2000 Ducati 900SS
Miles: 38!
Clean California Title
Listed Price: $14,999
The 1999 refresh of Ducati’s 900SS occupies an odd place in the sportbiking world. It never really won over the purists when new, it was even less comfortable than its predecessor and seemingly more track-focused, while offering the same relatively low-performance engine used in the older model, albeit with some updates. The look of the bike was significantly, and controversially, restyled by Pierre Terblanche, creator of the famed Supermono racer and later the SportClassic series. It’s a polarizing design, but I rather like it, although I do prefer the simpler, more classic looks of the earlier bike. Under the skin the changes were more evolutionary than revolutionary, with the addition of fuel injection and other refinements. Power was a claimed 80hp for the 904cc version seen here. In 2002, the bike would get the 1000DS engine, but it remained air/oil cooled and these were never impressive performers on paper. They’re famously better than you’d think over the road, but it’s really hard to argue that they offer much of a value proposition. I admire Ducati’s commitment to the simplicity and character of the two-valve Desmo engine but, while the SuperSport could apparently handle with the best of them, it was a hard sell when a Suzuki GSX-R1000 of the time sold for similar money when new and the difference in raw performance is… stark. That being said, these can be surprisingly reasonable to maintain, are fun to ride, and generally sell for peanuts. Not this one though, because it apparently has just thirty-eight damn miles on it.
Make and Model: Ducati 900SS / SuperSport 900
Year: 2000
Mileage: 38 miles
Engine Size: 904 cc
Color: Red
Price: $14,999.00
Stock#: 7431
This Ducati 900SS is being sold by a dealer in Southern California and the listing unfortunately contains very little information its condition and none about its history. With just 38 miles on the odometer, I’d assume you should expect to be prepared to go through it thoroughly if you are interested in riding it, but this is most likely destined for a collection or museum, not the racetrack or backroads. Hopefully after replacing those slightly tacky, if period-correct Forza cans. These SuperSports are apparently great-handling, if not very fast bikes to ride, but generally can be found for very cheap, even in nice condition, making this example a bit of an odd Duc… It may be the lowest-mile Terblanche-era Ducati 900SS in existence, but is that enough to justify the seemingly outrageous $15,000 asking price? The comments are open and waiting for your hopefully respectful and entertaining comments.
-tad
As close to NOS as you’ll get, but these are not highly sought-after for the mentioned reasons. I think the ask is a bridge too far.
A pal of mine bought one off eBay UK few years back for £1500 Sterling, clean and straight, demand is not high, they aren’t pretty, they aren’t fast, they aren’t rare, so where the price is pulled from only the salesman can tell.
Between the 999, the first Multistrada and the reworked 900SS Terreblanche did a fair bit of damage in the Fugly Department.
On a bit of a side note – if you had a bike like this/a “fresh out of the crate bike”, what would need to be done? Obviously fluids, tires and belts but would engine gaskets be dried out so far they needed to be replaced?
Zillion better ways to drop 15K on bikes then this ugly thing. WTF is the point of having a bike for 26 years and putting 38 miles on it? It’s gonna cost a small fortune to get it rideable, everything needs to be replaced and gone through, not cheap on a 26 year old Ducati.
People are delusional…