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I have a really tidy Ohlins clad 2001 996SPS. It’s done about 15k and had a sympathetic refresh about 4 or 5 years ago now, where everything was stripped and rebuilt and loads of new fasteners fitted etc.

im thinking of selling it as an R has crossed my paths and wondered if people had any experience of market conditions with such a bike recently?

I spoke to my Ducati specialist who looks after it (well respected guy!) about valuations as he has looked after it for the last 5 years and he said due to its condition and model he would estimate its value around £19k!

whilst i dont want to undersell, i also dont want to over sell - welcome anyone’s feedback or input before I write up an advert for it (should the R come off)

I'm just putting the feelers out. As I approach 68 yrs of age, the time has come to sell some of my bikes. First up is a showroom condition Paul Smart Replica with 3495 miles on the clock. A specialist dealer has offered me £17K for it as it stands (will need a full service, battery etc, still has original tyres from when new!! its been in my house on display) but I'd rather it go to someone that will take it on and enjoy it. Has some nice factory Paul Smart extras and the unique registration shown in the pictures. I live near to Lincoln where the bike was purchased from in 2006. Anyone seriously interested, please message me for full details and photos.

Had a test ride on the new Sf V2 today.
had a test ride on the previous v2 about a year ago - sweet engine, but didn’t get on with much else of it at the time, so left it like that.
But the new… What a joy - butter smooth engine, crisp sound, new-car smell - oh wait…!
Well, you know what it ended with when the hormones gets all excited …….

✍️ deal done, Multi is going. Now to the wait of a factory order… ️

Hello Troops
Well, the time has come to Hang up the Leathers and give up doing tack days.

So, I have for sale my much loved and modified 749/924cc Track day old faithful.
Now this may well not be everyone’s cup of tea. Because it is quite modified / non-standard, eBay special. If no one wants it. I’ll break it for the parts as it’s got all the right bits.

So here is the spec list.

Big bore 749 motor.

749s bottom end and heads with 999 100mm bore cylinders and Pistal racing piston which are specifically designed for this conversion. Which brings the capacity up to 924cc. The combustion chambers have been re profiled to unshroud the valves to match the 100mm bores. I pretty much copied everything done by Brad Black in his 924 conversion, detailed here.BikeBoy.org - 749 With 924 Big Bore Kit (base model 749 engine). The flywheel was drastically lightened! Which really speeds up throttle response, though it does make the STM slipper clutch a bit tricky to set up nicely, so I have...

50% Swiss, 50% Italian, 100% Ducatista - That's me.
Living near Zurich, I love to ride my "Noisy Pearl" in the Swiss Alps. She is a SuperSport 950 S in Arctic White Pearl. And we are very much in love with each other.

Couldn’t see another thread on this, so thought I would start one. Much as I fear AI is ripe for abuse, it really has amazing potential (to destroy traditional creative arts perhaps?). All that aside, two minutes and a crappy long distance shot of me got this based on the prompt of create retro poster of me on 93 Ducati 750ss.

Hi I’m a new member and a first Ducati owner .i have a 996 which I bought as a basket case and made a tribute to a legend and personal hero’s Steve Hislop Monster Mob replica . Hope you like it

Hi,

Cheers from Romania!
I am the delighted new owner of a Ducati Streetfighter 848 2011 in streetfighter yellow.
Doing some service & repairs (changing the dashboard because of a ruined display).

After 3 years, and 10k miles on the Pikes Peak, a decision had to be made whether to keep the PP for another year, or trade it in for another one. I’ve said on here many times that the V4 Pikes Peak was the best bike I’ve ever had, so it was a tough decision to make.

That bike took me all over Europe several times, and didn’t skip a beat. Not one single issue. The performance was mind blowing with the full system, it was all you’d ever need in a bike. Chuck a bag on the back, and disappear for a week, two weeks, a month, it was built to munch up the miles.

A chat with my dealer, and he offered me exactly the same trade in as he did this time last year, so that put the wheels in motion. The natural replacement would have been another Pikes Peak, as it was so good, but there was always a voice inside my head saying to get an RS. I’d said on here that it was pointless, not worth the extra money, blah blah blah, but those that know me knew that I’d end up with one.

So, the...

Hi everybody,
As the title says.
Located in Brussels, Belgium.
I acquired my bike last year as a present to my venerable age, having ridden the same bike during my youth.
She was freshly restored by the PO (several years ago, but only sparely ridden) and I am still in her tuning phase.
Foreseen in the next future: oil change, ignition timing and carbs tuning.
Happy to join the forum and to share experience!

Well met, folks.
Finally joined these forums to share info on using the OBDStar tool. Ex-colonial from Central Colorado here. Ducati experience started in ‘97 when I helped a friend ride a ‘94 E900 Elefant the roughly 750 miles back to his home in Indiana from its purchase point in Virginia. Enjoyed it so much I begged right of first refusal if he ever sold the bike. That led to my purchasing the bike from him in 2015 and riding it lots of Rocky Mountain miles until trading it for a 2013 Guzzi Stelvio in 2018. Came back to my senses and traded the second Stelvio for a low mileage 2016 MTSPPE in late 2023. I’ve managed to make the ride to the top of Pike’s Peak an annual event these past two autumns so I’ve included a picture from last fall’s ride. Unfortunately, living here at 9000 ft above the waves has its downside and the bike’s been parked up since shortly after that waiting for snow and slime to clear from the roads up here. Back on the road in April I hope.
Best...

