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Formula 73
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Re: Formula 73
That looks like an ai rendition from a very dodgy set of instructions.
The swingarm is too long.... Presumably to give clearance for that enormous exhaust box?
The swingarm is too long.... Presumably to give clearance for that enormous exhaust box?
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Re: Formula 73
Italians showing us yet again that for every stunning bike/car, they make 100 pug ugly munters. Country of style my arse.
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Re: Formula 73
I quite like it.
If you squint a bit it's like the modern Katana or the Honda Hawk, but with some Italian flare.
If you squint a bit it's like the modern Katana or the Honda Hawk, but with some Italian flare.
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Re: Formula 73
I was going to post a picture of the horror, but couldn't be arsedKungFooBob wrote: Thu Feb 12, 2026 9:05 pmI was going to edit my post and add the Mantra in, but couldn't be arsed.
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Re: Formula 73
I kinda like this - but then I have history of liking fugly bikes 
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Re: Formula 73
I quite like it. Not enough to like it with my wallet,but it's not in the same ugly universe as beemer adv bikes,it has some redeeming features at least.
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Re: Formula 73
Designed to capture the rebellious spirit of a Café Racer, Formula 73 pays tribute to one of the most revered Borgo Panigale bikes: the Ducati 750 Super Sport Desmo, the first production Ducati to feature the desmodromic timing system. The Super Sport was actually a replica of the 750 Imola Desmo with which Paul Smart and Bruno Spaggiari triumphed in the 1972 Imola 200.roadster wrote: Sat Feb 14, 2026 9:28 am Presumably a failed attempt to conjure up the magic of the 1973 Paul Smart replica? That was an unobtainable/unaffordable beauty.
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Re: Formula 73
If you squint a bit more you can make it disappear. But you can't unsee it.KungFooBob wrote: Thu Feb 12, 2026 8:27 pm I quite like it.
If you squint a bit it's like the modern Katana or the Honda Hawk, but with some Italian flare.
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Re: Formula 73
I skimmed over assuming it was a one off special. That's a production bike?!?! Good grief 
Re: Formula 73
The quote isn't quite right because Ducati had been producing desmodromic single for many years before that. I even raced one for a time.Horse wrote: Sat Feb 14, 2026 9:35 am
Designed to capture the rebellious spirit of a Café Racer, Formula 73 pays tribute to one of the most revered Borgo Panigale bikes: the Ducati 750 Super Sport Desmo, the first production Ducati to feature the desmodromic timing system. The Super Sport was actually a replica of the 750 Imola Desmo with which Paul Smart and Bruno Spaggiari triumphed in the 1972 Imola 200.
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