DUCATI DESMO 450 2025

The Desmo450 MX was built around its beating heart: the 63.5 hp Desmo450 engine, the first four-stroke single-cylinder with desmodromic timing in the history of motocross. Designed before anything else, it was the engine that gave shape to the bike itself, redefining the concept.

The Desmo450 MX is equipped with an aluminium perimeter frame which allows for an engine intake duct that is as straight as possible and with the right incline, to optimize air intake efficiency and hence performance. This layout, in turn, dictated the use of aluminium for the frame, which is designed and built using innovative techniques to optimize stiffness, weight and strength. In developing a frame with limited elements, a “weldingless” philosophy was adopted, as reducing the number of weld joints as far as possible consequently limits the number of weak points, for heightened reliability.

A bike immediately recognisable as a Ducati, thanks also to a design that highlights its compactness, and a livery shared with that of the MotoGP bike and other models developed with Ducati Corse. The Desmo450 MX is extremely compact, designed to maximise the rider’s freedom of movement and vehicle control, while also considering maintenance at the workshop or trackside.