Hi to all you Ducati experts, I’m looking at and potentially buying a Euro spec 748 SPS but the only thing I can see missing is the numbered plaque that would be on the top yolk. The Ducati dealer says it wouldnt have one, my research tells me different. Could any of you experts confirm that an SPS should have the numbered plaque on it, I accept that it could of come of etc etc, but just need confirmation it should have had one. Thank you
My understanding is that some didn’t! Typical Ducati of that era, if they ran out of something they just changed the spec (and why 916 senna didn’t come with termi pipes. Because they hadn’t paid the bills). others will know for sure but as long as the frame and engine can be verified with Ducati as sps you will be fine
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The problem with this authentication procedure is that you can only do it once you own the bike. A prospective buyer needs the seller to be willing to do it for them. Sometimes the answer comes two weeks later, sometimes it’s two months, in the traditional Italian way… When you are looking at a rare model, you may not have the luxury to wait this long, due to other competitive buyers. Hence some pressure… Having done your homework before pulling the trigger is absolutely essential, so that you are able to limit the risk of buying a « fake » limited/special edition model. When I bought my 916 SP3 with only 4.500km, I gambled on a few aspects. At purchase time, I had been able to check 80% of the model authenticity and was 99% confident I was not being fooled. I was the first of 5 interested buyers that had contacted the seller within 5hrs after he listed it… The Ducati archive letter confirmed later, as well as looking at the throttle bodies and camshafts.
Driving license, national ID card, passport, whatever you please. But it absolutely needs to match the title/ownership document (i.e. same person).
I have a 748SPS and it is not numbered. There were several unique items that the SP and SPS models had but a numbered plaque was not one of them.
I've had 2x 748SPS and neither of them had a plaque. I've never seen one either....and I've seen a fair amount of them
The factory leaflet/data sheet for both the 1998 and 1999 748SPS shows their yoke clear of a plaque (see below). In fact and to the best of my knowledge, the plaque concept appeared rather late on the 748 range and is only to be found on the R examples of 2001 onwards (at least officially and in Europe). The only exception to this is exclusive to the US market, where in 1998 some 100 numbered (with plaque) examples equipped with the base 748 engine (all mercury silver in colour and with some other cosmetic touches) were commissioned by Neiman Marcus retail store from Ducati North America and sold through that retail's store catalog (picture of the plaque of that model sourced online follows below).
The most unique thing about the 748 SPS, at least, is the fact that the handbook is unique to that model only and does not cover any other models. The only other difference was in the temperature gauges, depending on the market.
