996 996sps Ohlins Model - What To Look For

Yes, something nice about buying a bike thats grotty and having plenty of scope to make it nice again.

 

Its been sat in storage with some other bikes and classic cars for a few years as the guy works away quite a lot.

 

Ha ha, yes, taken this morning!

 

the plague?

Hope not, but it does have a plaque

 

Here’s a full shot of the bike for those curious.

Wrong decal and missing the mesh from the rear seat

 

The decal on the fairing is wrong. If you zoom in, you can see that desmoquattro is o the left of 996 - when it should be to the right

 

Got the bike, it’s absolutely filthy! Going to take some work, but that’s the part that always sucks me in

The good news is that nothing is seized, throttle moves smoothly, forks are nice and smooth and brakes all work. So looks a lot worse than it is.

I’ll set up a project thread once I get started on it

 

I might be wrong, but I don’t think he viewed it. I was told today that I was the only person that had been to see the bike.. the bloke was/is a nightmare to get hold of!

 

Here is a sneak peak absolutely covered in shit. Been put away in a garage since 2011