Ducati TT Symposium

For the second year, Lou Saif, Ducati TT guru, and Ralph Stechow, noted collector, held a private gathering of some of the most important Ducati race bikes Ducati ever offered. As expected, the turn out of both motorcycles and the people that appreciate these special machines was outstanding. For those that weren't there but wished they could have been, the 2011 TT event will be held at Barber's Motorsport Park during their excellent Vintage Weekend. Hope to see you there!
Photos by Vicki Smith

Ducati TT's are somewhat misunderstood. They are not named after the Isle of Man and the TT2 came before the TT1 (TT stands for Tourist Trophy and the 2 is for Formula 2, the 1 for Formula 1, the classes that bikes were built for) The bikes were factory racers, completely handbuilt by the original NCR team, who were Ducati Corse at that time. The production line was in the factory raceshop. They are the closest thing Ducati has EVER offered to what the factory was racing at the time. Produced in extremely low numbers and hand built by Rino Caracchi, Giorgio Nepoti, and Franco Farne, they have the highest pedigree of any Ducati's ever made. Officially, in 1982 and 1983 about 20 TT2's were built and even fewer TT1's thru 1984 and 1985. Impossibly small numbers by todays standards.

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Ducati TT's are somewhat misunderstood. They are not named after the Isle of Man and the TT2 came before the TT1 (TT stands for Tourist Trophy and the 2 is for Formula 2, the 1 for Formula 1, the classes that bikes were built for) The bikes were factory racers, completely handbuilt by the original NCR team, who were Ducati Corse at that time. The production line was in the factory raceshop. They are the closest thing Ducati has EVER offered to what the factory was racing at the time. Produced in extremely low numbers and hand built by Rino Caracchi, Giorgio Nepoti, and Franco Farne, they have the highest pedigree of any Ducati's ever made. Officially, in 1982 and 1983 about 20 TT2's were built and even fewer TT1's thru 1984 and 1985. Impossibly small numbers by todays standards.