2006 Ducati Sport Classic 1000 for Sale
Miles: 2,700
Clean Title
Second Owner
Listed Price: $19,900
Listing Ends: May 1st, 2024
Nostalgia is a powerful selling tool, one that certain manufacturers rely on perhaps too heavily. Even Ducati has dipped their toe into evoking past glories to move product, and today’s SportClassic Sport 1000 is a prime example. Introduced in 2006, the range of SportClassics attempted to blend the styling cues of the old with new[ish] technology and largely succeeded. The Ducati Sport 1000 seen here is clearly designed to evoke the 750 Sport of the early 1970s, with naked styling and a bright yellow paintjob that certainly looked the part. Performance, while vastly superior to the bikes that inspired it, was relatively unimpressive, especially by modern standards: in 992cc, Dual Spark form, Ducati’s venerable air and oil-cooled Desmodromic v-twin made about 92 claimed horses, while non-adjustable Marzocchi front forks and stylish spoked rims that necessitated tubed tires dumbed-down the handling a bit for the sake of style. That being said, the package was relatively lightweight, handling was good, and the engine provided reasonable thrust, along with a classic Italian v-twin thump. This first-year example has a dry clutch for the six-speed gearbox, and the very stylish tubular swingarm with an offset single shock.
Two owner, completely original (except for tires). It was completely gone through in the last 12 months with fresh fluids, timing belts, battery and tires. They do not come nicer than this. One key, purchase and service records. Super low miles!
In stock form, the bike certainly looks way better when viewed from the left: that stock exhaust is horrifyingly large, even in “slimming” black. If you’ve got a solo-seat example like this one, I’m a huge fan of the Zard 2-into-2 system that looks to be inspired by the original Imola racebike. The tail lights seen here, while stock, are also pretty horrible and sources exist to switch it out for a thin strip of LEDs that hug the lower curve of the tailsection and are basically invisible unless illuminated. Honestly, it’s a shame to see examples like this that have basically been mothballed as investments, since they are eminently usable bikes, excepting the relatively low-mounted clip-ons, and the two-valve Ducati engine is a peach. These sold relatively poorly when new, once the original excitement wore off, making this one of the few bikes in recent decades that made for a decent return on your investment if you got in early on the leftover and used market, although prices seem to have cooled off in recent years.
-tad
