Ducati 250 GT

The Ducati 250 GT, also sold in the United Kingdom as the Ducati Daytona GT, was a 249 cc single-cylinder bevel drive overhead cam road motorcycle that Ducati built from 1964 to 1966. When it launched it was the least powerful of Ducati's range of 250 cc machines, and it was meant to replace the 200 GT, although production of the two overlapped. It was the first Ducati roadster with a five speed gearbox. Its chassis was largely carried over from the 200 GT, with the larger tank of the Diana and the Ducati-made forks of the Mach 1, and crash bars were fitted as standard. Because it was criticised as underpowered, Ducati fitted a higher performance cam and a larger inlet valve for 1965, bringing the engine to the same specification as the Monza, and in 1966 the bike was restyled with the angular look of the Monza.