Ducati 916 - The Most Beautiful Motorcycle Ever Made
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- The Ducati 916 needs no introduction. Widely considered to be the definitive superbike of the 1990s, it is known for being as beautiful to look at as it is to ride. The star of countless music videos, films and lifestyle advertisements, the 916 made a tremendous impression and became loved by bikers and non-bikers alike.
This film looks at the Ducati 916 SPS - released to homologate the new 996cc engine for Superbike competition. The previous 916 crankcases maxed out at 955cc and the SPS featured reinforced crankcases, wider case mouths and stud spacing to match. As a precursor to the Ducati 996, the 916 SPS was an impressive machine.
The Ducati 916 SPS is just as much of a thrill today as it was in 1997. Experience the most iconic motorcycle of the era in this detailed review.
Shot with Paul Brace at Proper Bikes: properbikes.co.uk
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Italian design at it's best... Pure joy for the ears and the eyes. There is nothing more beautiful than an 916/996/998. Proud of it.
Or 748
I love Italian design.
or a cagiva mito if youre into smoking !
Yes! 100% - I still think the 749 & 999 are also Amazing! My Dad had a 749 - I wish he didn't bloody sell it!! I wanted that bike badly!! 👍
Mv f4
My dad test rode one of these when it was new, he loved everything about it except the price
my dad bought one in 1998 from new, and he’s still got it now, 7k miles basically brand new
@@stanpriceayers5344 absolute shame he doesn't ride it
This was the period of the ‘born again biker’ when guys who rode 125 and 50ccs when they were kids had loads of money, due to the financial boom.
This was also the period of the Honda Fireblade and with eejits, with more money than sense, I treated plenty of them in brain injury and spinal cord injury.
@@Nick-dz4ml You don't understand that ride a Ducati is like riding a Ferrari, it's a bike to be taken care of. They're objects of collecting and more you ride and the less they're worth. They're bike to use few and to turn on occasionally to run the engine. There are lots of bikes to use to cover many chilometres, but not a Ducati 916 or in general bikes that have done the history of the present motorcycling.
@@gianlucaiafrate739 i would ride it hard😃
I remember when this came out in 1994. I was at school and had a picture of this on my art folder.. always wanted a Ducati ever since.. I’m now 42 and I’ve just ordered a v2 bayliss. So excited like you wouldn’t believe .
what other bikes you own
Back in the day I spotted one up in the mountains just outside Boulder CO. I signaled the rider to pull off to the side of the road so I could get a good look at it. I wasn’t familiar with Ducati or the 916 model. But I knew I was looking at something special. The trellis frame and dual under tail exhaust were truly a work of art. If I recall the ole boy riding it said it was a years wait and cost him $18k. I completely agree this bike is one of the most beautiful bike ever created.
Thanks :-) Of course, we agree it's the most beautiful. And it still turns heads today.
How does this video not have 10M views? Great video quality, great audio quality. One of the best Ducati videos on youtube.
We've asked ourselves the same question ;-) Like and share, we guess. Thanks :-)
Timeless beauty. Its the motorcycle equivalent of the Ferrari 288 GTO, and yes I own one, the Ducati not the Ferrari, 97 916. Thank you for this video.
I'd consider you one of the luckiest guys in world if you'd say i own a 916 and a 288gto, but the 916 is okay🤣😳🤪👊
Ride safe man!
@@90MinutenLang020Damsko I don't own the 916
But I do own the 288 GTO...
In Forza
I settled for the Ducati 959. I’m jealous
Get real
For me, the 916 is the motorcycle equivalent of Ferrari F40.
Proud to say at 25yrs old I owned a 996S, what a fucking bike. Shit to ride on the road but once you got on a track it all made sense and came alive like nothing I've experienced since. Incredible design, incredible sound, great memories. The only bike I've owned that people will wait for you to start it up and ride away from the petrol station before getting back in their cars. Once you push the start button, you nod and smile at a complete stranger in simple recognition of such a thing. It was an honour to have been one of the lucky few
Very well put and you're right about it being the kind of bike that people waited for you to start. You were indeed lucky and especially at 25. Well done!
I also own one and have a few videos online. I have covered over 45,000 miles on mine and found it became a second skin. I felt as one when I was on the road. The sound, handling and engine response from such low revs are all aspects which make me smile from ear to ear when I drove it.
