1971 Ducati Motocross 450 RT
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I owned one of these. Great bike.
This bike was a pleasure to restore. One of the last bikes I did for ken thank u ken was an amazing 5 years. Doc Kaplan cycles NEMM.
Rode my Brother's a few times right side shifter and if I remember its 1up and 3 down maybe 4. Was only 14 yo riding it my brother had it set up as a ice racer incredible torque!
Incredible! Definitely an Italian work of art...should be put on a rotating pedestal! Still would love to hear it, esp without the muffler! That Desmo sound...all the way! Legendary!
I have a '74 in unrestored condition...headlight, tailight, speedo, tach....and it runs.
NICE BIKE !!!
I’ve only seen one in person. My dad bought it at an estate sale for $600 in the 90’s. Unfortunately it was lost in a fire about 10 years ago.
I remember seeing these in magazine ad's with white number plates covering the air box and just the chrome header. What an awesome piece!! Happy New Year Ken, was great to meet you at Mid Ohio this past year,back in the north woods area track side,you were on that honda XL
Let's hear it, no good just looking at it when you can let the world hear it thru TH-cam.
These didn't come with a silencer either. They were straight piped from the factory. Should have white plastic triangular shaped side covers as well. :)
After loving several Ducati singles I bought one of these new in 1971 and rode it hard for several years. Looked great at the dealership but it was the a frustrating machine obviously "designed by committee"... multiple contradictory elements set at cross purposes.
Examples:
1) Desmo valve gear for extreme top end revs that was choked out by a puny 28mm carb.
2)The small carb gave it tremendous bottom end grunt that was wasted on a very close ratio 5 speed transmission. It could be sprocketed down for tremendous off road power and a ridiculously low top speed or sprocketed up for on road use but then first gear was too tall for off road use. Should have had a wide ratio gearbox to enable usefullness on and off road.
3)The steering was way to quick for serious off road use at speed. It handled like an overweight trials bike. I often got into sphincter clinching out of control fishtailing in loose ground. I heard of owners cutting the frame to impart more rake to the forks.
Nice looking bike. Minus that 50 pound bazooka hanging off that pipe. Wonder what they were thinking there. Maybe to keep other rider's from getting to close in tight corner's
Will that fit down my chimney? Merry Christmas all.
Wonder if any machinist/ welders/ mechanics from Ducati worked for Aermacchi Harley motocrossers in later years?
Didn't sound correct to me that "Ducati won the 1969 Baja 500 350 class", otherwise Berliner would have heavily advertised that in print. They did finish the 500, but: "Doug Douglas and Bill Ydiando took a 350 Ducati down in 26 hours and 30 min. for 5th in class".