What Makes the Ducati 916 Special - History and Review of a Superbike Icon

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Bike: Ducati 916 Strada, Ducati 916 SPS, Ducati 916 R, Ducati 998 Biposto, Ducati Panigale V4 S, Kawasaki ZX-10 R
Camera: GoPro Hero 8 Black Edition (Hypersmooth, Boost & Media Mod), Ducati Museum shots with GoPro Hero 3 Black Edition & Feiyu Handheld Gimbal, on-track footage with GoPro Hero 3 Black Edition
Software: Windows Movie Maker
Music: 0:18-0:45 Dan Henig - Subway Dreams, 1:30-1:59 Emmit Fenn - Allégro, 2:41-3:15 Patrick Patrikios - Forget Me Not, 4:00-4:34 JHS Pedals - Cowboy Lullaby & some beautiful Termignoni sound ;)
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:46 Revolutionary design
2:00 Technological evolution
3:16 Racing dominance
4:34 Unparalleled legacy
5:47 Conclusion
6:18 Outtakes
There are few motorcycle that have left a mark on the superbike world quite like the Ducati 916. Massimo Tamburini's Design took the world by storm, the 916's technology was a big step forward from the 888 and World Superbike racing success with all-time greats such as Carl Fogarty, Troy Corser and Troy Bayliss cemented an iconic reputation. Even as Johnny Rea has beaten Fogarty's record, the Ducati 916 is still heralded by many as the greatest superbike ever. Later models continued the success and the heritage, but the 916 and its iterations 996 and 998 maintain an iconic status in motorcycle history.
For this "review" I'm taking a quick dive into design, technology, racing success and legacy of my all-time favourite bike. Enjoy! More deep-dives will come, since I can hardly cover this bike and its story just in seven minutes ;)

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28 июн 2024

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Комментарии : 68

@DonnieDesmo 3 года назад

The Ducati 998 is 20 years old and has officially never won the world championship, so is it a good track bike? Let's find out: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-JpNEYd_Z6eQ.html 😊

@CornerSpeed 3 года назад

I had an 888, took it on a track with my friend and his new 916. He let me have a go. Just no comparison, this was a revolution. I improved five seconds per lap immediately and was understandably not pushing it on his price and joy. In its' time the 916 was the boss. Now it is a legend. Thanks for another great video.

@DonnieDesmo 3 года назад

Thanks! I hope I'll also get the chance to ride a 888 and compare one day...

@presstodelete1165 Год назад

As someone who works on Italian bikes the big thing is how easy it is to strip, the MV F4 even improved on this. By contrast the Benelli Tornado is one of the most complex bikes I have ever stripped (putting it politely). The 916 and F4 were designed by Massimo Tamourini, the Benelli by Adrian Moreton, sadly for MV the next generation were designed by Moreton.

@DonnieDesmo Год назад

Why do you think Morton went away from the easy assembly?

@presstodelete1165 Год назад

@@DonnieDesmo It isn't a design objective with any others in the industry, only with Tambourini.

@Freddie206 2 года назад

Beautiful bike! Thanks for sharing) it’s always cool to see Ducati fans from other parts of world

@DonnieDesmo 2 года назад

Thank you and vice versa ;)

@lukeiamyourfather3511 2 года назад

916 is perfection.The 999 like everyone else hated it. Now I appreciate the 999 bikes.The newer bikes. I guess their OK.

@DonnieDesmo 2 года назад

I had an 899 Panigale. That bike never did it for me as much as the 998. The 999 is very tempting indeed, though...

@ducwolf 2 года назад

Thx a lot for your engagement , Passion and competent explainations. A very appriciated tribute to this iconic bike that changed the view on Motorcycles for Former decades and future.

@DonnieDesmo 2 года назад

Thank you!

@f99o46 3 года назад

Awesome Ducati Ducati 👏

@Pimpertski 3 года назад

This is a nice Review. I am so glad to own this Icon with my 998s Final Edition!

