Ducati 916 motor

Ducati 916 motor

Ducati 916 motor

Ducati 916 motor

Manufacturer Ducati
Production 1995-1998
Predecessor Ducati 888
Successor Ducati 996
Class Sport bike
Engine 916 cc (56 cu in), L-twin, fuel injected 4 valve per cylinder desmodromic, liquid cooled
Top speed 260 km/h (162 mph)
Power 114 hp (84 kW) @ 9000 rpm
Transmission 6 speed, chain drive
Brakes Front: Dual disc
Rear: Single disc

One time development of Ducati 916 with family model is able to be traced back to the development of the four valve Ducati engine, through the development and racing of the earlier Pantah models, to the road-going 851 and 888 models.
Ducati's chief designer motorcycles since the 1970 was the late Fabio Taglioni (1920-2001). He introduced the Pantah in 1979. And it was engine was updated in the 1990s in the SuperSport (SS) series and all modern Ducati engines are derivatives of the Pantah, which employed a set of revolving cams to actuate the engine's valves (eliminating valve springs), called desmodromic. Ducati is currently the only motorcycle manufacturer which uses this type of valve actuation