Limited 748's: 1998 748L Neiman Marcus and 2001 748RS

This entry has been published on December 21, 2010 and links to eBay may have been updated to point to similar bikes of interest.

Limited 748’s: 1998 Neiman Marcus and 2001 RS

I appropriately found this bike while sipping a very nice Bombay Sapphire gin and tonic last night. Have you ever wondered how this bike came about? Neiman Marcus? Well, that does sound better than the Walmart Edition. They were hoping to find that lady out there who was shopping for the guy who had everything: except a Ducati 748 with mercury metallic paint, carbon fender and chain guard. These were strictly cosmetic editions but on the plus side they only made 100 of the things. Rare indeed and I would think a nice way to have a limited edition at an affordable price. I’ve seen these sell in the 6k to 7k range.

The info on the bike:

Up for sale is my 1998 Ducati 748L Neiman Marcus limited edition motorcycle. I am the second owner of this motorcycle. I purchased it from a friend of mine who was the original owner. It only has 5,258 miles on it and is original condition. As far as I know every part on it is the factory original part. It has the factory tires still on it.

The bike is number 41 of 100 that Neiman Marcus sold in 1998 through the Neiman Marcus catalog. It is definately a collectors piece and from what I know pretty rare to find one in such original condition.

The motorcycle is very clean and runs great.

It has a clean title and is in Non-Op status right now with the DMV.

The selling point here is the bike is bone stock. Not bad for a 12 year old bike. Maybe only having two owners saved it from the backyard mechanic that would find it if it had been sold multiple times. You more refined types out there can .

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If shopping isn’t your thing but the track is, how about a 748RS? This track only 748 is as rare and good as it gets for the 748’s. This is one of the 50 bike production run. No street equipment, racing engine internals and even slightly smaller frame tubing to save weight high light the bike.

FRP dash, for racing purpose!

It may look well used due to the run in with the stickers and spray can but this bike is said to be very low mile/hour. Read on below for the details:

We have a like new 748 RS that has very little time on it. It has only seen the track once and was ridden only for about 2 hours. We have been using this 748 RS as a display in our showroom ever since. There are only 50 of these 748 RS’s produced and they are going to be hard to find in this condition which other than a little tire wear is darn near perfect.

Some of the features of the 748 RS include but are but not limited to:

-A Ducati Corse custom built engine made in Italy 130 horse power engine
-Ohlin front forks, rear shock and steering stabalizer
-Full carbon fiber body
-Carbon fiber chain guard
-Magnetti Marelli digital and analog guages
-Marchesini light weight wheels
-Factory installed and tuned termi race exhaust with carbon fiber mufflers

If you’re looking for the ultimate track bike this Ducati 748 RS is ready to go. It is not a 748 that has been modified to make it a RS model, so there are no mounts or electronics to make it street legal. This is a out of the crate ready to race super bike.

I think you’d ear some track day “style” points for showing up with a 748RS. Like the Neiman Marcus above, these appear to be real bargains if you don’t mind an older bike. Some message board posts claim well used RS’s have sold in the low $10,000 range and an unused one went for $15,000. I guess my only concern would be parts and specifically engine parts and there accessibility. .