Ducati Off-Road Series - Ducati Toronto

Carousel 1 · Desmo450 MX · No Springs on the Gate

Post order: 1 of 6 · two per week keeps the series rhythm

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Every 450 rider knows the feeling. The engine goes flat right when you need one more beat of pull. That's not the engine quitting, that's valve springs hitting their limit.

The Desmo450 MX doesn't have any. Desmodromic valve control closes every valve mechanically with a second cam and rocker, valve technology derived from Ducati's MotoGP racing. 63.5 hp at 9,400 rpm and a limiter way up at 11,900. Hold the gear, keep the momentum, win the start.

The only bike on the gate without valve springs. Come try it at Ducati Toronto.

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Carousel 2 · Desmo450 MX · Closed Loop: TC That Measures Real Slip

Post order: 2 of 6 · two per week keeps the series rhythm

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Off-road traction control earned its bad reputation honestly: systems that cut power on an estimate. The Desmo450 MX runs the first off-road TC with real closed-loop control, where sensors and inertial data measure the rear wheel's actual slip and the system intervenes only when needed.

Comparison testing showed 0.3 to 1.6 seconds a lap depending on the rider, about a second on average. Conventional systems: 0 to 0.5, or nothing.

Four levels settable via app, on/off at the handlebar, FIM and AMA compliant.

Come see us at Ducati Toronto and test the first closed-loop traction control in off-road.

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Carousel 3 · Desmo450 MX Factory · The Race Shop Already Did the Work

Post order: 3 of 6 · two per week keeps the series rhythm

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Everyone reads the peak number. Motos don't care about the peak number.

The Desmo450 MX Factory ships with a full-titanium Akrapovič exhaust and a dedicated engine map. Peak power stays 63.5 hp. What changes is everything under it: a fuller torque curve across the whole rev range, 1.7 kg less to carry, and it still passes AMA and FIM noise rules.

More punch out of the curves. More high-revving power for faster starts. Zero aftermarket work before your first race weekend.

Buy on Saturday, race on Sunday. That was the brief.

Ask Ducati Toronto about the Desmo450 MX Factory. Come see it up close.

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Carousel 4 · Desmo450 EDX · Desmo450 EDX: Same Heart, Different Hunting Ground

Post order: 4 of 6 · two per week keeps the series rhythm

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Motocross and enduro-cross look like the same sport until you race both. One is short, flat-out motos on prepped dirt. The other is longer races over roots, rocks and no pit board.

The Desmo450 EDX is Ducati's own motocross bike, re-armed for the second one: a bigger 8.5-litre tank, an 18-inch rear on Pirelli Scorpion XC Mid-Soft rubber, softer springs with dedicated valve tuning, and skid plate, handguards and side stand as standard. Underneath sits the same 63.5 hp desmo engine.

The Desmo450 EDX is available now at Ducati Toronto. Come put your hands on it.

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Carousel 5 · Desmo450 EDS · Ride there. Race it. Ride home.

Post order: 5 of 6 · two per week keeps the series rhythm

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The problem with enduro was never the riding. It was everything before the riding: truck, trailer, ramps, straps, and half a morning gone before your front wheel touches dirt.

The Desmo450 EDS deletes that list. The first modern Ducati street-legal enduro bike: plate it, ride to the trailhead, race the loop, ride home. The 449.6 cc desmo single is retuned for exactly this, 42 hp delivered so smoothly that low-traction ground stops being a negotiation, with a six-speed whose long sixth gear was built for the road sections in between.

Arriving Q4. Pre-order at Ducati Toronto now, and come in and talk trails.

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Carousel 6 · Desmo250 MX · 15,000 rpm, Explained

Post order: 6 of 6 · two per week keeps the series rhythm

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On a 250, the shift you make at corner exit is drive you give away, so Ducati built an engine that doesn't need the shift yet. Valve springs limit safe rpm; desmodromic control closes each valve mechanically instead, and the Desmo250 MX revs to 15,000 rpm, a benchmark value for the category.

Designed from scratch with Panigale V4 R know-how: 249.7 cc, 14.5:1 compression, 44.5 hp at 12,500 rpm and 28.3 Nm at 8,800. The engine alone weighs 24.7 kg. A dedicated 5-speed and a Brembo 7-disc hydraulic clutch complete it. Fewer shifts, every gear used fully.

Arriving Q4. Pre-order through Ducati Toronto, and come ask us what over-rev feels like.

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