Ducati Vento

The Ducati Vento is a 340 cc single-cylinder bevel drive overhead cam motorcycle that the Spanish manufacturer MotoTrans built under licence from Ducati from 1978 to 1983. Like the Forza it grew out of the 350 wide case Ducati singles that the Italian factory dropped in 1974, but it was given café racer styling, a racing seat, clip-on handlebars and rearset footrests, and was meant as a successor to the earlier 24 Horas. A higher 10 to 1 compression ratio and a 32 mm Dell'Orto carburettor lifted the claimed output to 28 bhp, good for a top speed of 165 km/h, and twin front disc brakes and a single rear disc were fitted. Most were finished in green and sold mainly in Spain. Production was suspended in late 1981 as MotoTrans ran into financial trouble and ended in 1983 when the company went into receivership.