Hi all, I've been searching the forums and trying to decode my vin of the 748 to try and get some more historical information to it. I've tried following the coding decipher on the forums but not had much success, probably me just being somewhat of a plank. The vin stamp on the headstock is ZDM748S*011063* and then the second line DGM53915OM and the frame sticker I have is 748S011063 DGM53915B OM. Can anyone help me out if that's ok please? Also I've read that you can email bologna about previous details, may someone point me in the right direction? Many thanks Keith
For the European market Ducati didn't adopt the now standard 17 character VIN until about 1998/99. Your numbers are correct for an early bike pre-dating this.
I’m guessing your bike is a 99MY Biposto as it’s 259 frames newer than mine. ZDM = Ducati’s manufacturer’s code 748S = the model, S indicating it’s one of their Superbike series not that is a model S *11063* = the frame number DGM539150M is not unique to your bike but applied to a series of bikes, undoubtedly it means something within Ducati.
Ok, thanks for your help guys, but it thickens the plot even more. It's a W reg, so 2000, with 16k on the clock and I was reading here https://www.autoevolution.com/moto/ducati/748/ about the various differences, but mine has only analogue gauges not LCD. Could it have been stored somewhere being an older variant? I'll get some photos uploaded once ive completed the total rebuild. It's having its belts and valves fettled with and the paint work bringing up to a a showroom gloss standard. The rims are definitely aluminium as the corrosion underneath has made the powder coat come off and the frame is going to be shot blasted and re-painted as well to the original colour codes. Its proper confused me this thing has. My st2 was proper simples to look up in comparison. Thanks for the help (I'm not in Sweden, I'm in darkest Shropshire according to my avatar). Keith
The bike may have been in a dealers for a year or more before it was sold. I have a 907ie, last manufactured in 1992 that wasn't registered until March 1994.
Check the rear of the fairings and seat for manuf dates of the panels, check the cross member behind the rear of the tank for the frame build date. They should all be within a few months of each other and will predate the model year designation. MY99 bikes were built from early 98 through to 99 and some MY99 bikes could easily not be registered until 2000 or even 2001. If you start with the Ducati email including engine and frame numbers they will tell you how the bike left the factory and if they are still matched. Post up pictures here and we will tell what is original. Not sure where the LCD gauges reference came from as none of the road spec 916-998 bikes came with any LCD stuff fitted for their entire production run.
If you contact Ducati and give your telephone number, a nice Italian lady will call you back with whatever information they have! Surprised the hell out of me.
For sure. I just clicked through to it and it tells me mine has a wet multiplate clutch. Err, I think not.
