Editing Ducati (section)

==History==
{{Main articles|Ducati (company)}}

[[File:Ducati Werk.JPG|thumb|left|Ducati Factory]]
[[File:Ducati Vilar Cucciolo 1950.jpg|left|thumb|Ducati "Cucciolo", 1950]] Barely a month after the official liberation of Italy in 1944, SIATA announced its intention to sell this engine, called the [[Ducati Cucciolo|"Cucciolo"]] (Italian for "puppy," in reference to the distinctive exhaust sound) to the public. 

The first Cucciolos were available alone, to be mounted on standard bicycles, by the buyer; however, businessmen soon bought the little engines in quantity, and offered complete motorized-bicycle units for sale.

In 1950, after more than 200,000 Cucciolos had been sold, in collaboration with SIATA, the Ducati firm offered its own Cucciolo-based motorcycle. 

This first Ducati motorcycle was a 48&nbsp;[[Cubic centimetre|cc]] bike weighing {{cvt|98|lb}}, with a top speed of {{cvt|40|mph|0}}, and had a {{cvt|15|mm |in |adj=mid|[[carburetor]] |abbr=in}} giving just under {{cvt|200|mpgus}}. 

Ducati soon dropped the Cucciolo name in favor of "55M" and "65TL".
[[File:Scooters.Assisi026.jpg|thumb|Ducati 175 Cruiser, 1952]]
[[File:Ducati_Brio_100.jpg|thumb|Ducati Brio 100, 1968<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://cybermotorcycle.com/gallery/ducati-scooters/Ducati-1968-Brio-NZM-Front-RHS.htm |title=1968 Ducati Brio 100 |website=Classic Motorcycles by Sheldon's Emu |access-date=22 May 2020 |archive-date=13 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211113215517/https://cybermotorcycle.com/gallery/ducati-scooters/Ducati-1968-Brio-NZM-Front-RHS.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>]]
[[File:Ducati mach1 800.jpg|thumb|[[Ducati Mach 1]]]]
When the market moved toward larger motorcycles, Ducati management decided to respond, making an impression at an early-1952 Milan show, introducing their 65TS cycle and Cruiser (a four-stroke [[motor scooter]]). 

Despite being described as the most interesting new machine at the 1952 show, the Cruiser was not a great success, and only a few thousand were made over a two-year period before the model ceased production.

In the 1960s, Ducati earned its place in motorcycling history by producing the fastest 250&nbsp;cc road bike then available, the [[Ducati Mach 1|Mach 1]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ducati.com/heritage/anni60/mach1/mach1.jhtml |title=Mach 1 |publisher=ducati.com |access-date=25 January 2007 |archive-date=19 September 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090919064900/http://www.ducati.com/heritage/anni60/mach1/mach1.jhtml |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="DUCATI-MOTOR-HOLDING-SPA-Jun-2004-20-F">{{cite web |url=http://edgar.secdatabase.com/2325/115697304000783/filing-main.htm |title=DUCATI MOTOR HOLDING SPA, Form 20-F, Annual and Transition Report (foreign private issuer), Filing Date Jun 30, 2004 |publisher=secdatabase.com |access-date=14 May 2018 |archive-date=15 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180515112504/http://edgar.secdatabase.com/2325/115697304000783/filing-main.htm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mecossemi.com/H4FrameSet_L.html |title=History of the Motorcycle |publisher=mecossemi.com |access-date=25 January 2007 |archive-date=18 March 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070318230627/http://www.mecossemi.com/H4FrameSet_L.html |url-status=live }}</ref> 

In the 1960s and 1970s, Ducati produced a wide range of small two-stroke bikes, mainly sub-100&nbsp;cc capacities. 
[[File:Ducatilogol.png|thumb|Ducati's old logo used from 1997 to 2008<ref>{{cite web |first=Livio |last=Lodi |year=2009 |url=http://www.ducati.com/heritage/news/storialogo3.jhtml |title=History of the Ducati Logo: The 1990s and beyond |publisher=Ducati Motor Holding S.p.A. |access-date=18 September 2009 |archive-date=26 June 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090626032701/http://www.ducati.com/heritage/news/storialogo3.jhtml |url-status=live }}</ref>]]