DUCATI DESMOTO

Check back later for all the professional shots taken of the Ducati Desmoto…

Ducati Desmoto, DONE ✅🔥! What an insane journey this has been. Learned so much, had massive hurdles to overtake and made new friendships. Damn, I am proud of this build! Seeing the bike in my living room every day brings a smile to my face!

Allot of things planned for this bike, but for now onto the next project called FTR.VECTOR!

112HP & 126NM on the rear wheel!!

The bike has some challenges to push it further than this. Exhaust is somewhat restrictive on the vertical cylinder, horizontal intake gets less fresh air, 50mm throttle bodies are probably to big and I probably went to far flowing the intake channels of the cylinders resulting in not enough air velocity at high revs.

So this is it guys, for now this is as far as I am going to push it. Maybe in the summer I will make changes to see if I get more out of it.

After these performance runs I tuned it back slightly to keep the service intervals manageable and keep everything a bit more reliable. Currently it is running 104HP and 119NM on the rear wheel. More than enough!

This is it. The end of the build log with a finished Ducati Desmoto! Enjoy these amateur shots of the project while at the top of this build log you can find the most sexy professional shots of the project.

It truly has been a pleasure sharing this amazing journey with you.. Thanks for your commitment, kind words and feedback. See see you on the next one!

Running in the Ducati Desmoto on the dyno for the first 100km. Max 30% throttle… Checking surface temperatures etc. Yes it gets hot, but all good and manageable so far!!

However not all is perfect and that is also is something that needs to be shared! I was hoping to get this all done within 2 days (I was dreaming I know…), however on a prototype bike like this you are going to have issues.

Some small oil and fuel leaks, electrical issues with the ignition timing sensor. All my own fault but all minor things so far. They do take some time to solve however.

Was only able to do 1 power run and performance wise we simply aren’t there yet. Need to check multiple things to see what is going on.

But on a positive note! It didn’t break!!! So I am telling myself I made progress and in a few days/weeks hopefully I can say it is all completely done with the performance numbers that speak for themselves!

Holy shit!!! I was targeting a wet weight of below 150KG for this project. The final WET weight is 141KG…. This is going to be fun haha!

ITS ALIVE!!! First start, damn what an amazing moment after working so long on this project! This needed to be celebrated with some Ducati champagne (Thanks Paolo!!) and one of my best friends Toine vd Biggelaar who has been the biggest supporter of this project.

Laser engraving ALL the titanium bolts with FTR branding. Amazing new toolkit in the workshop, the Creality Falcon A1 Pro laser cutter & engraver. Combined with the 2W IR laser, rotary kit and smoke purifier.

This was a hell of a job to engrave this many bolts. But for the people really taking a close look at the bike things like this are the things that make a difference!

The final rebuild of the Ducati Desmoto has begun 🔥!! Calm and easy does it, rebuilding in my living room… 13 days until firing it up for the first time… Full throttle is “F*ck it” I am losing my license…

I did an engine rebuild last week to make sure I am happy with everything! Made a few minor changes tolerance wise on the gearbox and camshaft/valves.

Almost ready for the Bike Shed Show 2026 in May!

WOW!!

All the bare aluminium is brushed and coated in Clear Aluminium (MC-5100). Looks super slick in real life, with a very unique glow/shadow to it.

The exhaust is coated in Piston Coat (C-186) to reduce the radiation heat as much as possible, while the radiators and brake disc bobbins are coated in Glacier Silver (C-7700).

A special thanks and mention to Cerakote Nederland for supporting this project and really delivering top quality work ❤️!

This is it, this is the moment! Breaking it all down to be build up as new. The frame got send off to be wet blasted. It was dirty and I wanted it super clean. Came out amazing (thanks Potenza Motorsport!).

Literally every aluminium part is brushed and will be coated with clear Cerakote. To keep the bare raw aluminium look of the bike.

Up next?! Will be rechecking the engine 1 final time, and after that the bike is ready to be build back up. However it will take some time before I post the final result, since I have a professional photoshoot planned to show all of you the end result!

I have received so many comments from people that I would get heat issues with the shock and or exhaust. However that will not be the case since everything is now also heat shielded. The bottom of the seat, rear shock, battery box, side fairings, crankcase breather and exhaust fairing have all be lined with heat reflective fiberglass tape. The Öhlins TTX rear shock also received silicone/fiberglass cable sleeving to also protect the cables.

The exhaust silencers will also be treated with heat containing Cerakote to even reduce the heat radiation more!

The embossed logo letting on the side fairing has now been filled in with white pigmented epoxy. Sexy!

The wiring loom is also finished. I didn’t make it easy on myself designing a battery box so small. Really took allot of time to get everything as slim as possible but also looking good.

Obviously integrated an M-Unit Blue to simplify the wiring. Happy with the end result!

Time to start printing and painting the side and exhaust fairings, plus multiple other small parts. Converted my small workshop to a spray booth haha.

The double exhaust silencer set-up is also finished! Heat shielded to make sure the fairings will not meld off (other measures will also be taken). I used 2 short box Powersprint filters to fabricate this setup with balancing pipe just before entering the silencers.

Lightweight, no. Compact yes!

Finally the fairing design is DONE! I will just let the pictures and video speak for themselves…

The finish line is in sight!

Remember when I told you that all the fairing parts would be fabricated out of Carbon fiber? Not anymore! A futuristic bike needs to use new technologies. So all the fairings will be 3D printed out of heat resistant (up to 195C) Nylon Carbon Fiber (expensive stuff…).

The front fender, headlight plate and fork guards are the first parts to be printed out of this material. The surface finish looks really good, however I will put some matte clear coat on top of all the parts to make them more durable.

Finished some small parts. The Acerbic bottom seat plate with some custom graphics/texts on the bottom.

A custom license plate for when the bike will be photographed and displayed at shows.

And some turn signal brackets to closely mount them besides the license plate.

Project Desmoto front fairing DONE! With a removable headlight shield that only shows the LED DRL strip.

Practical, not sure. Unique, 100%!

Will be fabricated out of carbon when all the parts for the bike are designed.
Took “only” 2.5 weeks to design, 9x 3D printed prototypes and the CAD file is up to version 106…. This took allot of my CAD and creative skills.

Taste is subjective obviously, but I am extremely happy with the end result! Almost exactly as I imagined it 2/3 years ago when I bought the headlight.