748 Advice On This Bike Please

it's heavily modified which won't please the purists/old people when you come to sell it (and personally I think it looks a bit of a dogs dinner but that's subjective), if you're after something to display and look at and hope to get your money back/make a profit when you sell it on then this isn't the one, you'd be better off looking for a very clean, original, much more standard bike.

 

Looks very nice. One to ride and enjoy, and sit and look at. But not expect to make you money in the future.

 

My 996 will be properly up for sale in the next week or so if you can stretch a bit further.

 

https://www.ducatiforum.co.uk/threads/996-2001.89763/

Hopefully mot next week.

 

As Bradders says one to look at but certainly not after dusk, 748 headlights were shit, reducing them by 50% will make them 50% more shitter.

 

If it looks good to you and you only plan to have it as garage art, then go for it.

For riding it... no where on the item description does it say that the rockers have been checked. These are parts of the desmo valvetrain and in this era had a thin chrome coating that could (and often did) flake, eventually damaging the cam itself.

In short, if you want to ride them they need regular maintenance. Fortunately, they're easy to work on, parts are readily available, and there is a wealth of resources online to help you.

 

Again??

 

Not my cup of tea but price is reasonable and it’s nice and shiny.

 

As most have already pointed out, it’s not one for the purists and will never make top dollar if/when you sell. Ultimately though it doesn’t matter two shits what anyone thinks apart from you. If you like it , buy it, ride it and enjoy it .
I’ve got a bastardised 996 with carbon everything, the wrong graphics and about as far from pure as you could get. I buy bikes that I like and others opinion on them mean zero , I don’t buy bikes to please the masses, just me.

It has quite a few mods so be aware when insuring it that you will have a small list to rattle off which may make it very expensive depending on your bike history and NCB situation.

I will echo the comment about dreadful headlights at night so with one missing/covered, don’t even think of riding this bike anytime after dusk, you will be riding blind !!

Good luck on your search and hope you snag one soon

 

It seems to have a service record and invoices, so a good start.
It looks clean and well cared for, so may be trouble free at that quite high mileage, but just check most recent belt change, oil and filters.

It also has some very expensive extras, but this is where my interest would decline as collectively they look awful.

So probably a good underlying machine, but clothed like a fashion victim.

If your intention is to own first, ride later, you could spend that time carefully curating a better overall look.
Those rearsets would be my first choice for removal.

Slingy is right about single headlights. I almost ended up in the ditch a couple of nights ago

 

I am trying to import a race bike and obtain a V5. For this I need to obtain a NOVA, but more importantly an MOT as well.
The bike has no lights, brake lights, horn, mirrors or indicators. I have been told I just need to fit a horn to the left handlebar and I will be given a day time MOT.

 

For the usual mot you don’t need mirrors but anything manufactured after 1986 (might be 1985 I can’t be sure) needs indicators.
Daytime only mot just needs a horn.

 

It has no rear indicators either

To pass a standard UK MoT, it requires indicators, but not mirrors

 

But it has an MOT valid till June 2023, so not sure your indicator requirement is correct.

 

Screenshot taken directly from the Gov.uk website

 

True, but if they (and the brake lights, normal lights, reflector) are not there, they cannot be checked.

As I said earlier, the only item you must have is a horn.