For Sale Multistrada 1000ds Reduce To £1495.

Quite possibly the most beautiful Ducati ever made and rumoured to be a 2 time winner of the prestigious Austin Allegro award for Excellence in Automotive Design, here we have a gorgeous Multistrada 1000DS .
It is a 2003 bike with 29k on the clock and 5 previous owners. Patchy service history initially but lots of stamps/invoices from 2009 onwards including a valve clearance check last year and a cam belt change in May 2016 @ 20k miles. MOT to April 2019.
Quite a few extras fitted , a Ducati Comfort Seat, centre stand, cigarette lighter type sat nav charger, a Laminar Lip on the fairing, a Scottoiler and heated grips although these are not currently working.
Mechanically it all seems ok although it needs help idling till warm and could probably do with a service now .Tyres are good, chain and sprockets seem ok to me. Cosmetically it has some of the flaky engine paint that Ducati inflicted on us in that era, paintwork is not bad with some shiny bits, some not shiny bits and a few chips and scrapes but not bad for a 15 year old /29k mileage bike.
Please note panniers and brackets now sold, bike & remaining extras reduced to £1495
The bike is at my warehouse in Luton if you want to come and have a look, please pm me if you have any questions or would like more pictures. Advertised elsewhere for more money as you really are my imaginary friends. See pics below :-

 

Panniers now sold and brackets shown in the pictures removed and sold too. The rest of the bike & extras still available @ £1495. @El Toro please amend the title removing "with luggage" and reduce to £1495.

 

I imagine a lot of folk are worried about owning such a beautiful and valuable bike especially one capable of those incredibly high speeds you mention. Who wants or needs a Pani when this is available ?

Laminar lip link below.
https://www.laminarlip.com/multistrada.php

 

@CRYSTALJOHN would you like me to see if I can get the lip off mine if you would prefer a cheap , tatty secondhand one to a lovely shiny new one ?

 

No doubt, air cooled multi =

 

@CRYSTALJOHN I`ll damage the paintwork if I take the lip fixings off so sorry I cant help with this.

 

Let me have another look at the bike in daylight tomorrow and check. The lip is not the problem , it's the stickers they attach too. Maybe a little petrol or similar will loosen them. I'm 5'10" too and find the lip does help a bit but so does something like a thick snood or scarf.

 

Sorry, I think a hammer & chisel are needed so I`m going to leave it intact. This is the second bike I have had with a laminar lip, they do help with airflow so should make the bike more rideable.