Ducati Sport 1000

[The Pastor]

Anyone own one of these?

IMO they are really nice looking. But thats all i know about them!

Are they reliable? How many km will they do sorta thing...

<img src='http://www.raptorsandrockets.com/images/Ducati/DucatiSport1000(1e).JPG'>

http://www.rocketworld.org/images/duc_sc1000_800b_72.jpg
http://www.motorcycle-usa.com/Photos/07_ducati_sport1000.JPG

[jim.cox]

I thought they looked good too.

Until I saw them in the flesh

The motor is the same air/oil cooled two valve as the SS range. Well known with not too many vices.

Me, I'd rather have a HyperRetard

Just my $0.02

=mjc=
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[MentalFacility]

I've seen that show on descovery, I think it was called "The twist of the throttle", and they have been testing this bike. They liked it ALOT.

Oh actually here you go, http://turbo.discovery.com/twist-the-throttle/twist-the-throttle.html

You can watch the whole show online.

[jrandom]

They're fuckin' beautiful (in the flesh too, IMHO). I'd love one purely based on looks.

Haven't ridden a Sport 1000, but I've ridden that engine in the Multistrada and liked it. Seat-of-pants-o-meter said 75 ish hp at the wheel.

[jrandom]

Me, I'd rather have a HyperRetard

I'd rather have a Multistrada 1100.

Effectively an identical bike to the HyperRetard where it matters, but plus comfy seat for rider and pillion, plus useful tank range and plus optional factory hard luggage.

(And, presumably, immune to theft due to being ugly enough to make the average criminal run screaming into the night.)

[The Pastor]

They're fuckin' beautiful (in the flesh too, IMHO). I'd love one purely based on looks.

Haven't ridden a Sport 1000, but I've ridden that engine in the Multistrada and liked it. Seat-of-pants-o-meter said 75 ish hp at the wheel.

They reckon they are about 90hp.

one thing I want to know is how do u stop ur jacket scratching the tank? With the super aggressive reach to the bars? Don't say tank pad - they simply don't work.


Also I cant seem to find a review on it in terms of gas mileage and performance and handling. all the reviews just wank on about the looks and then say "the handling is good"

[R6_kid]

I have a Ducati MH900 arriving at my place in the next couple of days... sorta the same but not really, I'll let you know how it rides, and how much of hassle it is to dissasemble it.

[Matt Bleck]

Can someone tell me please, does the 1000 stand for NZ or US dollars paid per service? :confused:

[AllanB]

There's been one siting in Casbolts all year.

looks really nice - I personally do not like the pipes on one side - one on each would be more in line with the period look. Plus the seat is very wide.

Note the modern spec tyres with a old Pirelli tread pattern - very cool and brings a smile to anyone over 40 who has been into bikes.

[jrandom]

Can someone tell me please, does the 1000 stand for NZ or US dollars paid per service? :confused:

They're cheaper to run than a K3.

:Pokey:

[Bren]

I've seen that show on descovery, I think it was called "The twist of the throttle", and they have been testing this bike. They liked it ALOT.

Oh actually here you go, http://turbo.discovery.com/twist-the-throttle/twist-the-throttle.html

You can watch the whole show online.

Fantastic link...one website I have not seen....spent the last 20 mins watching the beemer Videos...Bling to you for the link:wari:

[MentalFacility]

Fantastic link...one website I have not seen....spent the last 20 mins watching the beemer Videos...Bling to you for the link:wari:

Thanks man, glad you liked it. I watched this show a while ago, I liked it as well, there is heaps of new stuff you can learn just by watching it.

[MVnut]

Sorry, don't like them......wouldn't keep one if someone gave it to me. The original 750 Sport on the other hand is gorgeous.:innocent:

[McJim]

I'd have one although my preference would be the ss1000ds.

The engine is shared by a few models in the Ducati range - it's the latest incarnation of the Desmodue engine.

I think it's about 93hp with around 90 Newton metres of torque. Makes for some good fun in the twisties but it really is a poseur's bike all about looks...and I have to admit I think it looks really nice.

Fuel economy should be good at lower revs - the flat torque curve means it will haul arse without having to scream. Redline the bastard and burn $$$ like any bike. Maintenence is every 12,000km with Major Service at 24,000 (Belts'n'stuff). The big services are not that expensive. I had belts and shims done on my Desmodue at Haldanes and it was alot less than a grand trust me.

I'd rather pay for a Ducati Desmodue service than a Honda one.

[marioc]

Cheers for that link! excellent

[Winston001]

I'd rather pay for a Ducati Desmodue service than a Honda one.

Exaggery! That's cos you'd own a DUCATI. :mobile:

[DMNTD]

Ride one...I'd be highly surprised if you didn't LOVE it!
Ok ok...well i loved it...had a Termi set and ffs did it sound goooooooood!

LOL...s'pose it helps that I sell the machines too :rolleyes:

[The Pastor]

Ride one...I'd be highly surprised if you didn't LOVE it!
Ok ok...well i loved it...had a Termi set and ffs did it sound goooooooood!

