Michelangelo biography honda
- Massimo Tamburini was born in Rimini on November 28, 1943.
- Born 50km inland from the Adriatic coast resort in November 1943 Honda CB750-engined racer that would be the genesis of a company.
- Tamburini was born in 1943 in Rimini, Italy.
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A Michelangelo, at 100 mph Plus
Massimo Tamburini’s masterful Ducati 996sps, momentarily at rest in California. Photo by Owen Edwards
In the diverse clan of industrial designers, most of the glamour adheres to furniture folk such as George Nelson and the Eameses. Following close behind, on four stylish wheels, are car designers, from Raymond Loewy with Studebaker and Harley Earl with General Motors to Chris Bangle at BMW and J Mays at Ford. Sad, for some of us, is the fact that given the far smaller demand for two-wheelers, those who design motorcycles tend to sit below the salt, down with the B-listers. (Of course, so did Mozart, but that’s another story.)
In part, this is because the Japanese dominate the market, and companies such as Honda and Yamaha tend to design motorcycles — remarkable motorcycles — by committee. Harley Davidson does have a renowned designer, Willie G. Davidson — grandson of the co-founder — who has had a hand and eye in producing most of the ever-popular hogs for decades. But the recent death of Italy’s Massim
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Michelangelo and the Sistine Chapel
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