Ducati 24 Horas

The Ducati 250 24 Horas is a 247 cc single-cylinder bevel drive overhead cam motorcycle built from 1966 to 1974 by the Spanish manufacturer MotoTrans under licence from Ducati. It was based on the narrow case Ducati 250 and named after Ducati's successes in the 24 hours of Montjuïc endurance race in Barcelona. Styled as a cafe racer, it had a tuned engine with a high lift camshaft and a 10 to 1 piston, a fibreglass racing tank, clip-on handlebars, rearset footrests, a megaphone exhaust and a five speed gearbox, and it claimed 25 bhp. It was built in three series and around 2,000 were made in total. In 1971 and 1972 the British importer brought in 230 of them, and camshaft failures caused by the poor case hardening of the Spanish camshafts gave the model the nickname 24 Horrors.