LOL...s'pose it helps that I sell the machines too :rolleyes:
let me know if u get a 2nd hand one - the one with the hidden pillion seat - i think its called the bi somthing _b

[McJim]

Ride one...I'd be highly surprised if you didn't LOVE it!
Ok ok...well i loved it...had a Termi set and ffs did it sound goooooooood!

LOL...s'pose it helps that I sell the machines too :rolleyes:

Hey you sell Ducatis. Cool - next time I leave the Mainland for the North Island I may drop in to drool on your showroom floor.:drool:

[DMNTD]

Hey you sell Ducatis. Cool - next time I leave the Mainland for the North Island I may drop in to drool on your showroom floor.:drool:
Do it...wait until you see all the demo's I have on offer!! :eek:
Come in and have a play man...serious.

[MentalFacility]

Do it...wait until you see all the demo's I have on offer!! :eek:
Come in and have a play man...serious.

Hell I'd come too. Never had a chance to even sit on a duc.

[Winston001]

There is a whole sub-forum dedicated to Classic Ducatis (as these bikes are categorised) on Ducati MS

http://www.ducati.ms/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=77

[MentalFacility]

There is a whole sub-forum dedicated to Classic Ducatis (as these bikes are categorised) on Ducati MS

http://www.ducati.ms/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=77


Holy crap, look what i found there.

http://www.ducati.ms/forums/showthread.php?t=49608

[Mountlocal1]

Hmm.. Im sure someone will kick me if Im wrong.. But did anyone else notice that in RM's picks the bikes only have one rear shock (on the left)... Im sure they are twin rear shockers... DMNTD??

[The Pastor]

Hmm.. Im sure someone will kick me if Im wrong.. But did anyone else notice that in RM's picks the bikes only have one rear shock (on the left)... Im sure they are twin rear shockers... DMNTD??
the 2005 version is single shock, after 2006 they have twin

[jrandom]

They reckon they are about 90hp.

"At the crank" (tm)


one thing I want to know is how do u stop ur jacket scratching the tank?

Get a jacket without scratchy bits sticking out the front?

:confused:


Also I cant seem to find a review on it in terms of gas mileage and performance and handling...

Book a test ride on one. Make sure you pick it up with a full tank. Do a decent 100km or so of riding in your own inimitable style. Then fill the tank back up yourself and note how many litres of gas you used.

[The Pastor]

"At the crank" (tm)



Get a jacket without scratchy bits sticking out the front?

:confused:



Book a test ride on one. Make sure you pick it up with a full tank. Do a decent 100km or so of riding in your own inimitable style. Then fill the tank back up yourself and note how many litres of gas you used.
you can test ride a bike for 100km?!?!?!

[jrandom]

you can test ride a bike for 100km?!?!?!

Of course.

I usually take bikes on test rides up the northern motorway, along Coatesville-Riverhead, up Old North and Peak to cow cop, turn around and come back the same way - that's about 100km all up. Bit more, maybe. It's good to use the same route all the time, because the differences between bikes become more obvious.

I've never had a shop that's given me grief about disappearing for a couple of hours with a bike. If you're thinking about buying something, you gotta ride it enough to figure out whether you like it, after all!

[Scouse]

let me know if u get a 2nd hand one - the one with the hidden pillion seat - i think its called the bi somthing _bthere are some secondhand ones at motohause in kingsland

[imdying]

There's been one siting in Casbolts all year.No surprise, I wouldn't buy a bike from them...


I'd rather pay for a Ducati Desmodue service than a Honda one.Me too... the D16RR has 3 years unlimited kms free servicing.

[The Pastor]

Of course.

I usually take bikes on test rides up the northern motorway, along Coatesville-Riverhead, up Old North and Peak to cow cop, turn around and come back the same way - that's about 100km all up. Bit more, maybe. It's good to use the same route all the time, because the differences between bikes become more obvious.

I've never had a shop that's given me grief about disappearing for a couple of hours with a bike. If you're thinking about buying something, you gotta ride it enough to figure out whether you like it, after all!
you're quite right. only colemans and the suzi dealer (somthing about suzi's?) let me take the bike for about an hour. Every other dealer said "10 or 15 mins" maybe its somthing to do with my age?

how on earth can you test a bike in 15 mins. Ripoff barren are the worst at test rides.

didn't quite click to test the gas economy during the test cheers! and that route sounds like a pretty damn good one, its got everything, suburban, motorway and twists!

[slowpoke]

They reckon they are about 90hp.

one thing I want to know is how do u stop ur jacket scratching the tank? With the super aggressive reach to the bars? Don't say tank pad - they simply don't work.


Tank pads are the schizz, you've just gotta buy the right one. Basically you get what you pay for. One thing with Ducati's there is definitely no shortage of accesories available and I can guarantee you'll find a lovely carbon fibre tank pad from one of a plethora of manufacturers to do the job.