[Ducati] ducati trivia

[Stephen Abramson]

For those of you who don't view Motorcyclist magazine, here is the text from
an interesting article they just ran. And yes, I know, this would have been
a snap if I just scanned and pasted it, but my scanning software is on the
poop. And I type quite fast. . . 

 

920         Total number of employees at the Ducati factory

 

400         Employees in factory

 

400         Employees in office

 

120         Employees in race shop

 

200         Motorcycles made per day in high season(spring/summer)

 

100           "     "                            "                    low
season (fall/winter)

 

3              Shifts/day in engine machining dept

 

1              Shift/day on assembly line

 

30           % of bikes that will remain in Italy

 

30           % of bikes destines for usa

 

40           % of weight removed from a 2 valve cylinder head between rough
casting and final machining

 

100         % of aluminum shavings returned to foundry to be recycled

 

10           Years Ducati was owned by Texas Pacific Group '96-'06

 

11           Tears Ducati owned by Cagiva

 

1-2          Workers who accompany each bike down the assembly line

 

4-5          Workers who accompany a D16 down the assembly line

 

1.25        Hrs to assemble a 2 valve motor

 

3.5          Hrs to assemble a D16 motor

 

$7995    Retail for least expensive model-Monster 695

 

$72,500 Retail for D16

 

4-5          Minutes required to perform a "cold test", where an engine is
spun with an electric motor to check function

 

1200       rpm spun during cold test

 

6              % of bikes that failed quality control before TPG purchased
Ducati

 

1              % that currently fail

 

6              Hrs to assemble a complete D16

 

2              Hrs to assemble a 2 or 4 valve bike

 

40           Days to receive your new Ducati if ordered in Europe

 

120-160 Days to receive if ordered overseas

 

40K         Total bikes produced in '07

 

1 million+  Total number of Cucciolo engines sold

 

100         Weight in kilos, hp, and torque of Terblanche's "dream"
motorcycle

 

1993       Year the Supermono went in production

 

67           Total number of Supermonos produced

 

$60,000 Approx. value of a 'Mono today

 

There you go. And investment of 15 minutes for the group. Hope everyone
enjoys!     

Steve

Nursing the digits