We’ve got a major surprise this week, with Italdesign revisiting its controversial Ducati 860 for an electrifying update. Elsewhere in Europe, Honda has sanctioned two new custom projects—a pair of Rebels from FCR, and a reworked CB1000R from 5Four.
Ducati 860-E by ItalDesign The Ducati 860 is one those older bikes that looks (slightly) better as the years go by. Designed by Giorgetto Giugiaro of Italdesign, the angles have improved with age—but it’s not a looker on the scale of the original 750 Super Sport, for example.
Almost half a century later, though, the 860’s time may have come. Italdesign have just released a video clip with the blurb, “Do you remember the Ducati 860 we had the chance to design back in the 70s?…