Some of us are happy enough with inside storage in a shed or unheated garage, but not the owner of this PS1000LE. This low mile 2006 Limited Edition has been kept nice enough to be front and center in the home. 2006 Ducati Paul Smart 1000 Limited Edition for sale on eBay The PS1000LE was…
If you feel like snagging a patent-leather set of, um, leathers and flying around the Oakland freeways like Trinity did in The Matrix Reloaded, may we present your ride. The bike from the original Hollywood scene was a 2001 Ducati 996, but by the time the movie came out, Ducati’s 998 had reached dealers. So…
Ducati returned to a more classic superbike look after the 999, and though some fans fault the almost cat-eyed look of the 1098, across the board improvements make it unfair to compare to a venerable 996 or even 998. This Tricolore special edition is in super-nice shape and offered by Iconic Motorbikes in Marina Del…
Ducati’s original “round-case” v-twin may be one of the most beautiful engines of all time but, while tower shafts and bevel gears may be a very precise way to operate valves, they sure aren’t an economical one. Think about the shimming that must be done during assembly; it’s a very labor-intensive way to construct an…
Shopping for a road machine ? Determined not to fall into the displacement arms race ? Take a look at this Ducati 749S, a lot of good stuff and a limited amount of attitude. 2004 Ducati 749S for sale on eBay The 749 looks and was built like the Pierre Terblanche designed 999, and the…
Toward the left side of the sportbike diorama you’ll find the Ducati Super Sports, with bevel-gear drive desmodue and long tubular frame. This example is one of the last before belt-driven cams arrived, and appears to be a special order with nickel plated chassis. 1982 Ducati 900 SS for sale on eBay Close enough to…
I’m going to go on record here, and tell you that I was wrong. In fact, I think many people were wrong. We just didn’t notice. You see, when the Ducati 916 was released it blew the world away with what a motorcycle should look like, sound like, and how one should move. Massimo Tamburini…
Sold before we could post it! This immaculate 998R is going to a new home after someone committed to the $26k BIN. -MI In the game of “there’s no substitute for cubic inches” the Ducati 998 was a step above that which came before. The last of the 916 lineage, the 998R model was everything…