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It's hard to imagine that this iconic Italian motorcycle company, renowned for fast and furious racing bikes and very sexy road bikes, began by manufacturing radio vacuum valves. As the story goes, three brothers - Adriano, Marcello and Bruno Ducati began their radio components business in Bologna in 1926. At the same time, a small Turinese company, SIATA, was building small engines for bicycles.

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