@DonnieDesmo 3 года назад

I had my eyes on a 998S FE too once. My 998 biposto was an eye-opener for me. Nothing like it before or after except that 916 SPS!

@Pstaines439 2 года назад

Nice one Donnie. I like the out takes too.

@DonnieDesmo 2 года назад

Thank you. Outtakes are always fun to include, it's not so easy to remember all that text everytime :D

@916Dukedesmo 2 года назад

Excellent Vids Donnie Desmo, luv 'em all !!!! You have a great sense of humour and fantastic taste mate! Keep 'em coming please! I have a '95 916SP. I still absolutely adore it! I had the same feeling that day, many years ago, when I walked into the show room. The keys were handed over. I fired it up, it sounded like the gates of hell had opened. I rode it 400kms home into the night. A Suzuki RGV with a near litre engine. It was an instant Fatal Attraction... I've ridden it decedents since, the latest too. However, there is definitely something about the 916 series Donny.... Minimalistic? But not absent. Lack of technology? But not dumb. Raw?... But not brutal. Ethereal...

@DonnieDesmo 2 года назад

The funny thing is: If one has never ridden a 916 there is no way of telling how different this feels from almost everything else. It took motorcycle riding to a completely different sphere for me. Ethereal indeed...

@Edison73100 3 года назад

916 = ICON

@minatormyth 3 года назад

I owned a 996, wish I had just kept it. But I thought I would never use it again once I bought a Diavel and panigale 1199. I do miss it still🤔 Great video, thankyou 🤗

@DonnieDesmo 3 года назад

The same thing happened to me with my 998. Sold it (after two crashes on track) and really regretted that later. Now I’m back with a 916 SPS and finally happy again!

@gregbenn5664 3 года назад

I have a tatty 916 - wrong forks, crap paint, leaking oil.... But still a 916, love it

@DonnieDesmo 3 года назад

These are all things that can be fixed in the end. Sometimes people restore a Ferrari found in a shed. At least yours is working! ;)

@HedgeCCL 2 года назад

Just bought a 916 SPS. Shall let you know what I make of it.

@DonnieDesmo 2 года назад

Looking forward to that!

@7rslender 3 года назад

IMHO the 916 series is still the best looking Ducati by far. The Panigale does look nice but does not even come close to this icon.

@DonnieDesmo 3 года назад

...and it can't match the 916's success either, not even as a V4.

@7rslender 3 года назад

@@DonnieDesmo true ... true. And remember Franky Chili and his 998.5 (when he threw the 999 in the bin) that says it all. :-D

@DonnieDesmo 3 года назад

@@7rslender Those were the good ol' days... It's just great we can still ride these things more than 20 years later!

@montoya197803 3 года назад

Great job as always. While watching some MotoGP races from 2003 (Ducati's first year in the series), the commentators indicated that their MotoGP program was significantly influenced by their WSBK success with the 916. This point had never occurred to me before. It is a further indication of just how significant the 916 was and is.

@DonnieDesmo 3 года назад

I just wish they would have had more success in MotoGP. Although, Stoner's title and all the runner-up results of Dovizioso are not exactly terrible.

@montoya197803 3 года назад

@@DonnieDesmo Agreed. Perhaps Miller and Pecco can deliver next season. I hope so.

@DonnieDesmo 3 года назад

@@montoya197803 I'm counting on Miller for some crazy victories. Not sure about Bagnaia, though. Fingers crossed!

@BigThunderKennels Месяц назад

Ducati every time

@DonnieDesmo Месяц назад

And everywhere 😁

@vanduc996 3 года назад

Keep 'em coming Donnie, i like what you have going on with your vids. I think the Panigale near matches the 916 as far as sexiness is concerned, but isn't, and never will be as iconic as the 916. The 916 rocked the motorcycle world like few other bikes ever have, and combined with it's success on the racetrack make for a near incomparable combination. I see you've upgraded the front master cylinder on your SPS. Any other upgrades planned, or upgrades you've done that I can't or haven't noticed?

