David Cronenberg's "The Italian Machine" brings Ducati 900SS to life

An important part of the myth and mystery inherent in any truly epochal motorcycle isn’t its performance figures or racing success, it’s the emotions it engenders and the lives it impacts. Cut to 1976 and the Ducati 900 Desmo Super Sport is the bike of the decade. Most of its fans won’t even see one till many years later, but its reputation has already been made. Particularly among a group of Canadian bikers envisioned in David Cronenberg’s “The Italian Machine.”
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