2002 Ducati MH900e

In 2002, Ducati released the Ducato MH900e, a special edition motorcycle that honored Mike Hailwood's winning race motorcycle at the 1978 Isle of Man TT. It was identical to the previous model year.

The MH in its name comes from Mike Hailwood, and the suffix "e" comes from Evoluzione. Ducati also decided to sell the bike to the public exclusively via the Internet. 1,000 bikes were sold in 31 minutes, while the remaining motorcycles were sold over the next few weeks.

Production was set to begin in the summer of 2000 at Bimota, but due to the company's collapse, it was kept in Ducati's backyard. It was built in the Bologna factory at a pace of four to five motorcycles per day.

Also, due to other unexpected changes, the first motorcycle was produced in 2001 and spread to 2002, which resulted in two different production years. The bikes were bought from 20 different countries. 30 percent from Europe, 30 percent from the US, and 39 percent from Japan.

At its core, the 2001 Ducati MH900e had installed a 904cc air-cooled four-stroke V-twin engine that delivered 74 hp with a peak at 8,000 rpm and 76 Nm (56 lb-ft) of torque at 6,500 rpm. A six-speed manual gearbox and a final chain drive pushed the engine's power to the rear.

The motorcycle sat on a 43 mm inverted telescopic fork at the front and a fully adjustable Sachs shock at the rear coupled to an aluminum swingarm.

The braking system comprised two 320 mm semi-floating discs on the front, clamped by four-pot hydraulic calipers, and a 220 mm disc on the rear, clamped by a two-piston floating caliper.