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Its nearly 5 years since I documented getting to 50,000 miles. Last year, one of us got to 60. Yesterday the SPS turned over 55,000 on the Clock.I wasn't able to stop for a picture so I found a spot during tonight's ride.
If the good weather continues I hope to get more than a 1000 miles this year.

My Termi exhaust arrived a couple of days ago so set about fitting it over the weekend.
Turned out to be an awkward job to do.
A few of the bolts are hidden so you have to remove other things to get to them.
They say to remove the shock but I managed to get in without doing that.
The worst bit was where Ducati had fixed the cat lambda sensor plug. It was wedged in a very tight gap between the inner frame and fuel tank so the tank had to be removed.
The problem was that the front of the tank is held by metal sleeves that did not want to come out. After much swearing I finally got them out.
The pipework fixing points were also a pain as they did not line up so I ended up removing the fixing brackets from the frame, attaching them to the pipework then bolting the brackets back in.
Finally got it sorted so just need the map loading.
Looks much better without that link pipe outside the swinging arm.
The flashers ‘just’ miss the end of the silencers. If I didn’t have the thin metal...

Here for sale is my genuine 2001 Ducati Monster S4 Challenge Cup low mileage 13,000m road legal bike. One of only thirty which ran as part of the single make support series in British Superbikes (BSB) in 2002.

I obtained the bike a few years ago just before lockdown. Then during Covid I set about restoring her back to the original Ducati Monster S4 Challenge Cup series race spec.
The bike is not concorse condition, it is 24 years old, but looks the part and gets plenty of attention when parked up.

I completed the bike to what you see today. To be picky I still have a set of the original race series radiator crash guards to fit and I also am yet to track down a period red Ducati Performance slipper clutch to be 100% correct. (Side note, a standard clutch plate will be fitted when sold)
Bike has also been fitted with a Ohlins rear shock not standard.

Unfortunately shortly after completing the bike I was taken seriously ill and now I am no longer able to ride, so after much...

Picked up this 996r today. 2 owners from new, last owner had it since 2002! Been all over Europe and over to IOM a few times.

needs a little TLC, replating, new tyres and service. The original seat unit comes with it, and the Seat is a genuine ATR 998r panel which I’ll be selling along.

The left fairing has a tiny crack, but it comes with a genuine ATR replacement panel too - and I’ll sell on the one on the bike as it’s still a very nice presentable panel!

chuffed to finally have my hands on a 996r as that’s always been the one I’ve wanted

Bike packed and ready for the overnight ferry to Caen for a week in France

Hello lovely people. I have the good fortune to have OCD when it comes to wiring looms. I specialise in replicating Bevel and Pantah engined bike harnesses using my 40 years of electronics experience, 14 years as an RAF radar tech and 10 years doing custom and one off motorcycle looms. If you're in the market for a high quality harness give me a shout. I have the following looms:

750 SS/GT <'75
900SS/Mike Hailwood Replica '78-'80
900 Darmah
Pantah 500/600/650
750 F1/Montjuic/Santamonica.
748/916/996 Race/Track Day front loom to remove left bar switch/speedo/warning light and Ignition Switch.
I am looking for complete looms for other models in this range, so If you need a harness, and it is not listed, please get in touch to see if I can help.

Following a brief exchange on here in January on the subject of family history that peaked my curiosity, I finally got my arse in gear and requested a copy of my late father’s service records from the MoD. Not difficult, if you have a copy of the death certificate and it’s free. I had what I thought was my father’s service number and a regiment but I think you only need a date and place of birth and an idea of when they enlisted. Two or three weeks ago, I received a reply with an Adobe Acrobat attachment containing a number of scanned, hand written documents, redacted in places. Not easy to read and not a great deal of information for a period covering 7 years of a man’s military career but enough jigsaw pieces to start building a picture and enough for me to start asking informed questions of the various keepers of the records like the National Archive, the IWM and several other independent organisations who maintain historical records I didn’t know existed. This is going to take...

What a cracking looking update. Saw one a couple of days ago and can’t believe how awesome it looked. New paint scheme is gorgeous and those updated wheels are sublime. Had the full system on it too, sounded comfortably “gruff” rather than annoyingly “loud”.

I’ve owned a 1200, 1260s, 1260PP, borrowed a 950 for a short time and I’m currently at 2.1/2 years into a V4s ; so what to have next?

2025 V4 PP ordered today.

Well after a 6 month wait my Streetfighter V2 has eventually arrived.
Had a 120 miles run out straight away so here is my first impressions.

There has been a lot of debate about these new models, mainly regarding the drop in power and the 17kg weight reduction.
Obviously I am just taking the bike to 6k so you cannot get a true impression of the engine but it feels very smooth for a twin and I think when you can rev it more it will be plenty fast enough for our roads.
My Monster with 110hp was quick as any of my other bikes on the roads I use.
I did notice the engine will pull from much lower revs than my previous V2 SF which I found the power to be quite high up.
It has a lovely induction noise, exhaust is very quiet, well it is with my earplugs in.

The bike does feel VERY light and steers beautifully, holds a line great.

The quickshifter is smooth both up and down but I found an issue a few times.
When coming into a corner quickly and quickly downshifting you go from 6th to 5th...