We couldn't agree more. That's some serious mileage to cover, so no surprise it's become a second skin. Thanks for sharing :-)
my dad bought one from new, and still owns and occasionally rides it now, it’s only done 7k miles and still stays with the newer bikes even with me on the back. also the best sounding bike i’ve heard
Wow, that’s really low mileage! Sounds like a keeper. We hope he hangs on to it 😊👍
Brightside Media it’s a great bike, hopefully in 3 years when i can take my full bike license i can ride it at least once 😂
Arcee & Trinity
Yes! It's the most beautiful bike ever, i've always tried to say it's not, but i have to admit it now. The time when it came out, the shape frame swingarm engine everything, the way it shocked the world, YES even today it's not been beaten!
HAHAHAHA....HAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHA
YUP YUP YESSS... YOU'RE SO RIGHT!!!
It's sex on wheels.
Own the yellow 996 I love it a bit temperamental at times. but for a vintage bike . I don't think even the newer Ducatis are as beautiful as the 916 or 996 design it's time less
dig you ❤
On a track day yesterday. Two 916's there. Iconic, race pedigree and beautiful. Probably the best motorcycle ever (sparking a debate)......
I remember the first time I saw a 916. I was at an Italian bike show (I was riding a Guzzi Le Mans at the time) on the south coast of NSW Australia. This bloke showed up on a brand spanking new 916. He had ridden the 220klms down from Sydney. The bike was a show stopper. It wasn't even entered in the show but drew a crowd. Another bike to show up was a Gilera Nuovo Saturno 500. Both Italian works of art.
Great story mate. That really sums up the presence of the 916 - the ultimate show stopping bike.
Still an absolute stunner. Many moons ago, I bought the 748 and had it delivered to my place of work in Poland Street, W1. Mostly glass shop-fronts back then, and they shook like an earthquake hit when I turned the ignition and roared her into life for the first time... Brilliant memories - thank you for the ride down memory lane.
best looking road bike ever made IMO.
Nothing better. There will never be another bike that looks as good as this.
mv agusta f4
Very Beautiful indeed.. However 1993 Bimota Tesi 1D is more Beautiful in my opinion.. 😉
@@deltaromeo2692 another beautiful machine no doubt.. But doesn't really look much different than a Ducati...
@@alejandrovalle2507 i hipe that was a joke😂
Proud owner of a ‘01 748. Best investment I ever made. Torque throughout the rpm range is for real, even with the lower displacement model and the whole ride experience is just as visceral as with her larger siblings. Breaks gawker necks literally anytime I’m out with her. As Ferris Bueller put it, “if you have the means I highly suggest picking one up”.
Haha, agreed entirely. Ferris said it best :-)
I also own a late model 748s and totally agree with all the above!!!
I had a 1998 748S for a couple of years and it was an exquisite experience in every way. I had to let it go because at 68 years of age I was upping the chances of painful demise. I quietly weep inside every time I see any of the Tamburini masterpieces. Although I can say I owned one and knew it a deep level, it doesn't make up for the sensory overload of the noise, vibration, heat and speed. There's nothing like it. Motorcycling purity?
Got the 996, had it for 16 years and still love it. Number 23 off the production line.
Only ducati thats ever made me even thinnk about buying one...
Gods theyre gorgeous.
Kudos to Massimo Tamburini, the most beautiful bike ever made
Anything that Massimo designed was the most beautiful bike, ask any MV Agusta owner, lol
@@TXLorenzo He also drew the Cagiva Mito bike. Also a stunning bike.
Happy owner of a cagiva mito ev, the ducati 916 little sister, and they just look soooooo good! They look amazing
Andrea Calamai i have a mito too
it is a bumblebee :). when you open throttle it flies as timeless racetrack bike
cheers mate
Cagiva Mito EVO, yellow, my first crush :)
@@robertking1032 got the ev 1 in all yellow with the arrow exhaust, sexy thing
Nice to see mito lovers here :) I bought one in pretty rough condition a few months ago and have been fixing it up ever since. Feels like a jet airplane :D
@@krisu8960 when i bought my 05 mito(coming from a 50ccm ciao) i was just amazed by its power and looks. Now i am 17 and one of my friends bought 250 ninja and it just ripps that thing apart. The only bad thing about this bike is the amount of fuel it burns.
