NG Megafactories - The Motorcycle Collection (2012) Part 1 Ducati

Go behind the scenes as Megafactories explores manufacturing goliaths and brings to life some of the greatest one-of-a-kind factories in the world. MEGAFACTORIES The Motorcycle Collection takes us into three of the worlds of highly powered and highly sought-after bike factories to witness the pinnacle of motorcycle engineering! Step inside the world's most impressive industrial sites as this fascinating series explores the manufacturing stories behind iconic vehicles and products. They may look sleek and shiny when they come off the conveyor belt, but every iconic product begins life as a mere collection of parts. Join us in the series of Megafactories as we don protective gear and enter the epic manufacturing plants behind the planet's biggest brands, revealing their unique construction secrets. The World famous Italian Ducati shows us how the designers and engineers create a radical 'new biking concept' - four bikes in one machine! V-Rod is the first Harley-Davidson motorcycle to go from 0 to 96 kilometers per hour in just 3.52 seconds, nearly twice as fast as any other Harley-Davidson bike, witness its birth! And the legendary motorcycle manufacturer MV Augusta, watch how a father and son team (along with one of the most advanced factories in the world) rebuild and restore to the sport bike to its former glory! With exclusive access to all areas, go behind the scenes to see how these top designers and engineers built the most sophisticated and technologically advanced motorbikes in MEGAFATORIES The Motorcycle Collection.

Part 1 Ducati

A look inside the world-famous Italian Ducati motorbike factory. See how they built the brand’s most sophisticated and technologically advanced motorbike ever, a shapeshifting, four bikes in one the Multistrada 1200. Access all areas of the renowned Italian Ducati motorbike factory. Ducati are the Ferrari of the two-wheel world… famed for racing, and high-speed, high performance, road bikes. But with a massive recession looming, Ducati needed to enter the wider motorcycle markets of Tourers, City Bikes, and Off-Roaders to guarantee their future. Which new market would this little Italian company, famed for innovation and risk taking, choose? The answer stunned the motorcycling world. Ducati would attempt the impossible. Harnessing their race bred technology to build ONE TRANSFORMING machine that could shape shift between ALL these very different types of motorcycle. The “Four Bikes in One” Ducati 1200 Multistrada! But would it work? And would anybody buy it?

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