作者: Ducati916SP (聖門土星夫 XD) 站內: DUCATI
標題: Ducati Apollo
時間: Sat Sep 30 18:57:18 2006
昨天在維雞百科上看到一則有趣的文章，是關於Ducati的歷史。
Ducati Apollo
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1964 Ducati Berliner 1260 Apollo
In 1959, the Berliner brothers (Ducati importers in America),
spoke to Ducati about creating a rival to the Harley-Davidson
to sell to police departments around the U.S. The idea of this
quantity of orders ignited the Berliner’s enthusiasm. It did
not excite Ducati’s government management though, and it was
not until Berliners agreed to underwrite a proportion of the
development costs in 1961 that the project went ahead. They
decided to call it the Apollo, in honour of the moon mission
series of the time.
1959年，Ducati在美國的代理（應該是吧）Berliner兄弟建議生產給
美國警察用的機車，搶食哈雷的市場。但那時候Ducati是義大利國營
，對這個idea沒什麼興趣。最後是Berliner兄弟自掏腰包才讓Ducati
同意，project取名為Apollo，
Ducati was to produce two prototypes and two extra engines
as spares. Today only one survives.
Ducati生產兩台原形車及兩組備用引擎。
Taglioni was to develop a bike that conformed to US police
specifications, and was bigger than any current model Harley
Davidson. Taglioni decided on an air cooled 1256 cc 90 degree
two valve head V4 using a 180 degree crankshaft with roller
bearing big ends. That crank fitted into a horizontally split
wet sump crankcase with a centre main bearing support. The
bore was 84.5 mm, and the stroke 56 mm. Valve actuation was
by pushrods and rocker arms. That was the engine.
1256cc，90度雙缸，缸徑84.5mm，衝程56mm，每缸2v。曲軸箱是上下
結合，汽門是用push rod和搖臂來actuate。
The engine was also a stressed member of the heavy duty open
cradle frame with a central box section front downtube between
the forward cylinders. Small car sized starter motor and
generator were fitted. Ceriani developed the suspension for
both ends of the frame, but riders today would be alarmed by
the inadequate front and rear single leading shoe 220 mm drum
brakes. The stopping distance was huge, and had to be allowed
for. It had a 61.2 inch wheelbase, and weighed 596 lb dry.
Taglioni dismissed the Berliners’ suggestion of shaft drive,
and chose chain final drive. The police specification stipulated
16 inch tyres, so there was little choice in that.
和現代的Ducati一樣，引擎本身是車架的一部分，發電機和起動馬達是
用小型汽車的。前後鼓煞，煞車極弱。軸距1555mm，乾重271公斤（原來
Ducati也做過這種大笨車），鍊條傳動。
Initially it was putting out 100 bhp @ 7000 rpm, and could clear
120 mph. The Harley of the time made 55 bhp. Still, the first test
rider Franco Farne came back from his first ride, and said it
“handles like a truck.” The performance was so good, it soon
became evident that the tyres of the day were not up to it. A tyre
disintegrated at speed on the autostrada, and the test rider rated
his survival “a miracle”. The engine was detuned to give 80
bhp. Tyres continued to disintegrate. The engine was brought down
to 65 bhp, and the survival rate of the tyres became acceptable.
This was late 1963.
剛開始最大馬力是100bhp@7000rpm，極速超過192kph。當時的哈雷只有55匹
。第一次試車時車手說「騎起來像貨車」。馬力太大，當時的輪胎不夠先進
，在義大利的高速公路上輪胎解體，試車手說他還活著簡真是奇蹟。於是
Ducati把引擎tune down到80匹，還是一樣，後來一直降到65匹後輪子才比
較撐得住。
In March 1964 a “fully dressed” gold painted prototype was
handed over in a formal ceremony. Possibly one of the first
Harley imitators.
1964年一台金光閃閃的原形車正式亮相。這可能是世界上第一台模仿哈
雷的車子。
The reduction in power though meant that it could now be
outperformed by the British and BMW twins, which restricted
the anticipated market to police forces. The Berliners were
ready to go anyway, printing advertising, demonstrating the
prototype to Police Chiefs, and genuinely preparing to market
the Apollo.
The Italian government said no, that the limited market did
not justify the tooling costs of production, and withdrew
project funding. Berliners were gutted. Their private Apollo
moon shot had failed to ignite.
這部車在性能被tune down以後其實和其他歐系車種比起來已經沒
什麼優勢了，Berliners兄弟還是決定要go。結果被義大利政府喊
卡，他們認為市場太小、不值得投入，把所有的project資源都抽
掉。
It would have been a superbike before its time if tyre
technology could have coped, but that was a few more years
away. We did get to see an advanced version of half the
engine: the 1970 500 cc and 750 cc 90 degree V-twins.
後來的500cc和750cc的90度V-twin引擎都算是改良自Apollo。
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