After some to-ing and fro-ing I've parted company with a chunk of change and am now eagerly awaiting the delivery of a 1980 Darmah. I've bought the bike from a dealer in Newark who bought it at action in December 2022. Prior to that it was owned by someone in the Swindon area who spent quite a lot of money on the bike in 2018 with invoices for over a grand on seals and and gaskets for an engine rebuild. It was obviously painted at the same time and is in generally really good order to my untrained eye. The only other 'history' with the bike is another invoice from 1998 for a carb repair kit which, again, was purchased by someone in the Swindon area, so the bike obviously spent a fair bit of its life there. A HPI check confirms that it's a UK bike, originally registered in Bristol and it was last taxed and on the road in 1993, but apart from that I know nothing about its history so I'm posting this on the off-chance that someone recognises the registration and may be able to fill in some gaps. Anybody?........
Is that the Red one that was advertised for £8000? I’ve been watching that one for a few months wondering why nobody had bought it!
Me too, so I made the trip to have a look at it. It was missing the centre stand but I’ve bought one from Mdina and it’s painted and ready to fit. None of the dash lights were working but the dealer has replaced them all as well as the tacho cable which had gone. It wanted new tyres as the old were a bit vintage, so I paid extra for those but apart from that it looks and sounds great.
I haven’t taken delivery yet, but there are the pics from when it was auctioned and I have a short video of it running. Haven’t a clue how to post them though…. Here's the URL of the auction record: https://www.handh.co.uk/auction/lot/309-1980-ducati-darmah/?lot=56782&sd=1# And the current Ad: https://misukltd.com/vehicle/ducati...hamshire-2dd9432b-b2ed-4c0d-8cd2-2a76b4efb6d3 Speaks volumes about classic bike values....
Nice - I see it has replacement indicators with the front ones mounted off the headlight rather than a bracket attached to the bottom yoke. And it's the first one I've seen with a speedo in mph only - although I'm wondering if the mileage is in fact kms Good news on the centre stand mind because the side stand is notoriously dodgy in use, allowing the bike to roll forward, with it's weird placing right at the front of the frame down rails. Enjoy
I must admit I hadn’t noticed the indicators. Whether the speedo is off an earlier bike or has had a new face fitted remains to be seen. I wonder why the mudguard bracket was painted black myself….
I hadn't noticed that and possibly it was done for the same reasons the handlebars & the bottom of the side panels were painted black...
