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Hi guys, I picked this 748sp up few weeks ago with the intention of turning it into a classic track day bike but on closer inspection its far to nice for that, so it got me thinking about my 996 project I did few years back and thought I'd do the same to this 748.

The 748 is a 97 sp which I belive to be quite rare and as you can see it's had the frame painted black as have the wheels. So I'm thinking about putting them and the swing arm back to original colours. It's not going to be one for the purists as I still want to use it and track day it if I so wish. So il up grade alot of the plastic to carbon eventually. Big thing is going to be the engine, as with the 996 il get it blue printed, ported heads, balanced crank and new parts thoughout .

Should be a good project for the winter...

Decided to give the old girl a little make over as ive just received a brand new colour to try out!

Hi everyone,

I'm Maka from France. I'm 46, I'm Coming from Toulouse, but I live Now in in Marseille.

I'm italian's mechanic lover.

I started with Vespa 15 years ago.

Now I work on Ducati & motoguzzi bikes.

I've worked Aldo on a BMW f 650 that I turned into Dakar scrambler.

I send you Aldo pics of my Vespacross !!!

Wouldn't start when I bought it as a winter project.
Stripped down to component parts, cleaned everything until its bum squeaked, replaced lots of perished items, fork seals, old fork oil, coolant, filters, caliper seals, brake lines........ on and on an on. Valve stem seals had gone hard due to it sitting unused allowing oil onto inlet valves and baking on to valve seats giving very low compression. Not what I expected from a one owner 7000 mile bike, but proves they don't like sitting unused. Head cleaned-up, valves lapped and shimmed and she started on the button. Runs brilliantly and has been a fun summer alternative screamer, reminds me of mad times in the 90's when we got away with so much. Prefer a V twin though.

yes, two old boys, who should know a lot better decide upon the mother of all race weekends, it was, as they say, emotional. (bike behaved it's self beyond popping the tail light 20 mins from home)
I'll post some more images if anyone is interested.
cheers.

went for the weekend, nice atomosphere, Ducati only managed 43 mins odd before Fores had a collision and bike was beyond salvation. Don't think he was seriously injured, difficult to find comprehensive write up, but this from down under is pretty close to excellent!
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Today I went for my very first time on the racetrack. I went to the Mugello because I live not far from it.
I have always been afraid of leaning the bike too much, and the fear remained high even today. I saw three bikes falling into the gravel, which raised my caution level even further.

I was not confident about the grip of my tyres (Metzeler Roadtec 01), but despite being street models, I was surprised (and a little proud) to see them consumed like those of real racers (image). On public roads I usually use the DTC plus the throttle to estimate how far I am from the grip limit, but today the DTC never turned on (or at least i did not notice it) suggesting that I still had a lot of room.

At the end of third session, as I parked the bike, I noticed that oil was dripping from the engine (about half a teacup in total). Fortunately it was just an unscrewed oil filter, but I had an incredible luck that oil did not start leaking while on the track.

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Hi AL here from sunny Suffolk. I have finally got round to posting . Well after years of riding Hondas, Yamaha and a first generation S1000RR. I finally have a Ducati absolutely stunning machines. I Love it

New Duc owner from NZ here, I recently picked up a 94 M900 and found some good info on this site so thought I'd sign up

It’s here! My 750ss ‘project’ has landed. It’s only covered 12000 miles from new and has been off the road a couple of years, so will need full recommissioning. Loads of paperwork including the original pre-delivery checklist, genuine workshop manual, original spare key still has the plastic on! Number plate is original and have receipts from the dealer in their branded plastic wallet. They still exist but sadly are no longer a Ducati dealer.

Plan so far is to get her running, then replace all the fluids, check brakes, new belts, new tyres (existing ones have loads of tread but could be years old). This weekend will be general clean up, charge the battery, clean the tank out, strip carbs and see what time is left.

Bits to source at mo - full service kit, tyres, Sure the list will grow! Not sure what tyres to go for, it won’t cover big miles or be ridden in winter so happy to sacrifice longevity for grip.

