As Italy and the international motorcycle industry prepare to farewell Claudio Castiglioni, here is our small gallery tribute to a legendary motorcycle figure with a series of just some of the creations Castiglioni has been credited for over the years. Below is the official statement from MV Agusta on Castiglioni’s death - which celebrates his life and career and one of the more incredible contributions to the motorcycle industry we’ll see in years to come.

Claudio Castiglioni, 64 years old and President of MV Agusta Motor S.p.A. passed away this morning in Varese,Italy after a courageous battle against an illness.

The man who personally elevated the Italian motorcycle industry to its current role as world leader and the businessman who excelled with MV Agusta, Cagiva, Ducati and Husqvarna brands has left us.

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Crappy film, good bike, is about what we can say of this Ducati 916 road race from the film Fled (which can hardly be described as a motorcycle movie, but it fits our purpose for today). Talking of the film, it was made in 1996 starring Lawrence Fishburn and Stephen Baldwin. Which puts it at the heyday of the Ducati 916, and its first victory back in 1994 with Carl Fogarty onboard. Despite the apparent problems of trustworthiness, Ducati lost the World Superbike constructors title only once, in 1997. The video is clearly not any kind of riding we’d like to attempt on a road with traffic but hell, we can pay homage to another lovely Ducati.

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