Pierre Terblanche

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Pierre Terblanche is a South African born in 1956 in the small town of Uitenhage. He started his career in advertising but felt the need to move into the design world. After moving to Germany and working with Volkswagen design he worked at the CRC (Cagiva Research Center) at San Marino under the direction of Massimo Tamburini. When Cagiva decided to sell Ducati to TPG (Texas Pacific Group), Pierre Terblanche chose to follow Ducati. He is responsible for the most controversial and successful bikes in the modern history of Ducati.

He has resigned from Ducati (effective December 2007) to pursue other interests believing that he should be a designer, not a manager. He will probably still be working with motorcycles but also aims to design boats etc.

He designed :

• Cagiva 900 Gran Canyon
• Ducati 888
• Ducati Multistrada
• Ducati Hypermotard
• Ducati Supermono
• Ducati ST2
• Ducati ST3
• Ducati MH900e
• Ducati 999
• Ducati1000 GT
• Ducati PaulSmart1000LE
• Ducati 1000 Sport

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Cagiva Gran Canyon	1000 Multistrada S	ST3s	1000 Sport
Paul Smart LE 1000	Ducati Hypermotard	Supermono rear close-up