What Are The Truly Rare Ducati’s

Discussion in 'Ducati General Discussion' started by Symon Moore, Sep 2, 2019.

  1. It's been out twice recently by the look of it ;)
     
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  2. That was my dream bike in 1980, couldn’t afford it so bought a GS550!
     
  3. Mine too and still waiting. You need to sort the front mudguard though :eek:
     
  4. That French breadvan:thinkingface: looks cool as well.:upyeah:
     
  5. And the ale looks warm
     
  6. That's a friday morning pickup for some people in this country;) & Tell me why does a bin need the words Litter inscribed on it.:thinkingface:
     
  7. To remind the dirty b’strds who just drop the stuff. Pet hate of mine.
     
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  8. Like where you're coming from on the thinking process behind it:upyeah:i've shitheads driving passed & discarding litter just for the fun factor......love to return it to their bedrooms especially under the duvet,that would make me very happy again.:):upyeah:
     
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  9. You’re so right! Beautiful classic Ducati, pint of beer, old English town background...oh I wish!
     
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  10. Lovely bike !
    It takes me back to student days when I'd see one booming around town .
    Someone else had a Darmah , and either of them would have been my dream bike .
    I was running a well-worn BSA 250 which had suffered years of abuse and bad " spannering " .

    Talking of rare models , one of my neighbours at the time had a 250 Ducati
    ..... he said the model was " 24 Hour Barcelona " .... I'd never heard of it .

    He wasn't really a biker , and just bought it as a daily commuter , for less than I paid for the BSA .

    Would that qualify as a rare Ducati ?
    I've never seen one since
     
  11. Isn't that a Morris?
     
  12. You could be right on the photofit,i thought it looked like the D4B van style wise.
     
  13. J Type if I'm not wrong. :)
     
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  14. Here is your answer https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/24494/lot/432/
     
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  15. Yes , that's the one .... thank you !

    I'm surprised that they are not worth more than that .

    The BSA , fully restored would probably fetch that much ,
    and they made a whole lot more 250 bikes than Ducati did ....
    .... odd .
     
  16. I have a rare 1967 Ducati Cadet 100cc two stroke. It has an impeller on the end of the crank to draw air in through the grille seen here, supposedly to cool the engine because its enclosed in aluminium shrouds...

    Ducati Cadet 100.jpg
    Not my bike in the photo, mine's in pieces - they're much rarer assembled!
     
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  17. Ducati Apollo v4 of 1963/4 made for the American importer Berliner is arguably the rarest (oh yes Desmosedici owners, you weren't the first!). Only one complete prototype bike and a spare engine ever made. The bike is in a private Japanese collection and the spare engine in the Ducati Museum.

    Ugly as sin mind!
     
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  18. I think there were two produced, isnt there an information board at the spare engine in museum stating the whereabouts of the second bike is unknown.
     
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  19. That's a bit greedy :thinkingface:
     
  20. If the 1198R was never raced in WSB I don’t see the point of it.
     
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