DUCATI Motorcycle - Design Your Own Ducati Contest
DUCATI Motorcycle - Design Your Own Ducati Contest from Sean Flickinger
DUCATI Motorcycle - Design Your Own Ducati Contest

Design Your Own Ducati Contest - This is my entry for this contest held by Ducati in 2003-4. This design focused on the rider who liked both two-up riding and track days. Outfitted with adjustable height clip-ons, hide away rear set and a more pointed front fairing for aerodynamics (I think), removable side mirrors plus storage in the tank area and other nice details make this a versatile machine. Styling was in the spirit of Italian styling with very clean surfaces and a strong graphic break up in the front with headlights hidden behind the two vertical windscreens. A conscious effort was made to remove a number of common styling features prevalent with rice burners of the day. The design was modeled and rendered in Alias.

Alias renderings of a Ducati Sportsbike/Touring Motorcycle concept utilizing classic graphic Italian design elements.
Front Alias Rendering of design. Intent was to create simple and smooth surfaces to channel air around the rider. Front and center air intake design gaps air at the very front of the bike where it is least disturbed. The head tube of the bike was redesigned (shown in another image in this set)so that the air could have a straight shot right back into the airbox hopefully creating more power.
Contest entrants where asked to submit three files showing their design. On this "poster" I review the bike's features: aerodynamics, carbon fiber truss frame, user controls and repackaging of components. Click on "View original file" and you can zoom to read captions.
Poster showing how clip-ons can be repositioned below the triple clamp for sports riding. For the same sport riding the rear set can be rotated up and out of the way. Click on "View original file" and you can zoom to read captions.
Close up of the redesigned triple clamp where the center is removed to allow air to travel straight from the front of the bike to the airbox. The design uses upper and lower rings attached to the frame which then are sandwiched with bearings and the upper and lower connecting braces of the suspension forks. Click on "View original file" and you can zoom to read captions.
Poster showing more details like the storage in the tank area. Only made possible by relocating the fuel tank to under the engine. Kick stand fold nicely out of sight when not in use. Click on "View original file" and you can zoom to read captions.
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DUCATI Motorcycle - Design Your Own Ducati Contest

Design Your Own Ducati Contest - This is my entry for this contest held by Ducati in 2003-4. This design focused on the rider who liked both two-up riding and track days. Outfitted with adjustable height clip-ons, hide away rear set and a more pointed front fairing for aerodynamics (I think), removable side mirrors plus storage in the tank area and other nice details make this a versatile machine. Styling was in the spirit of Italian styling with very clean surfaces and a strong graphic break up in the front with headlights hidden behind the two vertical windscreens. A conscious effort was made to remove a number of common styling features prevalent with rice burners of the day. The design was modeled and rendered in Alias.

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Sean Flickinger
Industrial Design & Product Development Consultant/Principal at Bullseye Design Worx Denver, CO