Surely consideration by a Ducati employed design individual of a supermoto version of the 450MX would be quickly knocked on the head by senior management as it would directly compete with the Hyper698, no? Also, as these are designed as competition bikes does anyone have any idea of service schedules? I’m assuming they are akin to other MX bikes, ie a complete engine rebuild every XX hours of running
If its anything like the Yam and KTM models its a piston every 20 ish hours but we as 'normal ' rider near double that . But the trouble ive seen in people changing a MX bike to a supermoto is the the gearbox and clutch always being the weak link which when you consider its going from loose soil to a basically fixed link of tarmac its not surprising. Its got alot more to deal with !!
There was or is a YouTuber who did a conversion from hours to miles for a KTM 500 exc-f, from memory the service intervals weren't crazy bad. If you bought one it's only really going to be a short blast down to the local bike meet and a short blast occasionally rather than a serious mile muncher like a Hyper can be. As you say there's not a chance that Ducati release a SM version of the hyper in the same way that KTM haven't. Only Suzuki with the DRZ 400 have a off roader turned into a SM and that's a Dual Sport really not a MX bike.
