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Title: Ducati Factory Link, Bus Meter by Ducati Post by: canoncrazy on June 23, 2009, 05:39:30 AM http://chrisscottphoto.com/Duc%20Heaven.html (http://chrisscottphoto.com/Duc%20Heaven.html)
pic at the very bottom is new. forgot to load the shot of the Ducati bus meter. I didnt think they made other machines anymore. the bus wasn't pre-WWII.??? Still working on venice and switzerland shots; more than halfway, post more soon. Title: Re: Ducati Factory Link, Bus Meter by Ducati Post by: krolik on June 23, 2009, 06:02:44 AM From Wikipedia:
Quote In 1953, management split the company into two separate entities, Ducati Meccanica SpA and Ducati Elettronica, in acknowledgment of its diverging motorcycle and electronics product lines. Ducati Elettronica became Ducati Energia SpA in the eighties. Title: Re: Ducati Factory Link, Bus Meter by Ducati Post by: duc_fan on June 23, 2009, 07:54:45 PM Hopefully this shows up:
(http://www.helimot.com/images/otherstuff/Ducati%20Radio%20Brevetti.jpg) It's the old Societa Radio Brevetti Ducati logo. Prior to WWII, the Ducati family had gotten their start in radios and electronics. They got into motorbikes post-war, when Italy needed cheap transportation. The Cucciolo line came out, starting as a small engine retrofitted to a bicycle, which resulted in a line of motorized bicycles under that name. As motorized things are wont to do, they grew... ;D Title: Re: Ducati Factory Link, Bus Meter by Ducati Post by: DucMouse the Mighty on June 24, 2009, 06:13:59 AM learn something new everyday...
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