Wooo, someone that clearly knows his stuff about this! FWIW, in my previous life I was a manf. rep for US Chemical and Plastics, Norton and SEM to name a few.
3D is what?
The VW CEO that bought Ducati is no longer with them. Ducati was his pet project, for reasons unknown. So now that he is gone the new peeps are not interested in doing valve adjustments every weekend.
So..... @Isaac's Papa and @tall_tracy might be driving Harleys soon.
http://lanesplitter.jalopnik.com/harley-davidson-might-buy-ducati-and-build-a-motorcycle-1796310363