Ducati singles

The Ducati singles are the family of single-cylinder motorcycle engines that Ducati built from 1950 to 1974, the years before the company turned to its V-twins. They include the Cucciolo-era small four-stroke units, the Ducati 60 as the first four-stroke single, conventional pushrod singles from the mid-1950s and a long run of two-stroke engines of 50 cc and up that kept the company afloat in Europe for some years. Its best known branch is the overhead-cam bevel-drive single designed by Fabio Taglioni, built in narrow-case and wide-case forms from about 100 cc to 450 cc, whose desmodromic versions carried the valve system that became a Ducati trademark. These engines powered models such as the Monza, Diana, Scrambler and Sebring.