Hi, so after a longish gap from a fantastic yellow 916 that I sold about a decade ago, I collected a 959 Panigale today.

It feels great to be back!

Have ridden S1000rr’s and other litre stuff for a while, and whilst they’re great, they dont have that Ducati thing. Didn’t realise how much i’d missed it

I’ve not even looked at how to post pictures yet, but will get some sorted as soon as i’m able. Will include the very much missed 916.

The 959 is a one-owner, fdsh bike with a bit over 4k miles.

My wrists already ache, just like they did on the 916!

Am very happy, and today has been a very good day

Justin

I've just sold a 998r that I'd owned for 20 years. In about 2006 I rode a Ducati UK Monster S4rs and thought if I ever sold the 998r a Monster S4rs would be a good fun ride.
But when the time came I decided that a newer monster was a better bet.
After not being quick enough to bag a few bikes I set off in a van to buy what looked to be an immaculate 2018 M1200s about 200 miles away.
The bike was indeed immaculate and had some nice extras on it, termi, evotech rad guards, tail tidy, dash faring, bar end mirrors and the standard parts had been retained. The deal was done and the bike was home last Friday evening. Been out a few times and the initial impressions are good. Very easy to ride, the wind blast is not too bad at all and the quick shifter up and down works well. The fly by wire throttle does feel a little different to an old school cable connection, but all the tech on the bike is very impressive after the very analogue 998.
Looking forward to a good few miles in the sun...

Got a chance to take the 888 up Shere Hill Climb. Only 15'ish bikes took to the hill and mine was the 2nd youngest with BSA, Rudge, Norton and Triton to name a few. The MV SuperVeloce was the newest bike there and sounded lovely. It was a scorcher yesterday and not much in the way of shade, so headed home early before the 3rd run. Still a wonderful day out.
A very eclectic mix of vehicles.

I can’t stop riding the bloody thing !!
Just clicked over 32k miles on today’s hoon
Gave my mate a ride on it as he’s never tried it since I fitted the carbon wheels, K-Tech shock etc, his first words when he got off it were,….” Don’t ever sell this !”
Still luv it after 8 years now !!

May I offer my sincere apologies for not stocking a pair of cooling fans for one of these. That's not me in the picture btw. Fella rocks up in his E.Type That's over heating. Diagnosed 2xfugged cooling fan's. Zero time to overhaul and, surprisingly... I don't keep em. I ain't so sure if the Fella was annoyed òr disappointed. Hayho. What can you do.
However, just after he left for the east coast for the ferry home the owner of the business next door came over for a nosy. I told him the story and low and behold. He has 2x cooling fan's for an E.Type. what's the chances of that?

My new to me Panigale r arrived today. Despite having a full main dealer service history, I have found broken brackets, cross threaded fasteners, incorrect fasteners fitted and missing fasteners and that was just from removing the fairings in preparation for fitting some new parts. The bike will be awesome and brought back to the correct standard soon though and I’m looking forward to getting out on it though.

Great 300 mile ride today … CA-25 to Flap Jacks for breakfast … then CA-25 to CA-198 to Carmel Valley Road and Baja Cantina for late lunch, then all back roads back home.

Hey
Did my first ever race this weekend, 24hr on a 125 in Cumbria in questionable conditions with @Beef , also in his first race .
We came 19th out of 40 and 10th in class and considering the youngest of us is 49 and none are exactly fit and some there are VERY fast that's not bad going.
Highly recommended cheap fun, but maybe don't start on a 24hr one!
Creamy

Really excited about this. Be my first Ducati and looking forward to seeing if it is as different as people say to other fast bikes. Hoping it's in as good condition as the pictures show - guy seems very honest and has even had the bike serviced because i didn't haggle/mess around on price. Wish me luck!

Hi and thanks for the add.

Picking up my first Ducati on Monday 21 Aug, its a 2009 1198 which looks in lovely condition in the photos...hope its as nice when i get down there.

Will have loads of questions i'm sure so TIA