Ducati 851

The Ducati 851 is a motorcycle model of the Italian motorcycle manufacturer Ducati.

The 851 was the first Ducati with water cooling, two camshafts per cylinder head, four valves per cylinder and fuel injection. She was the first motorcycle that was successful in racing with a fuel injection. The series dominated the early 1990s, the Superbike racing series.

The newly designed Desmoquattro engine was unmistakably a Ducati V-2 engine: one lying in the direction of travel front and a stationary rear cylinder at an angle of 90 ° ( "L- Twin" ), with Desmodromic valve control system and toothed belt drive of the camshaft.

The 851 was equipped with a newly designed, open-bottom steel tube trellis frame, which integrated the engine as a stressed member. In the frame, the main frame was used until 2002 in the Ducati Monster, also a reversing lever for progressive suspension of the rear wheel was mounted.

The 851 was built in several versions (S / SP / Strada / Solo / Due). Back in 1991, ran in limited quantity SP versions with 888 cc for homologation for the Superbike World Championship from the tape. From 1993, only motors are installed with 888 cc and the bike renamed accordingly in Ducati 888. Early had 851 to the front deeply drawn-down bench seat - side sections, later models and the 888 horizontally extending side panels.

The Ducati 888 in 1994 superseded by the Ducati 916.

Specifications

The 851 SP was delivered with additional pistons and cylinders as a 888 cc kit.