@DonnieDesmo 3 года назад

The main things I would go for is 5-spoke wheels for better handling, an open clutch like I had on the 998 and different footpegs with better grip. Beyond that I've made a list with lots of carbon fibre on it. But there is some very strong appeal to keeping it original...

@vanduc996 3 года назад

@@DonnieDesmo I hear what you're saying about keeping it original; that's the only problem with having a real SPS, you feel like you should keep it original since they're rare and special. I got around that by starting with the common base model and adding SPS cams so I don't hesitate to mod at all.. I think you have to change the foot pegs because the stock one's are dangerous slippery and can cause one to crash as a result. If you get a set of five spoke OZ wheels in gold that keeps the period look. I went with five spoke BSTs and the difference in handling over the stock five spoke wheels from my '01 was huge. Remember, anything you change can always be changed back as long as you keep the original parts

@DonnieDesmo 3 года назад

@@vanduc996 Good to know you also had that issue with the footpegs! I wasn’t sure if the problem was my old boots because I hadn’t used those for a while... One more thing that comes to mind is that abominable self-folding side-stand. I sweat every time I use it. Maybe I can get a 998 version installed? That one doesn’t fold by itself.

@vanduc996 3 года назад

@@DonnieDesmo An "issue" doesn't quite cover it when it comes to the footpegs! They nearly killed me! My foot slipped off the footpeg during a hard transition picking the bike up from full lean to full lean. Nearly went straight off a mountain road at speed! Scared the sh*t out of myself and didn't ride the bike properly again until I had something grippier to stand on. Ended up with Acculign rearsets which I LOVE! I never had the self folding side stand thing, but yeah, that would have to go toute suite! What a crazy idea by the factory to put that on the bike. Must have been their parts department that requested that!

@DonnieDesmo 3 года назад

@@vanduc996 Good thing you didn’t crash there! That side-stand shows much of a race-bike the 916 was and how much other stuff was just an afterthought.

@rob-od1vm 3 года назад

the 916 is the queen of super bike and always will be that . the panigale is a nice bike , nothing more ore less and never be the icon the 916 is

@DonnieDesmo 3 года назад

As much as I like the Panigale, especially the V2's design, I honestly feel the same. Let's see if at least the V4 can get the WSBK title next year. That could make a difference 🏆

@sju9188 2 года назад

the real successor to a 748/916/996/998 is a F4 MV Agusta I think

@DonnieDesmo 2 года назад

That's a good point! Although to me the F4 is too similar to the 916 to stand out in the same way (underseat exhausts, one-sided swingarm, general shape of the fairings).

@docsamson2299 3 года назад

Would never own one (cost and maintenance, mostly) but there is no denying that they are almost always very attractive, both visually and aurally. Thanks for taking the time to make this!

@DonnieDesmo 3 года назад

You’re welcome! You’re right, they’re not cheap. Every now and then I have come across a base model for a good price, but then there is still maintenance. Unless you’re a good mechanic and can recognize a good part on ebay...

@andyoakley7372 Год назад

@@DonnieDesmo I bought a 916 SPS because I love Tamburini's designs. I also have an MV F4 750S and a 1090 Brutale. I don't care about the maintenance, the capital gain achieved by investing in proper motorcycle design more than covers the cost of maintenance.

@DonnieDesmo Год назад

@@andyoakley7372 True, the design is fabulous. On top of that comes the l-twin sound and its racing success based on top tech. Just great all around.

@desmo1976 8 месяцев назад

❤️❤🇮🇹

@DonnieDesmo 8 месяцев назад

So do I, so do I 😍

@lukapopit1578 3 года назад

First panigane have no sbk titles...so from that view we can say that bike is unsuccessful, now we wait on V4, but I think they have hard job to beat JR on kawa😀 for me was the best sbk machine 999, and also Bayliss favorite sbk bike💪😋

@DonnieDesmo 3 года назад

The 999 also had some great riders on it: Bayliss, Hodgson, Haga... Good times.

