If Hunter S. Thompson, whose vocation was more or less using heavy drugs and shooting things, was so scared of the Ducati 900SS/SP that he wrote more of a cautionary tale than a review, it is truly hard to imagine the bone-deep terror a Ducati 851 must inspire on the street. With 15 or so…
Update 10.8.2018: This bike has SOLD to an RSBFS reader! Congratulations to buyer and seller! -dc The Ducati 851 is rare and special enough in Ducati’s classic blood red livery, but it’s worlds more special in the Italian flag tricolore paint scheme. The 851 was Ducati’s first real foray into the gem-like speedfreaks we know…
It’s nice to see a rare, pedigreed bike come up for sale that has clearly been ridden and loved, and not just shoved in the back of some banker’s garage and polished to within an inch of its life. In the case of this 1991 Ducati 851, we don’t see any reason to be scared…
Today’s featured 1991 Ducati 851 Strada is an excellent specimen of the machine that pushed Ducati from the pages of history and far into the modern era. It was the first bike to rumble out of Bologna wearing Desmoquattro heads and fuel injection and it settled once and for all that Ducatis should be red.…
1988 Ducati 851 Tri-Colore Strada on eBay Italy Here’s one for our European visitors (or those ambitious enough to attempt the import process)… an all original 1988 Ducati 851 Tri-Colore Strada up for auction in Italy. The 851 was the introduction of Ducati’s “desmodronic” four valve heads and a big leap forward in an attempt…
Location: Nacogdoches, Texas Mileage: 9,253 Price: Auction, BIN $6,500 For me the Ducati 851 is simply one of the best looking Ducati’s ever. And that’s saying something since they’re not a company that cranks out a lot of ugly bikes. Then there’s the race heritage that I’m sure most Ducati fans are familiar with. But…