2006 Ducati Paul Smart 1000LE
Miles: 1,038
Clean Title
VIN: ZDM1WABP96B001121
$26,500 OBO
Sonoma, CA
Seller’s Note
Hello and thank you for looking at my duck. I purchased this from my friend who passed away years ago. I drove it once or twice and then it has been sitting in my living room ever since. About a year ago I went through and had it serviced, new battery and had the wheels refinished because there were some slight corrosion I was not happy with otherwise the bike is pretty much flawless. lt still wears it’s original tires and just over 1000 original miles on the clock. I have all of the takeoff parts carefully packed & stored, they will accompay the bike . The bike was bought new at Monroe motors in San Francisco and service there since I have all the receipts from his ownership as well as all the owners manuals and keys. I am located in Sonoma and happy to assist in shipping California title in hand. Cheers
RSBFS
According to Tad on RSBFS in 2015, “Just 500 of the classically-proportioned Ducati Paul smart 1000LE bikes were imported to the US, with silver half-faired bodywork and a blue-green frame intended to recall the bike ridden to victory by Paul Smart at the Imola 200 in 1972, a win without which Ducati might not exist.
Modern retro-styled bikes often use their throwback looks to justify performance to match. Harley’s Sportster is obviously the worst offender, but the Triumph Bonneville, while an all-around great motorcycle, is hardly a performer when the road gets twisty. The thing is, although the Ducati Sport Classics weren’t cutting-edge sport bikes in terms of weight or power, they did feature top-shelf suspension and braking components so they are actually rewarding to ride quickly and use one of the most charismatic and long-serving engines of all time: Ducati’s belt-driven, two-valve, air-cooled L-twin. In the Sport Classic, it displaces 992cc and uses twin-plug heads for more efficient combustion across the honking big piston surface….
…bidding on this bike [in 2015] is over $18,000 with the reserve not yet met. Since new examples rang in at $14,000, that means that, unlike buyers of, say the MV Agusta F4CC, the original owners of the Paul Smart are just about breaking even now…”
Today’s bike looks amazing 18 years after it’s debut. And reading the ebay seller’s description, I’m guessing that the seller bought it from the original owner, his friend that passed away. The seller did not ride it much, which is probably why he is referencing ‘oringal owner’.
It’s time to find it’s forever home 😉
Good luck to the seller and buyer!
