Ducati entering Italian motocross championship next year with new bike

Two years ago, Triumph announced a new global Triumph Racing division that would enter motocross and enduro racing series. The Triumph MX2 is out, a 250-cc bike that will line up at the Monster Energy AMA SuperMotocross World Championship in the U.S. and the FIM MX2 Motocross World Championship in Europe in 2024. After proof in competition, Triumph will eventually develop its race bikes into a range of motocross and enduro bikes for the public. Turning from England to Italy, Ducati's doing much the same thing. The brand from Borgo Panigale has spent two years working on a new MX bike that it will campaign in the Italian Motocross Championship next year. Ducati said the effort is "a multi-year project that will see the creation of a complete range of off-road engines and motorcycles. The models will gradually become part of a family of knobby motorcycles branded Ducati, starting with motocross."

We don't know the size of the Ducati yet. We do know Ducati plans to use its Desmo engines in the bike and tune a "very broad power delivery curve," is chasing lightness, and expects to hang top-shelf components on the frame. So, it will be a Ducati.