Lou Reed was a fan too! "New sensations"Originally Posted by AllanB
Rasta Ratskins
Lou Reed was a fan too! "New sensations"
Only a Rat can win a Rat Race!
Low personal B.M.E.P.
Kev put the calipers on it. Legal pre 82, same as CB1100R. He rode it on the street for a short while and had got tired of it not stopping...I exchanged a few emails with a seller about 5yrs or so back about it, he told me he'd got it ex Dunedin juiced-up to buggery and it was too potent for him so tamed it down. I told him a bit of what I knew about the old girl as I recognised the number plate (77HKO) in the ad, but it's had later model front brakes fitted as well as braided lines etc. I sure the kms shown are suspect as it had nearly 60k on it when Matt brought it and we all covered some massive kms in those years.
When Matt had it it definitely got all of what it had to offer well usedIt used to do regular sub 1hr runs to Akers back in the day and lunatic shit around town.
The pic I put up it's sporting a CRC handy can lid aroldited to the timing cover as the nib got ground off when it was shoved under the back end of a ute one winter morning at the Moorhouse Ave/Lincoln Rd lights. It lived amongst us for a few years and if it could talk it'd tell some hellish stories
Found a pic taken at Little river on a nut run to akers
I may have dialled the cams while it was here... We reckoned it was a good starter pre 82. At the time we had just started on the GS1000 development but it was lighter, handled and stopped better than the Honda already. And those things are always waiting to break a camchain.
There was a shitload of engine spares came with it - most have gone to Sid Challoner to keep the Nico Bakker running.
No8 Wire Extraordinaire
[QUOTE=HenryDorsetCase;1131076233]I want you to buy that and then I want you to strip all that touring shit off it, put a decent front end in it (CBR1000 or RVT1000) with clipons and a single round headlight then a smaller tank, tidy up the aesthetics, single seat (XR750 style, or TZ750 or classic cafe racer hump). Then you'll need to sell it to me for $3500 with 12 months rego and a new WOF and new tyres.
sort of like this:
http://www.bikeexif.com/custom-motus-mst-r-fuller-moto
Probably won`t make it out of my garage without a 2 stroke engine in it.
Don't you look at my accountant.
He's the only one I've got.
FUN LOVIN CRIMINAL
$15k mmm yeah nah, maybe if it was mint original & a fraction of the kms. And there's more than 3 of them in the country too
https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/mot...2de64af2ad983e
Forum whore
Someone spent a lot on the web.....
https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/mot...c4586ae12ba6d6
"channellling the Pleideans"
The Carbon key surround is what makes it for me. Who the fuck spends 65quid ($130NZD plus shipping probably) on fucking fripperies and geegaws? Why not spend your money on actual performance enhancement on a performance bike? Crabon wheels, say, and adding lightness.
Fuck people.
I thought elections were decided by angry posts on social media. - F5 Dave
Fully qualified Sifter.
What.
A.
Fucking.
Dreamer.
Forum whore
no exhaust wrap, what a rebel
"channellling the Pleideans"
https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/mot...e03c3001de7d21
Anybody here care to comment? I know nothing about Ducatis really but $43k seems like a lot of money. Having said that: iconic model (916) and rare-ish variant (SPS) as I understand it. plus under a thousand km.
I thought elections were decided by angry posts on social media. - F5 Dave
Fully qualified Sifter.
Tell him he's dreaming.
Geriatric hoon
He says he's trying hard to sell it. At $43,000 though I'm not convinced.
There is a grey blur, and a green blur. I try to stay on the grey one. - Joey Dunlop
Fully qualified Sifter.
What a fucking sifter. No way he'll get anywhere close. Neither should he.
Learning
Something very odd going on here, the 996 engine is referred to twice but as far as I understand, none of the 916's had that capacity. The 996 was introduced in 1999, the bike advertised is supposed to be the pinnacle of the 916 line in the last year of production... which was 1998.
It's a seriously pretty bike but if the seller is being (ahem) economical with the bike's history, what chance do you have of getting your $43 K back?
FUN LOVIN CRIMINAL
They went 916, 955, 996brittle motors from the 955 upwards
$43k he's in La La land though
Forum whore
Now I too was interested in this sale and posted on the NZ FB Ducati page asking if it was a realistic price. No one has told me he's dreaming yet. Those limited edition ones do become collectible but that's up there IMO (somewhat uneducated opinion I may add). Shit you can order a new V4 and a new Scrambler for that!
Side note - I was more disturbed that it had only covered 800kms and lived in the lounge presumably as a investment piece of art.
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