Ducati 98

The Ducati 98 was a series of single-cylinder overhead-valve motorcycles with an open-cradle pressed-steel frame, built by Ducati Meccanica from 1952 to 1958 and sold as the 98, 98N, 98T, 98TL, 98 Sport and 98 Super Sport. Its air-cooled four-stroke engine displaced 98 cc, and the sporting versions raised compression and power, to as much as 6.8 bhp in the Sport and a top speed of about 95 km/h in the Super Sport. In London in 1956 the 98 Sport sold for 178 pounds and 10 shillings. The series followed the 65 line and helped Ducati compete among the Italian lightweight sporting motorcycles of the 1950s.