@NudaMan 3 года назад

I got a 2003 Aprilia RSV Mille, I wish I had the Edwards or Haga edition 😪😪😪

@DonnieDesmo 3 года назад

@@NudaMan I once saw the Mille Haga edition on ebay and was very tempted. That one is on my bucket list.

@ringofthebrave 3 года назад

On track days in the 90ties the 916 underperformed regarding acceleration compared to the early fireblades and even ZX9R. It was a really sweet bike but not the fastest on the track.

@DonnieDesmo 3 года назад

Interesting, do you have numbers on that? I think that in outright performance the initial strada versions of the 916 suffered a bit from a less competitive power to weight ratio than the actual racing superbike. If you take an SPS like the one in this video, things will be different though. Anyhow, the real strength of this bike to me is the incredible chassis and suspension.

@ringofthebrave 3 года назад

@@DonnieDesmo SPS did not accelerate as good as a ZX900B as the Kawa had more power which compensated the higher weight. I had the ZX900B at that time and did alot of track training in Oschersleben. To my surprise I could pass every 916 whith ease on the straight sections. It became my habit to pass them on the straights instead on the brakes or in corners. I changed the bikes with a friends 916 for a short ride and found the 916 a very well balanced and sophisticated super Sport bike with a fascinating engine but if it comes to pure power the japanese bikes available in 1997 had more top end power usable on the race track.

@DonnieDesmo 3 года назад

I just did some checking and found the ZX900B would have had a dry weight of 215kg, whereas the 1998 SPS weighed 190kg dry. The Kawa had 139hp and the SPS 123. Including 100cc more displacement (996 engine in the 916 SPS) and a twin for the Duc, I'd expect the SPS to produce more torque and accelerate faster. So, the difference was probably top speed - which would fit the overtaking on the straights. But in the end, that's all theory and numbers on paper 😊

@ringofthebrave 3 года назад

@@DonnieDesmo I would have expected to have trouble passing a 916 but in real they had no chance. My ZX900B was 100% Stock except an open Termignoni muffler. The max power may have not been increased but the engine performed very powerful from 10500 Up to 12000rpm (Standard muffler caused significant power loss above 10500rpm). This gave me a very wide usable power band with maximum acceleration in every situation. And it was 5kg lighter (or more). Top speed (Sigma bike computer) 242kmh or 4th gear limiter. I finished passing them before I shifted to gear 4. Another interesting thing was that the Fireblades (128hp) had exactly the same acceleration and brake Performance as my ZX900B (both BT56).

@DonnieDesmo 3 года назад

@@ringofthebrave Thar’s odd. The SPS goes 270km/h - not factory numbers, but tested by bike magazines. That’s a lot faster.

@NudaMan 3 года назад

Mv agusta is Ferrari,Ducati is Lamborghini and Aprilia is Honda 👌🏾 sorry I work at a Ktm/Aprilia dealership and that’s the right way to describe each company by car manufacturer

@DonnieDesmo 3 года назад

I think truthfully speaking any direct comparison is a bit far-fetched. Lamborghini isn't building anything as "entry-level" as Scrambler and Aprilia doesn't have the sales or corporate footprint of Honda, even by Italian bike-maker benchmarks. That "Ferrari on two wheels" which was used for the 916 can be applied, though, in my opinion. It has that ultimate appeal and classic status to me.

@vanduc996 3 года назад

Ferrari and Ducati are connected by their on going commitment to top level racing, something that neither MV Agusta or Lamborghini can compare to. Yes I know MV has racing heritage but that stopped decades ago. Ferrrari and Ducati are comparable with each other because they test themselves against the very best at the highest level of competition. MV and Lambo are for those that like to look fast

@DonnieDesmo 3 года назад

@@vanduc996 Apparently, KTM's Stefan Pierer himself called Ducati the Ferrari of motorcycles when he was speaking of a potential takeover by his company: www.speedweek.com/motogp/news/172773/Stefan-Pierer-(KTM)-Warum-Ducati-Kauf-nicht-klappte.html