1973 Ducati 450 Desmo in a Jawa frame
Our 450 Speedway was inspired by the 70’s hero’s of the sport (think Ivan Mauger, Ole Olsen, Peter Collins etc.). For a modern twist, we lavished a Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 paint scheme, complete with LH44 touches to celebrate the best racer of the modern F1 era.
Twin shock rear, Beringer Radial Aerotec 2 pot calliper for the rear with a thumb brake actuation, Venhilll dual rate throttle, MX bars from Renthal, suicide shift and tons of in-house fabrication and small detailing. Matching custom lid? Yes please. Bell Moto3 airbrushed to hell and back by master painter Jason Fowler, carbon wheel spoiler and fenders and much much more.
Its H4MM4 time…….
Build sheet as follows;
- Vintage Jawa frame, heavily modified with Antig swingarm
- 1973 Ducati 450 Desmo engine, completely rebuilt with modified valves and head
- New Amal TT carb 1 & 3/16”
- New custom wheel set from SM Pro (23x1.6 F and 19x2.15 R). Hubs painted Petronas aqua, alternate black and silver stainless spokes with Mitas race tyres
- New Stuha adjustable front forks, cut and lengthened 55mm
- Marzocchi Moto C2R front shock 267x89mm with Cane Creek coil
- New Renthal 798-01-BK-03-219 bars (KTM SX85 application)
- Seat Unit hand made in house by us and covered in stitched black soft grain leather
- Marzocchi Moto C2R 267x89mm rear twin shocks with Cane Creek coils onto custom mounting points
- New Beringer cable operated clutch (4 finger lever) and Stage 2 system incorporating a thumb brake lever for the rear brake
- New Beringer Aerotec caliper with a custom made EBC VEE disc
- “Suicide” gear shift fabricated in house
- New bevel gear gazer
- New 14T F and 52T R sprockets
- Venhill dual rate throttle and Renthal soft grips
- Custom made front air deflector and mounting
- Daytona Velona 8K rev counter and multi function display powered by mini 12V supply
- New Kuryakyn HD aftermarket highway pegs
- New aluminium oil tanks to hide coil, kill switch etc
- Handmade custom header pipe mated to Akrapovic for Yamaha R3 end can
- New carbon fibre front and rear huggers and wheel spoiler
- New Bell Moto3 helmet, custom painted by Jason Fowler of JLF Designs
- Carbon fibre rear wheel spoiler custom painted by Jason Fowler
- All decals custom made for this bike
- Frame and swingarm painted in Ducati ST2 Silver
- RAL 9055 Jet Black and RAL 5018 Turquoise Blue for other painted accents and panels
The bike was photographed by Daniel Du Cros at Junction11 studios in Banbury