Man, do I love this bike. So much fun with my 998, still my favourite of all time...
I remember first seeing the 916 in the movie Fled in 1996. I was 11 and fell in love with this bike lol
Oh yeah, remember that.
The 916 took the whole (super)bike world lifted it up and threw it upsidedown in the 90s, i remember it very well i was a GSXR-guy! Still up to today with all these crazy performance very fine looking bikes and it don't matter to me, i like them all, the 916 the whole 916, weight-engine-SHAPE is the SEXIEST of them all! (Maybe never to be beaten)
Hard to believe this bike is over 20 years old, it hasn't dated in the slightest!
Hi from NZ,
Anthony.
Its the ferrari F40 of 2 wheels
It's because you can't improve on perfection
over 25 years old
In my opinion, it’s the most beautiful motorcycle ever made.
Even riding my 996 around New York City, people come up to me all the time asking if this was one of Ducati's new models :)
its amazing to find that this machine looks closer to prototype bike than the newer model
It's pretty amazing, isn't it?
When I first saw it, atomic reactions inside me that I can not explain.
Haha, we think a lot of people must have felt exactly the same way ;-)
Buenas noches!!la más bella de todas las Ducati una joya de la ingeniería saludos de Tucumán Argentina
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I agree.. the MOST beautiful bike ever made
Would love one just to look at every day in the garage.
Who wouldn't? You don't even need to be a biker!
i agree it is one of the most beautiful bikes ever. Ducati have a way with making bikes look great, must be an Italian thing.
Thanks :-) Yeah, they sure know how to make a pretty bike
Do one...you spelled Yamaha wrong
Ive watched this video so many times it takes me right back to the 90"s , beautifully atmospheric video, and sound track, I have been lucky enough to own one of these beautiful motorcycles in the past, pure joy.
Thanks :-) Glad you enjoyed it. Please feel free to subscribe if you like.
Had two of them back in the day and wish i never sold them, have an 848 evo now and its pretty close to what the 916 was to ride so :)
Love everything about these and the SPS was the ultimate incarnation. Those looks have aged well and they sound amazing even just ticking over - the rattling clutch offset by that pair of booming termignonis.
It has aged really well, we agree. And it still sounds awesome too!
Where did You get 848
Best looking bike ever built.
Even an old scooter tramp like me fell in love with the 916 when it came out. Looks even better in person, Bellisima!!
Great vid. That bike just oozes design beauty. As you said, even non bikers know this is a Ducati work of art. That bag of spanners sound from the dry clutch is funny.
I still miss the sound and ride of my 1997 916sp3 number 102
Mine the 97' 996sps 027. I missed it alot.
Eins der schönsten Motorräder überhaupt.Zeitlos geiles Design.😉👌👏👏😘👍👍👍
Oh boy I miss my 98 , 96 916 stage 1 chipped , converted to single seat , blue and white pearlescent paint scheme , 48mm headers with 50mm tergi system , blah Harley:s loud ? Not near to mine ! Loved it ❤️ France and Spain ..... Sooo soooo miss her . Hoping to get another rough one and turn into track monster , ride it and treat it hard ..... See how cancer and luck goes . Thanks for a great video and keep your fingers crossed everybody for me 🤣 👍
Regards to all Ducasti New , classic etc 👍
Our fingers and toes are crossed for you. We wish you all the best of luck and hope you can realize your dream very soon! 😎
This is artwork indeed
That's why there's one in the museum of modern art in San Francisco
@@BrightsideMedia well deserved!
Have to agree with this. Not only beautiful but also fully capable race winning bike. Rode one at Thunder Hill Raceway back in 1999...it was my brothers and all set up for track. He was racing Thunder twins at the time. I was there for a Penguin bike school. Two of the best days of my life.
That's true, immensely capable in the handling stakes. And seriously epic on track too.
As a 19 year old US Marine who road with about 30 guys, this was the dream bike. We all road cheaper CBR's ZX7R, GSXR's and YZF's. Over 25 years later and I still want one.
This is the bike that made want and purchase the 6th gen VFR800. I would like to ride the 916 for a weekend but wouldn't want to own one. A timeless beauty for sure. I'd park one in my livingroom as an art piece.
Had one in 1995 , took it out after buying it from Guy Webster, the owner of that bike museum in Ojai California, what a collection of rare Ducati vintage low cc custom racebikes from italy.
