Before our classics became classic, they were just 'old'. In AMK there will soon be a story about Ducati's failed mission to conquer the motorcycle world in the 70 years with a Real Heavy Touring Motorcycle.
A nice goal that they were already very busy with at the time at BMW. The Bavarian did not really care about the Italian Threat. Rightly so.
The - non desmo - 860 line flopped.
Survivors were massively converted into caferacers and an original copy is now more difficult to find than honesty in politics.
But between the start of the dream and the current status, 860's were just old engines for people who wanted to have a lot of bikes without a lot of money.
You can read the story later AutoMotorKlassiek