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Only needs wheels rebuilding, (spoked with stainless rims), a top-end freshen on the engine and some re-chroming.
A re-wire will pretty much complete the picture. (There again, I had a 250 Desmo and a re-wire would have been a good idea from new…)
Lots of work has already been done and over £1000 spent in new parts over the past 2 years.These bikes were brilliant in their day.
My 1975 250 Desmo did an indicated 115 mph on the ludicrously innacurate speedometer, but still equated with a genuine 95 mph, seeing off for top speed my friends’ Suzuki GT250M and Yamaha RD250A and out-handling them both on the road and at Brands hatch.Quality of some parts was frankly laughable, but as a sports 250 it was unrivalled at the time.
It is a beautiful 1974 Ducati Desmo 450 in yellow. Got it for an absolute song and will be doing what little is needed over winter.
Talking of Dune Buggies, I was at a place called Glamis last year, (look it up, it’s well worth it) and was tootling around on my Yamaha 350 LC-engined quad-bike, looking enviously at all the monster stuff on ‘Competition Hill’ and along comes a truck.
Then off comes a Dune Buggy with 1000, yes 1000 bhp. OMFG.Absolutley ridiculous, with huge ‘paddle’ tyres for insane levels of grip in the sand.
That thing flew up the 1-in-3 hill like it was descending Everest.
Seeing how far I could go with my eyes closed. (I was 17 at the time and drunk. The shame of it).
Anyhow, on my brand new RD350A, I opened my eyes to find a car stopped in the middle of the road waiting to turn right…went with him, hit the driver’s door but bounced away and it was a case of off sharpish to the safety of home.