He died not long ago, what a great enthusiast and all the stories he told. Look him up, he was the exclusive Rolling Stone photographer of the Rock stars (like Rolling Stones , etc.)
Anyway, that 916 was so stiff, definitely a race bike on the road. If you wear glasses, you better be on ultra smooth roads , I found out the hard way as your glasses will bounce up and down all over your nose.
Sold it 2 weeks later. Super hot from exhaust burning your lower body. Impossible in any stop and go traffic. Got into Bimotas where the designer of this 916 , Massimo Tamburini created more Bimota masterpiecies.
Webster was a legend. May he rest in peace. Sure, the 916 isn't really the bike you'd choose for a daily commute. But just look at it ;-)
To me, the Ducati 916 is the Ferrari F40 of bikes. Just stunning
Timeless Design !
It absolutely is. Simply stunning.
All Ducati’s are works of art which sets them apart.
The only thing prettier? The MV f4s. All the 916, but smoothed off. No tail lights that look tacked on. No goofy headlamps. But they are both so very, very special. I prefer the final version of the 916, the 996. GREAT VIDEO
Thanks :-) The 996 looks great as the evolution, no question. I think most would have both in a heartbeat ;-)
I still look at my 1998 916 SPS that I bought new in awe and obviously still have. I own several motorcycles, mostly dirt bikes now -that I ride, and like all motorcycles in general, but the 916's of that era...there's something about them.
Absolutely beautiful video and motorcycle!
Great film. I love my 996s!
Enjoy your 996! It's a lovely bike. Thanks for watching and glad you liked the film :-)
Never a truer word said if you can't ride it you can definitely just sit and look at it it's beautiful and stunning even after all the years one for the collection 👍👍🍀🍀🍀
Couldn't agree more!
I have a 996 Monster S4R n I absolutely love it!!!
Stunning machine. I have the grandpa version, the ST4. The beautiful 916 engine but wearing a chunky cardigan and slippers.
Back in the day I played video games which has the 916 and I was stunned how Beauty this bike was / is. Lovely vid !
Absolutely gorgeous thanks for making this video 👌🇮🇹
Great bike and awesome production on your video. Keep up the good videos comming👍
Thanks for the kind words 😊 we’re working on a bunch of new films. Watch this space!
Best looking piece of machinery ever built 😍
It really is!
The bevel 900ss to compare two of the most beautiful bikes of all time and both Ducatis.
Ducati certainly made and still make some seriously pretty bikes
Very nice, but the Honda RC30 I prefer myself. For an 80's bike, it still looks stunning today. I am biased because I have ridden one too!
Back in 1997 I was 17 and had my first motorbike which was a Kawasaki KH125. I passed my test in October that year and the likes of the 916 was bikes I could only dream of for several reasons. First I was restricted to 33bhp for two years and secondly, I would never beable to afford the insurance let alone the cost of the bike. The 90s were a good time compared to now. I do not want an electric motorbike.
The Ducati 916 and the 996 were the two bikes I dreamt of owning.
Such sexy beasts.
Couldn't have said it better ;-)
Wow!! What a great motorcycle. The first time I had seen one it was lust at first sight. I swore that I would have one, well I did not get the 916. But I do love my 2012 848 evo se hands down the best bike I've ever owned.
It's gorgeous, isn't it? Nothing wrong with an 848 either :-)
The 916 IS beautiful but I have to include an MV or 2 in the mix also...thx for the videos!!!
They are beauftiful
I love this bike...WOW!!!SEMPRE FORZA DUCATI !😍😍😍😍
916 and mk1 fireblade are my 2 favourite bikes...
Best of all, it sounds like a Ducati!
I have the 900 monster of the same time. I prefer the air cooled engine. Looks cleaner. I’ve had it over 15 years and still love riding it. It still feels analog and solid.
any reliability issues?
The fact that it’s a v-twin rocket….just…Wow!
L-twin
I always thought the rgv250 looked amazing
Nothing subjective about the 916, much like many bikes of that generation, the design transcends time.
Couldn't have said it better myself
My friend had one from new.
I bought 999 in 2003.
He offered me his 916 for 4k
I stupidly went for 999,that's long gone.
At least I got to ride a 916.
Agreed, always wanted one.
