Evening All, I signed up here as I've recently bought am about to start tarting up a 1996 748 Strada after spending 20 odd years playing with Japanese stuff and an occasional Triumph. It's not in a bad state, 12000 miles and engine seems good. Needs a bit of cosmetic tarting (mainly wheels painting and forks re-anodising). Went through the MOT before sale without any advisories so I'm going to give it a little spin at the weekend and then get the spanners out and see what else I find (fingers crossed nothing much). It's knocking on 22 years old and got 7 owners so I'll give it a good once over. I have a copy duke manual and know one end of a spanner from the other so should be ok. I'm sure I'll be back picking peoples brains on here. Thanks Andy
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hello and welcome dude... The 748 is the best Ducati ever made.. Im sure you will love it... If not, I have cold hard cash sitting here. And some notes as well....
Cheers for the welcome peeps, Pic as requested by XH558, not the best. I tucked it away in the parents garage at the moment as my garage is full until the new bigger garage is built in a few months. Going to give it a good strip and clean and make a list of what wants doing then tick them off bit by bit. Wheels and forks (upper anodized section) are going to want a tart up. I know of a painter for the wheels and have found some anodisers online but any options/advice on who can do this in Yorkshire would be appreciated. Nose fairing has a bad repair and been painted (by a blind kid I think) so got to look at that. Not sure if recoverable or a new nose would be better. Thanks Andy
