1992 Ducati F750 Murayama Special
Miles: 6,900
Clean Title
Listed Price: $18,250
A very limited-production custom based around the 750 Paso, the Ducati F750 Murayama Special was commissioned by the official Japanese importer of the brand at the time, back when the kind of official dealer channels you have today just didn’t exist. The engine was Ducati’s air/oil-cooled, two-valve v-twin with belt-driven cams, here displacing 748cc and backed by a five-speed gearbox, and apparently still fed by the problematic factory Weber carburetor. The bike’s frame appears to be largely unchanged from the Paso as well, with relatively ugly square-section tubing, mercifully painted black. Luckily, that’s all hidden behind the bike’s most striking feature: its aluminum fuel tank that features air intakes sculpted into the sides. It’s possible the custom bodywork is lightweight, improving the Murayama’s overall performance compared to the Paso, although there isn’t much information online to back this up. The Paso was always more about handling, in any event, with a top speed in the neighborhood of 130mph, and I’d assume the Murayama’s performance is similar.
1992 Ducati Murayama Special w/ 11120 km / 6900 miles.
Unique Japanese special based on the Ducati Paso 750. Unique bodywork and seat with an enlarged aluminum tank with air-intake as a design element. Reported to be one of just 9 produced.
Shipped Nov. 25 (SWIRE SEKU5597253) for arrival ~December 19, 2025. 50% payment holds at the pre-arrival price shown – landed in Seattle with WA title. Price subject to change.
With just 9 made by a relatively obscure Japanese specialist importer, information about the Ducati F750 Murayama Special is thin on the ground and, naturally, mostly in Japanese. I’d honestly never seen or heard of this one before Mike, one of our readers, passed it on to us. Interestingly, the style evokes the current Bimota KB4 to me, although whether that’s a good or bad thing is probably up for debate… Performance obviously won’t be on par with a modern superbike, and the bike obviously needs a bit of detail work, with corrosion on the front wheel and master cylinders, but this is an extremely collectible bit of kit. Is it worth $18,250? People are paying far more than that for low-mile Superlights right now, so it seems like a perfectly reasonable asking price, given this bike’s rarity.
-tad
Interesting? Yes. Rare? Certainly. But valuation is based upon perceived desirability in the marketplace.
Interesting, I wasn’t crazy! I never knew my 750 Paso was the base for the Murayama Special, right down to the Weber carb. Ha, I always believed my Paso ran just fine after I got a Weber carb manual and re-jetted the carb, no need to change to Delortto or Mikuni carbs. Plus, I thought it handled pretty good w/ the stock, ugly, frame. And the 750 Paso is a pretty good bike, why all the hate. Well, now I think I’ll need to find another 750 Paso!!
Plus, I may be biased, but I think the 750 Paso is better looking than the Muarayama!
Now, let’s talk about the ’91 Kawasaki 750 Zephyr . . .
Love the Paso, especially considering how they’re usually priced these days. And, from my understanding, the simplified frame was specifically intended as a cost-cutting measure, since it was never meant to be visible.
Kind of reminds me of the vance and hines yamaha series and not in a good way (that blue seat just looks weird to me)