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Ducati has officially unveiled its new motocrosser, the Desmo250 MX. It's the second model following last year's Desmo450 MX, priced at £8,995 in the UK. The 249.7cc single, featuring Ducati's desmodromic valve system, revs to 15,000rpm and produces 44.5hp.
A 4-stroke 250 motocrosser with desmo valves, and revving to 15,000rpm at that — I actually gasped the moment I saw the spec sheet. A dry weight of 103kg combined with 44.5hp is an extraordinary combination of numbers. As the second machine after the 450, bringing desmo to mass-production MX is so quintessentially Ducati. This is a bike I want to compare down to the last bone.
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Rounding out the lineup from the MX450 to the MX250 within a single year — Ducati's level of commitment is genuinely surprising.
Desmodromic is the mechanism that opens and closes valves via cam rather than springs, right? Surprised to see it on a 250 too.
A high-revving desmo storming straight into the stronghold held by the KTM 250SX and Honda CRF250R.
£8,995 is a pretty bold price for a quarter-liter class — a different world from Japan's mini-moto crowd.
Given the maintenance cost of a desmo setup, the pricing is probably aimed squarely at dedicated racers.
The second model after the 450MX — didn't expect the 450 platform to expand this quickly.
Revving to 15,000rpm for 44.5ps from a 249.7cc desmodromic single — that's an almost insane rev range.
That 15,000rpm figure really shows exactly why they went with desmodromic valves.
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