Stefan Gratz; " In 1978, Mototrans competed for Ducati in the Mountjuic Parc at the 24 hour race with a 860ccm Ducati. The Pilots were Benjamin Grau and Victor Palomo. Team Manager was Ricardo Fargas. It was intended to finish sixth in the race while during the seventh hour of the race, Palomo crashed, the motorcycle had to be hastily repaired, and continued to the finish without fairing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ermL9Uf43RU
The peculiarity of the bike was that it was originally a 860 ccm sand casting engine with cast-in oil filter cartridge.The casting of the engine was from the same production line as the engine of Mike Hailwood for the 1978 IOM TT (corresponding continuous engine number). Obviously, the original engine with normal ignition was transformed into an electronic Bosch ignition on a private base by Giuliano Pedretti, Franco Farne’, Mario Recchia and Rino Caracchi. For this purpose, the sand casting housing must have been flexed on the side of the ignition rotor and rewelded for a new ignition adapter plate. There exist no records of this at Ducati nor NCR. Which welding technology was used is unknown. It is clear that despite the action of heat, no deformation of the housing has occurred. Subsequently, an electronic Bosch ignition was adapted. This was a novelty for Ducati. In 1975, the Ducati Moto GP 500 ccm was tested on an electronic Marelli ignition, which had never produced the desired results. "
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