Sadly, my body and the calendar seem to be telling me it's about time to hang up my leathers, so... I have a very good condition, highly original, 851 SP3. It's had one previous owner and has covered just shy of 20k miles; it's just had a belt change, thorough check-over and MoT by Neil Ridgeway (late of Made In Italy Motorcycles) who gave it a clean bill of health. If I do decide to sell, what do people think it's worth??? Thanks Andrew
Unfortunately in today's climate, about 50-75% of what it was worth 2 years ago, if auctions and general sales of older bikes are anything to go by.
That's a beautiful bike, seen one on ebay for sub £12k recently..prices really on there heads at moment. Really not sure if it's because interest rates are higher or the age of potential owners causing dwindling potential buyers.
I owned a 851 back in the 90's possibly the best sports bike i've ridden, I guess a sp3 ore so. Aging bikers, not sure I could ride a sports bike these days not for very long anyway. Road surfaces are terrible, even my Scramblers isn't that great much prefer my supermoto as the sussers just soak up the road.
I keep looking at a Desert X and think it would be a lot more enjoyable on kind of roads I ride. The way prices are going I'd probably struggle to shift my 916sps to pay for it.
Lovely thing! No idea what the value would be or what it might sell for but I hope it goes for a good price. GLWS.
I can’t get past the front light. I’d have to put a race nose on with hole for a couple of single round lamps! Other than that I think they’re beautiful!
That is really cheap. Over here in europe a good 888 strada is 8-10.000€ these days. Any SP is 15.000 and up. Henk!!!
There are alternatives for that,not gonna post pictures in this topic. But google ducati 888 carbon endurance pods. I'm also busy mount these at my 888 at tbe moment. Henk!!!
Oddly didn’t get much of a result for that but did see an endurance racer with those pods - I like! Sorry for going OT - GLWS for the OP. Acronyms aplenty!
I'd have ago around £15k, seems very reasonable price for a quite rare bike . It's a tough gig out there at the moment, even that mob in Sheffields prices are starting to get more reasonable.
Tis a lovely thing, Iconic Auctions offer a free valuation service, they gave my scruffy monster a £2k reserve which I thought was fair. Online Valuation for vintage Motorcycles
Hi, Please excuse my ignorance, new to Ducati, but what isn't original? She looks good to me. Kindest Regards Richard
If that's the one I have seen as well -some Japan import- it is looking pretty sorry for itself and non-standard (discs, decals on panels, etc.). This one looks very genuine and that's what buyers of those bikes are looking for. The UK market is very depressed. It is a buyer's market right now for cars and even more bikes. If you look at the prices in the EU, it is easily +25-30% So, maybe hang on to it for a while or look to advertise on the sites that cover the EU (mobile.de, leboncoin.fr, etc.)
Thanks for all your replies, a lot of sense there. It's a difficult decision. I haven't ridden the bike for almost two years, and my head says it's time for it to go to a new home where it will get ridden, as it should be. However, whenever I wheel it out of the garage and start her up, my heart says keep it... Time for a think. To answer Rich 950S' question - very little that isn't original. A few stainless bolts (I have all the original "Parmesan" bolts if one is really keen on originality), a thinner "bum pad" (I have the original), Ducati Corse-style rearsets (I think they're genuine, but again, I have the originals). That's about it I think.
If you have not made up your mind, probably worth hanging on to her for now. The market is not great right now, so you are unlikely to lose out if you wait. It's just if you need the money.
