[Ducati] Terblanche leaves Ducati

[Bruce Bellm]

Just some random thoughts.....For the average rider Tasmburini's 916 was the 
icon. It brought Ducati attention like no other...form over function: 
...with the addition of Cycle Cat adjustable bars I ride my 998 for 500 + 
mile days with no problems (I am 61 yrs. old)....I believe PT wanted to make 
his mark by going beyond Tamburini's designs. He rolled the dice and he 
lost. Sometimes you just have to understand where you are in the history of 
something. FWIW, I do not hate the 999, but it was the wrong design for the 
time. I'm guessing but I think PT's ego got in the way. If PT was key to 
anything, it was making it clear that Ducati's Superbike must have stunning 
design. It is the flagship even if few buy one. It sets Ducati apart from 
the other sport bikes and, thus, elevates the Ducati line making it possible 
for other models to be associated with and benefit from the elegance and 
exclusivity of the name....Ducati. When Tamburini designed the MV, it was 
clear to me what the successor to the 916 was supposed to be.




----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Veloce916 at aol.com>
To: <ducati at ducati.net>
Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2007 3:11 PM
Subject: Re: [Ducati] Terblanche leaves Ducati



  PT's function over form design was needed to offset  Tamburini's
form over function design. Beauty at any cost makes great art  but
realistically, for the average guy, not much more than a  couple of hundred 
miles a day.
:-)  So in a way, he was very key to the  happy state of things we as 
Ducatisti
are currently enjoying. Beauty and  Function happily exist together. Let's
give the man his  due.

Vicki