This has been sat in my garage (along with my other three project bikes) for a fair few years. Its about 20% dismantled. It was going to be used as the base for a replica of the original 748ie from 1986/87 as I have what I believe is the only existing race tank from that bike. The motor is NOT the original, this bike spent its entire life being raced in Japan However I have two more frames, a tricolore Strada, and a bog-standard 888 frame which I had already started converting. I am getting the verlicchi swing copied, and a more modern 748 motor should be easy enough to source (even if the swingarm mount will need machining) So should i just bung this at my Ducati guru in Bohemia and get him to rebuild it?
Welcome! How on earth did you manage to get that fuel tank? There can't have been many of those made, let alone available to buy!
I believe that two were made for the works race team. None were made for the public. I bought it from a Japanese collector...weren't cheap either. I intend getting a mould made (as I still want to build the 748ie bike) and then selling/donating it to the Ducati museum.