So I’m considering selling my Speciale, but before you read any further it was a Cat N in 2023. Fully restored, pre accident photos available as I bought it direct from MotoMine and collected it from them. They managed to get me the handbook, spare key and service record from the previous owner which was very kind of them.

I’ve literally just taken it out for the first time this year and whether it’s me, the roads, the power of the bike or the imdpending human my wife is planning to bring into the world in 2 months I don’t know but thought I’d gauge the interest in her, as although a stunner I understand the cat N devalues it.

worst case it stays under its speciale cover in the corner of the garage for god know how long…. But that seems a shame, if someone out there is looking for one and could give her a good home

2500 miles, just MOT’d, will have to remove the plate as although DNR has its own medical definition it’s actually mine and the wife’s initials

Full Akrapovic...

When in Rome, do as the Roman’s do.

Finally the time has come to do something I’ve wanted to do for a long time, ride coast to coast USA.

Life has managed to get in the way for several years but this year I was having none of it and said to the Mrs I was just popping out on my bike, again. Well not actually my bike but a hire bike.

She was well up for it, which was a result. However things unraveled. ‘Jorg the laughing German’ was recruited, my bro number 2 was also recruited as was his Mrs, happy days. She however after giving it some thought bailed preferring to walk up Annapurna in the Himalayas instead! Whattt the?

She couldn’t see the attraction of sitting on a motorbike for such long distances, fair enough. At which point my Mrs understandably bailed as well, preferring not to be the only female. She also declined the invitation to walk up Annapurna, which I can also understand, who a blame her, that’s a serious schlep.

Instead she chose to go and see our one...

First proper day out in the 698 in Wales, best riding in the UK. Oh my, what a motorcycle for those roads. No need for more than 75bhp when the bike only weighs 150kg.
Best days riding in a long time.

So about 2 weeks ago I went over to my local Ducati dealer for some fairing bolts for the Panigale and I’ve been swithering about selling it. Reason being I bought a KTM super duke r last year and it’s so much fun, the Panigale hardly gets any used anymore (260 miles since it’s mot last year) and been thinking about something more suitable for leaving in Spain for the roads. They’ve got a beautiful Streetfighter SP in which I thought was perfect and after test riding one a couple of years ago I thought I’d have it. Unfortunately we couldn’t get a deal done as the dealer wouldn’t take my bike as pert ex with the Termi 4Uscite exhaust fitted and no standard exhaust to go with it.

That got me looking around at bikes and I seen that there were some really good deals to be had on new 2024 model S1000Rs with the new 25 model hitting showrooms. The deal I managed to pick up on this brand new S1000R Sport was so good that I’ve managed to hang onto the Panigale for the odd blast when I...

Went to see local dealer today to enquire as to how long to get a Multi V4S from Italy, salesman said about 6 weeks, he checked some details with the boss who said “ I’ve got one it came out of the crate yesterday” on checking it was the V4S Travel & Radar Sport with the forged wheels, he offered me a good deal so it was done.
Got to really crack on and get the garage built now, gonna be a tortuous few weeks until it’s water tight so the bike can come home.

As mentioned last week in another thread, I have bought another bike.

There are many reasons, some health issues, a bit of age creeping in perhaps, but mainly because I look back on my early biking days as a time of great fun on compact, light, really revvy, flickable bikes.

I probably should have bought an Elsie. I looked at a few and they really are gorgeous. I also looked at RD400s and then dreamt of an RG500 £25K -err nope... But, I have been there done that in a way with my 2 stroke TS185er, and finding the parts, buggering about with the carbs is not something that I want to get into right now. I also am still slowly meddling with my VFR400 NC30 so I kinda have that covered -4 carbs!

So I looked again at what is available. Low weight. Compact. Electric start. Easy to get all parts. Cheap to maintain. Simple to fix (probably). Cheap to buy -this could be a pipe dream that doesn't turn out well. Well known for good simple reliability.

Firstly I thought of the...

I’ve covered about 400 miles now on the SL and have to say I’m loving it. Throttle is a little more stiff than my new SS so makes my hand ache (which is easing)
The bike is light, not massively powerful which is no bad thing, brakes are good, it’s really flickable.
Gets lots of looks and sounds great.
Should’ve bought one years ago.

My best mate has just had to give up work due to primary progressive Multiple Sclerosis :-(

He’s not wheelchair-bound yet, but can’t walk more than about half a mile and the prognosis is not good, so I thought f*ck it, we are both 60 this year, so let’s do something big.

He doesn’t know it yet, but I’ve bought a lightweight folding wheelchair and on April 24th we are flying out to Spain and hiring a car for the drive to Jerez!

We have a package from https://www.polepositiontravel.com/ with hotel and passes for the paddock and Gresini Ducati hospitality all three days, a special guest dinner at the hotel on Friday night, a tour of the service road and a visit to the pit garage, plus dinner with the team on Saturday night.

Can’t bloody wait!