I know we’ve had well over a dozen Duc’s in the pond in the last couple weeks, but when Eric emailed me about his S4RS I knew readers wouldn’t mind one more! The modifications to this bike are very well thought out and you can tell he’s taken very good care of it. He has…
It’s Saturday night — well past closing time, and you and your mates decide to see who can come up with the rarest of the rare Ducatis; specifically, the Tamburini Ducatis. “That’s easy,” says one friend; “The 998 S Bostrom.” “No, no, no,” says the other. “The 916 Senna.” You nod; the Senna is rare…
For Sale: 1990 Ducati 750 Supersport This is what one might refer to as Ducati’s “awkward years.” Between the baby-cute 1970 Supersports and the razor-sharp 916 era of the late 1990s comes the teenage stage where, when looking back in perspective, bikes evolved in some ways but not in others. In this case, the design…
Faster/Stronger/Lighter: 2004 Ducati 749R #257 Location: Bay Area, CA Miles: 11,200 Price: $11,500 Here is your daily dose of fiber, of the carbon variety. If you’re looking for a not-so-average Ducati, then the 749R is just what the doctor ordered. Unlike the standard and ‘S’ models of the 749, the R was built with one…
In the early to mid-nineties, these bikes were awash with top shelf kit, and were, in many ways, rolling showcases for Ducati’s up and coming technologies. Chief among them was part of this bike’s namesake: “Iniezione Elettronica” – or i.e. Fuel injection was still far from mainstream — about as far from mainstream as water…
After the TT1 and TT2, Ducati released the 750 F1. This particular example appears to be a final 1986 model (the 750F1 was only produced in ’85 and ’86) because it has the Cagiva logos only on the tank and not the fairing which the earlier ’86 models did. The ’85 models of course did…
Location: Lino Lakes, Minnesota Miles: 10,600 Price: $9,350 Here’s a rare and interesting Ducati. Rare because of the limited production (#354) and interesting because of numerical designation of the bike. It’s called a 916 but what lurks underneath the fairing is a 996. Outside of that little anomaly, what you get is one beautiful Italian…
To classify a motorcycle’s importance in history requires different things for different people. For Ducatisti seeking a comprehensive collection of Ducati’s most important machines, the collection would be incomplete without the TT1. Successful in its own right here in the states with several race wins, Ducati’s 1984 TT1 is noted as the bike that spawned…