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Marco Lucchinelli signature
Laguna Seca, single seat rear-end
Ducati Santamonica
The Laguna Seca came next in 1987. It was
named following Marco Lucchinelli’s victory
in the Battle of the twins race at California’s
Laguna Seca track. A mere 200 of them were
built. Lucchinelli’s signature is on the tank of all
of them.
Very similar to the Montjuich and Luguna
Seca, and last of the three F1 specials, was the
Santamonica, named after another Lucchinelli
victory at the Misano race track. There is one
more but, unlike the other three, it wasn’t a
750. This was the F3, a 350 originally built for
Very rare F3 350 and 400
the home market. A 400 version, however,
found its way to the Japanese market, which
at the end of the 1980s was Ducati’s largest
export market.
Sadly, these F1 variations would be the last
of what had become known as the last of
the ‘raw boned street racing Dukes’. Soon
the factory would resort to electronic fuel
injection and the various measures to comply
with new emission laws, and so an era which
began with the 1973 750SS came to an end
with the final 750 F1 and F3 Specials in 1988.
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