Rare indeed, designed for the 600 World Super Sport Class its lackluster results in that series made it short lived. Only made in 2005 and maybe 06 the “R” designates quite a bit of performance from the “S” and base model. Shorter stroke and bigger bore than the other 749’s the first thing you notice is “THIS L-TWIN REV’S!” a whole bunch more than anything else in Ducati’s 2005 line up. Located in Jersey (Bon Jovi rocks) and with 2600 miles the owner is asking $12,000 on Craig’s List. The pictures aren’t that good but if it’s a “straight up” bike I think the price is good as these bikes were about $23k new and only a handful for the world.
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The ad reads:
Up for Sale is a 2005 ducati 749R the bike has 2600 miles and is in absolutely incredible shape. It has upgrades 56mm termignoni full exhaust, throttle bodies, re-maped ecu The bike is Stupid fast and a joy to ride… 12000$ Takes it.. i believe only 250 made in the world.. … Thank you for looking.
Bottom line is this is one for the collection, it also has a full Termignoni system and not quite sure what updated throttle bodies he has? These bikes also had special lighter cranks, titanium valves and con rods, higher lift cams, quasi slipper clutch (not true racing slipper), but you could spend an easy $15k in just motor work to upgrade your base 749, thus…a great deal.
Jay
Hi,is this bike still up for sale or has it found a good new home?