1979 DUCATI NCR 900 For Sale
Location: St. Louis, MO
Mileage: How about a Tach and Temp gauge?
Price: 6 bids up to $11,100 and a long way from the $50,000 B.I.N.
Finally, a Ducati that you can get excited about!
Update 7.14.2011: Pictures removed due to copyright. -dc
Just imagine 29 years ago this was “The Shit!” as we say here in the mid-west. Equipped with all the same components that you’ll find on any modern day Ducati racer such as Brembo, Lightweight Campagnolo rims, loud dual exhausts, triple vented discs brakes, Marzocchi suspension and a NCR tuned V-twin. Okay, so Campagnolo has been replaced by Marchesini and the Marzocchi bits by Ohlins- quit being so picky.
This looks to be a nicely restored and maintained ex-racer. We’ve hosted several bikes from this particular seller before and this one appears to be right in line with the others we’ve seen . Obviously, at 50k this machine isn’t for the faint of heart or light of pocket.
1979 DUCATI NCR 900. One of 20 for this year. Documented since new! This is a smiliar machine as to what Mike Hailwood won his comeback in the Isle of Mann TT! The closest most of us will ever come to being a legend or owning a machine ridden by one.This is a rare opportunity to obtain a piece of Ducati history.
I think you’ll agree with me this would fit well in any Ducati collection or on display in your Man Cave next to your Magnum PI 308 Ferrari.
I’d love to hear it run and do a few laps around Barber at the Vintage Festival, but then again who wouldn’t?
Cheers!
doug
Anybody interested in this particular Ducati NCR 900 will want to know the story behind it, and the fact that the seller Michael Kiernan Motorcycles purchased it at the Bator International auction six months ago 9/9/10 at Barber for $27,500! “…will make a great investment”- indeed, for him it will be with a Buy It Now price of $50,000! Here’s your proof:
http://www.batorauctions.com/results-barber2010.html
Sharp readers will also note from the Bator description that this machine now hasn’t been started in at least 11 years, and that the current seller says absolutely NOTHING about the mechanical condition of the bike, or even if it runs! Wonder why? Just another clear example of sins of omission to cover your ass- it’s what the seller leaves out or doesn’t tell you (plenty in this case) that’ll probably have you quite disappointed after purchase. This is also another example of a rare bevel Ducati being flipped for quick profits to the next “investor” to put on display, never to be started, never to be repaired to running order, or never used. That would be quite expensive to sort out and eat into the profits. A friend owns a 1978 version NCR, and make no mistake- fixing one that’s sat for years or needs lower end work from neglect runs into many thousand$, and lots of time to make correct with an expert doing the work.
Auction ended- flipped for a quick $11,000 profit! Not bad for 6 months, eh? Just keep displaying and dusting it, resell for thousands more, whether it runs or not.