1985 Ducati 750F1-A
2,400km
1988 Ducati 750F1-S
200 miles
$28,000 OBO
But wait, there’s more!
1987 Cagiva Alazzurra 650
added for a full price offer.
Seller
1985 Pre-Cagiva Ducati 750 F1-A 2400km and 1988 Ducati 750 F1-S 200 Miles.
$28,000 or Best Offer
This price is for both. With a full price offer I will include a 1987 Cagiva Alazzurra 650!
RSBFS
Craigslist brings some interesting sales. Here we have three photos of two bikes, three lines for the seller’s description, and an asking price of $28,000, plus a third bike thrown in for full price offers… I don’t know what to think. Looking at the bikes on paper, it is not crazy. If you are interested in any of these bikes, go take a look for yourself. This could be your lucky day.
Bonham auctioned a 1985 Ducati 750 F1-A for $10,350 in January of 2019. The auction description gives us some history, “Considered by many enthusiasts to be the last of the ‘real’ (pre-Cagiva take-over) Ducatis, the race-styled 750 F1 first appeared in 1985. Ducati had already enjoyed considerable success with its Pantah-derived F2 racers in FIM Formula 2 racing – Tony Rutter winning the championship four-times, 1981 and 1984 – so a ‘750’ version was the logical next step.
First seen in prototype form in endurance races in 1983, the F1’s 748cc engine was the latest in a long line of stretches applied to the original 500c ‘belt drive’ desmo unit that had first appeared in the Pantah in 1979. A markedly over-square design of 88×61.5mm bore/stroke, the F1 engine produced around 60hp and functioned as a stressed element within the frame, the swinging arm pivoting in the rear of the gearbox. Clearly visible above the deliberately cut away fairing sides, the aforementioned frame attracted almost as much attention as the engine: a trellis of short, straight tubes. In the fashion of the day, the F1 came with a 16-inch front wheel, while braking power was provided by state-of-the-art triple Brembos.
Unlike other bike-makers who had forgotten the ‘light is right’ design philosophy, Ducati did not have the luxury of prodigious amounts of horsepower from its air-cooled 748cc V-twin, so the F1A and B models weighed in at less than 400lb dry. The lessons taught by Fabio Taglioni on the racetrack, dating all the way back to the 1950s singles, were proven yet again. And it wasn’t just Sunday-morning backroad riders discovering the advantages of light weight and torquey powerbands. While the 750 Ducati was easily outpowered by its four-cylinder rivals in frontline race series, a new class, Battle of the Twins, was on the rise, especially in the U.S., where Ducatis soon became the ride of choice.”
Red found a BaT auction from 2022 where an ’88 Ducati 750 F1 sold for $18,250. That bike had 4,000 miles.
If you are a Ducati person and you know these models, what say you? We can’t dis them without seeing them in person or asking for more photos. The bikes look sick! I love il Tricolore design, and I love spumone. This could be someone’s lucky day.
Good luck to the buyer and seller!