Italian Future...Ducati Desmo 450

Davey Coombs was in Italy for the reveal of Ducati's factory race teams for 2024, which includes not just MotoGP and World Superbike efforts, but a motocross bike and race team as well. While not much is known about the new Desmo450 MX from a technical perspective, it's good to see the bike in the flesh. It will be raced in the Italian MX Nationals later this year with a planned emergence into MXGP in 2025, and there are hopes we'll see the bike in AMA SX, MX and SMX in 2026. Here's a quick look.