It's time for another Ducati, after selling my S4R I decided on a 916, I figure it's the logical choice to pair with my M900.
After looking for a short while a good friend and fellow Ducati fan asked if I'd like to buy his, he already has a few projects on the go and was happy to enable my addiction.

It has 80,000 on the clock and hasn't been on the road for over 10 years but looks complete and was stored inside for the whole time.
I'll probably try and restore it back to original at some point but first job is to get it running.

Hi all, just got around to getting another bike. I have no idea why it's taken 20years!
Finally realising a dream and have a red 1994 900ss.
love the ride, love being back on a bike.
Long last the sun!!!
I've already had the spanners out. Started by raising the clip on's up to a more comfortable level (2 bolts sheered, I had to weld on some nuts to what thread was left protruding to replace them)
front brake micro switch was testing fine and the circuit was good when touching the live to the lamp wire. turned out to be the micro switch was ever so slightly out of line on the brake lever. a tiny amount of pressure with some long nosed pilers and it's all working great.
I managed to run out of fuel as the warning light doesn't work (winter project) and the petcock was left open by the previous owner. I really should have checked that!
new slave cylinder on order as the current one is leaking badly. Looking at the master it also looks not long to this world!! (any ideas for a...

Hi all, new to Ducati. I’m back on 2 wheels after a 15 year break. From Lancashire UK.

Previous bikes. GSXR400 - KTM Duke 2. Aprilia Dorsoduro.

(Also I’ve paid my £5 subscription which in the grand scheme of things is 42p a week. I know what running a forum is like and the admin deserve a bit in return for hosting)

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Sadly my beautiful and much loved Monster 1200S needed to go. As I get older (77 next week) I've found it gradually becoming too heavy for me. Particularly when manoeuvring it about.
It's been the best bike I've ever owned, and I've had a few.
I was really pleased to hear about the new much lighter Streetfighter V2S, I wanted one. But disappointment followed when I heard what the seat height was and that Ducati weren't going to provide a lower seat. In fact they do a higher option? I did follow up with a couple of dealers and Ducati Italy, but nothing came of those enquiries.

So I sadly I had to leave the marque and look elsewhere. So I've bought a new Street Triple RS.
Forum members did ask me to stay on this forum and let them know about the new bike.
After a bit of a wobbly start when the handover was delayed due to a faulty left hand switch assembly.
But so far and only a couple of hundred miles I'm quite pleased. Paint and finish is great, weight is fine and the bike rides...

Morning All,

At the end of February there was a thread asking if there was a source of or anyone who could make an alloy coolant tank.

A member from here reached out to a company called Pro Alloy Motorsport who signed up here and reached out saying they could probably manufacture the tanks but would need a bike to work out the design on.

The thread got pulled after that for reasons unknown.

Before it was pulled I'd got in touch with Chris at Pro Alloy and offered him the use of my bike, in exchange for this he gave me the first tank they made for free.

Below are pictures of that tank, I believe Pro Alloy will put these into production for people to buy but as I have no affiliation with them beyond loaning them my bike I have no idea of prices, timeslines etc.
The quality of the tank is excellent and it's a really good fit in the frame, as you can see they've managed to fit 2 p clips to the frame to hold the tank nicely in place instead of it being free to bounce around like...

Hi Folks - New to this forum but far from new to Ducati.
Been riding superbikes since 1990 RD500, a few gixxers, RGV's etc then popped my Duc cherry in 1996 on a 916 Bip. Had only Ducs since then

Current fleet is four in various states of tune and purpose:

1997 900SS in a project restomod state (more in another thread perhaps)
1997 ST-2 My daily beater (well in summer) & do around 10k km / year
1997 916 SPS just under 8000km on the clock and not gaining much
2001 996R just over 40k km on the clock and not gaining much either

Originally from the UK I moved to Norway 27 years ago; the roads are sublime, the weather unpredictable, the speeding fines & penalties are draconian, and the summers are too short. The garage always slightly too small and my wife says I have too many "red" bikes already

Been active on MS for years, as I'm sure a few others here are too. Same handle & I was a wee bit on Speedzilla before that so decided it was time to join the home crowd as...

I've always been a huge 2V superbike fan and this idea of building one has been itching in my brain for a long time. I've hade many supersports so it was kind of natural to eventually make one which factory never did. About a year ago i bought this cheap and neglegted 749 which i butchered as soon as i got it home. Immediately after that i started searching for a 1000 or 1100 DS engine. It didn't take long and soon there was a packet coming from Germany to Finland. It was a 1100S Monster engine.

As many of you know it does't fit straight in so i had to make a tool to mill the engine cases.

No time to negotiate with machinery shops so i made a tool for the job. It's a generic 10mm axle mated to a drill. Swing bolt needle bearings did the guiding and it worked out pretty well.

Engine wen't in and then i decided that for the first summer i'll just patch it up and gather some miles. Exhaust was far from optimal but i knew how horrible job it is to make one with 749 swingarm so...

Hi, I’m Stan.. and I ride a Ducati monster 1100s. I have very little idea on ecu remapping and other customizations so I joined the forum to learn more. I’m from Ghana, west Africa.. where I come from, the call me Ducati man because I love ducatis so much and the 1100s is my 4th Ducati owned.

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.