They're stunning. And they go pretty well too ;-)
I have a soft spot for the 900Sd Darmah.
No toothed belts on them.
Rode one once on a long road trip, beautiful bike.
At tick over the sound was enough to make engineers wet themselves in appreciation and understanding......
Haha, true indeed :-)
Great little documentary!
This is a well made video. The Ducati 916 is a heck of a motorcycle
jimmy : since when you ride a bike eh?
tommy :....err
Remember we used to follow BsB back in the Day just remember seeing a lot of these broke down on the side of the road nice looking Bike I’ll give it that
Just came to the comments to see how many guys would say that the 1965 shovelhead is the best looking bike !!!!😄😄😄😄😎😎😎😎😎MOTO. DUCATI !!!!!🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺
Haha, not many it seems. Right on!
Brightside Media I wasn't expecting many !! Most harley guys are not interested in video about bikes that are not HD !! I ride my multistrada wearing a shirt that reads " THE BEST THING IN THE HARLEY SHOP WINDOW IS THE REFLECTION OF MY DUCATI" 😎😎
I am a 90s born and it is in the 90s only i watched this TV show in which there were guys with different bikes type used to Chase Crimes on bikes. Maybe there were 3 bikes but my blurry memory tells me there were two bikes, one was cruiser and other one was sports (think it was Ducati could be in yellow..not sure)..always tried to find that TV show name but couldn't find it..
90s were the time when there were good machines no matter if its bikes or cars! Group C race brought good engines and cars especially V12s, Type B rally cars that only hosts men with balls, Isle of Man TT host man with balls too but with skills to control bike while waggling!
Absolutely gorgeous,love my 996 SPS
Good choice!
Fantastic motorcycles, cheers from Italy
Glad you like them! Grazie :-)
At 7:57... Look at this gorgeous baby. This view, sincerely, definitively made my (man) day !
The open clutch sound 🙏🏾😪
Timless beauty. This bike is like an Hollywood-Actress. Wonderful to look at, from now on forever.
Great analogy - agreed completely
I owned a 996S for some years, now I regret selling it! Love the design, sound and especially the amazing handling on curvy roads. One small comment to this very good video, regarding the engine for the 996S, as I recall it the engine was the same as for the 996SPS, the power was some places claimed to be 123 hp and other placed 128 hp. The standard 996 was, correct me I I'm wrong, producing 113 hp.
Awesome bike! Forza 916 Ducati👌
I had a 1200 bandit in 2002 , I went for a ride on father's day in the Northumberland hills , coming out of a dip in the road uphill a 916 came over the hill , absolutely beautiful , and also THE most scariest thing I've ever seen in my life, why?? Because it was on my side of the road and heading straight for me at a closing speed of 140+. We hit head on , I still don't know how we survived , his broken arm was far less than my life changing injuries , broken arm ( plated ) wrist ( screws ) right leg amputated above the knee , I know I shouldn't , but I hate these bikes with a passion , and all the other bikers that ride the same way as that prick does , overtaken on blind bends , brow of hills , these knob heads killed my love of motorcycles stone dead.
That’s really bad. I think you were extremely unlucky. Don’t blame the bike, blame the rider.
I have one too, beautiful and exciting!!!
😍😍😍🇮🇹
I couldn't say it better myself :-)
@@BrightsideMedia lovely bike!!! 🔝
Thanks :-)
An undeniable beauty.
But the front yard at 1:30 is also not to be despised.
A classical british evergreen entrance to a nice british cottage.
Cheers from Luxemburg 🍻
Thanks. Cheers from sunny England :-)
I can only imagine putting it away in the garage is bittersweet.
It really is. But you can still stare at it ;-)
got 916 got bike in 98 its in foggy colours its my daily ride to work during summer months great bike
I consider myself very, very fortunate to have a very highly modified 998R, set up for the track as a poor man's RS. Perfect for the track, not so much for the street now... ;)
it resembles Smeg refrigerator when viewed from a certain angle .. this most beautiful Motorcycle :)
Sadly i never got to own one of these, i finished my bike days on a 1994 fireblade, happy days......
Also a very cool bike. Check out our film about the FireBlade: th-cam.com/video/X-SbBe2XWH8/w-d-xo.html
Agree'd....hell id be totally happy to have a 748...JUST so I could stare at it!
This bike is the sexiest motorcycle ever made.