When you think about the assembly process involved in making a motorcycle, it is pretty staggering. Not only do Ducati engineers have the task of making the best motorcycle possible, but they also need to design the machine to be easily built by the factory workers at Borgo Panigale.
Which parts should go on before the next? where a cable should be routed through the frame and bodywork? The planning that must go into building out an assembly line is certainly an undertaking I would not want to have.
So while the latest video from Ducati is perhaps not the most ouvertly entertaining, it is certainly impressive nonetheless to watch Italy’s finest assemblying a 2015 Ducati Multistrada 1200.
Note how much time is spent building the Testastretta DVT engine, versus the rest of the Multistrada 1200. That’s because the engine is one of the few things that Ducati still “builds” versus “assembles” on its bikes, with many OEM parts suppliers making the rest.
Source: Ducati
- Justin
I love these inside-the-factory glimpses, there was a series called twist the throttle back in 09 that went inside some of the major factories that this reminds me of.
- Jack Meoph
The engine guys wasn’t wearing any gloves, and had on rings, bracelets, and watches (people still wear them?). I’m surprised necklaces weren’t dangling out. And no one was wearing safety glasses or hearing protection (assembly line floors are LOUD). WTF! I was in charge of safety as one aspect of my last job, and this was fail.
- PastramiBob
haha. According to the article, those guys are Italy’s finest.
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