Developed as a styling exercise for the 2003 Tokyo Motorcycle Show and offered for sale in late 2005 as a 2006 model, the SportClassic has been a real success story. Named a “best used bike” by Cycle World in 2014, the 1000cc air-cooled bikes used up-to-date techniques to achieve a vintage feel, and show up regularly in nice shape.
2006 Ducati SportClassic 1000 for sale on eBay
Thought the Paul Smart commemorative and Sport 1000S draw most of the attention and high bids, the SC1000 is a great cafe racer. The fuel-injected Desmodue has an oil cooler to help the fins, and reliably generates 92 hp. Sponsons on the side of the tank recall Paul Smart’s #16 racer and increase fuel capacity to almost 4 gallons. Most versions have two-into-two exhaust, this one has been upgraded to Termognini silencers. Beefy 43mm upside-down forks are stock, these have been re-built by C-M performance.
2006 was the only SportClassic year with the sculptured monoshock swingarm, the factory Sachs shock on this machine having been replaced by an Ohlins. While a classic Ducati would always have a dry clutch, this one has been upgraded to one from SpeedyMoto, with their elegant open cover. Almost invisible rear fender with flying license plate bracket has replaced the factory plastic. Owner has added fork, frame and swingarm sliders, thankfully unused.
Maintenance duties have been attended to also, as the owner shows in the eBay auction:
Maintenance Records
Fluid change 2 months ago
One year old tires/battery/clutch
Gas tank has been caswell coated
New Regulator installed by dealer
Battery Tender “pigtail”
All manuals and Keys included
Rear PitBull Stand [included if purchased at asking price]
Also included are a set of hi-rise handle bars [not installed]
Looking excellent in burnt yellow, this SportClassic has under 5,000 miles. With 5-1/2 days to go there are already quite a few bids, to be expected for a creampuff which has been updated and maintained…
-donn
Wait, what?
Unless I’m seeing something wrong, the eBay posting is a different bike. None of the photos on the eBay listing show the Termignoni exhaust, Ohlins shock, fender eliminator, the clutch cover is different, the belt covers are different. Even the tires are different. None of the actual photos in this post appear on the linked eBay listing. And the linked eBay listing has no bids so far.
OK, here is the correct eBay listing: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Ducati-Other-/321863531203?forcerrptr=true&hash=item4af08fbac3&item=321863531203
I wonder what the reserve price is. I remember looking at these bikes about 5 years ago, and very clean examples could be had for almost half of what they sell for now.
IIRC 2006 was the only year this model came with the SSSA, Ohlin’s and dry clutch. I believe the 07-09’s are less desirable. They used to sell regularly in the mid-teens but they have come down in price a bit recently. I love the design, I really like the Paul Smart version, the kicker is…. at 6’3″ and 210 lbs. it’s a chore to ride this bike for more then and hour or so. It’s not all that comfortable. Although the motor is tried a true Ducati and the bike is not all that heavy it’s under powered by today’s standards. All of that aside it’s still a great looking design and pure Ducati.
The Paul Smart prices look like they have peaked too. I have recently seen a couple trade in the $16k range. Going back a couple years they were on a steady price march from the mid-teens to the mid 20’s.