It's not often that a motorcycle comes along and changes the fate of an entire company, but that's exactly what happened after the Ducati 1098 materialized on designer Giandrea Fabbro's monitor. The bike was an instant success, destined to be the latest motorcycling icon from Borgo Paginale.
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