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In 1968, Ducati released its first Desmo engine for sale to the general public. Previously, the desmo design had been restricted to factory race engines. The 1968 model was the game-changer because it introduced the Desmodromic valve system to a mass-production motorcycle. This particular bike is the higher performance version of the Mark 3 offered, the Mark3D, that was fitted with a different head that used desmodromic valves (a system where the valves are positively closed by extra lobes on th...