World Superbike legend Troy Bayliss has revealed that he has taken supply of the bike he has been “patiently” ready for since he introduced the thought to Ducati 20 years in the past.
The 56-year-old Australian has an extended affiliation with Ducati, having competed within the World Superbike Championship, MotoGP and the Australian Superbike Championship.
Bayliss first competed in a number of World Superbike races with Ducati in 1998 and received the Ducati model’s world title in 2001.
In 2002, he misplaced a second in an epic championship showdown with Honda’s Colin Edwards, however made up for it in 2006.
In the identical yr, he made a one-off MotoGP look for Ducati, taking a sensational victory on the closing race in Valencia.
He competed in MotoGP for 2 full seasons with Ducati in 2003 and 2004.
Profitable his final World Superbike title with Ducati in 2008, Bayliss briefly renewed the title in 2015 as an damage substitute on the Australian and Thai rounds.
Bayliss, an avid motocross rider, first approached the model about 20 years in the past so as to add a Ducati mannequin to his assortment.
“The motion is about to start,” he wrote on his social media channels whereas unboxing the Ducati Desmo450 MX.
“About 20 years in the past, I stated to Huge Cheese (administration), “It might be cool in case you guys constructed an MX bike.”
“I have been ready patiently.”
Ducati’s Desmo 450 MX boasts a 450 horsepower engine and a light-weight chassis, which French rider Dylan Ferrandis stated is the most effective body in motocross.
It sells for simply over £11,000 within the UK.
Bayliss has suffered quite a lot of accidents this yr as a result of accidents whereas driving motocross.
He broke his left ankle earlier this yr, then suffered seven damaged ribs, a punctured lung and a broken collarbone in an accident in August.
