engine number
755100-756000 approx, frame number 755500-756000 approx)
1974 750 Sport third production stage (engine number
756500-757200 approx, frame number 756500-757000 approx)
1974 750 Sport second production stage distinguishing features
1978 750 GT and 750 Sport
1974 750 Sport third production stage distinguishing features
6 750 Ducati racing history
500 V-twin Grand Prix Racer
1972 Imola 750 racers
1973 Imola 750 Racer
750-based endurance racers
California Hot Rod
Other racing Ducati 750s
APPENDIX
INDEX
Por primera vez, la historia completa del desarrollo y la producción de la saga Ducati 750 clásicas: 750 GT, 750 Sport y 750 Super Sport, una de las obras maestras del ingeniero Fablio Taglioni. Con descripción, año por año, de cada modelo, las modificaciones y variaciones introducidas, tablas de identificación y abundante material gráfico tanto técnico como de las motos restauradas. Incluye la historia deportiva de las 750 y un completo apéndice con todos los datos técnicos.
Features
First full account of the development of the Ducati 750
Year-by-year description of each model
Changes in specification listed by engine and frame number
Photos of all detail changes and development
Complete racing history
Full description of prototypes
Brief history of Ducati until the 750
Complete Appendix of specifications and data
Description
The Ducati 750 was a pivotal model in the history of Ducati. With the 750 Ducati moved into the world of Superbikes, and set the stage for their current strength.
Before the 750, Ducati was a minor manufacturer known for small capacity single cylinder motorcycles. They decided to enter the world of Superbikes in 1970. While there was initially some skepticism, their stunning victory in the 1972 Imola 200 race silenced the critics and created a legend.
Synopsis
When Ducatis great engineer Fabio Taglioni designed the 750 Ducati in 1970 there was no way he could comprehend how important this model would be. His design was unlike any other before or since; a 90-degree V-twin with single overhead camshafts driven by a train of bevel gears. Taglioni soon developed his 750 into a Formula 750 racer, and in 1972 beat the rest of what the world had to offer at the Imola 200. With this victory, the desmodromic 750 became a legend. Ducati responded by producing a hand-built limited production desmodromic Super Sport. They also continued to produce the touring 750 GT and sporting 750 Sport until legislation killed them at the end of 1974. Today, this triumvirate of 750s represents the end of an era; the era before cost accounting and government design requirements. These were amongst the last pure, unadulterated sporting motorcycles built and it is not surprising they have inspired a new generation of retro classics, the Sport Classic of 2005 and 2006.
