Ducati now manufactures several lines of motorcycles: naked sport bikes: Ducati Monster, faired sport bikes: 800 and DS1000 Supersports, superbike 749 and 999, adventure-tourer Multistrada 600 and DS1000, tourers ST3s, and retro-replicas SportClassic. The chief designer of Ducati motorcycles since the 1970s was the late Fabio Taglioni (1920-2001). He introduced the Pantah in 1979; its engine was updated in the 1990s in the SuperSport (SS) series. All modern Ducati engines are derivatives of the Pantah, which uses a toothed belt to actuate the engine's valves.

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In 1993, Miguel Angel Galuzzi introduced the Ducati Monster[1] , a naked bike with exposed trellis and engine. Today the Monster accounts for almost half of the company's worldwide sales. The Monster, which has been out since 1994, has undergone the most changes of any motorcycle that Ducati has ever produced. After more than a decade of manufacturing, Ducati continues to create innovative changes to this classic motorcycle. In 1995, the company introduced the Ducati 916 model designed by Massimo Tamburini, a water-cooled version that allowed for higher output levels and a striking new bodywork that featured aggressive lines, underseat exhausts, and a single-sided swingarm. Ducati has since ceased production of what many called the bike of the 1990s, supplanting it with the 749 and 999. In 2005, Ducati introduced its concept motard motorcycle, the HyperMotard. The company has not announced when this bike will enter production.

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