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For sale is my as new 2009 1098R Bayliss No 484 of 500, in totally immaculate condition with only 1753 miles. It is literally in as new condition with not a single stone chip or mark on it (apart from a small fingernail sized scratch on the RH rearset heel guard). This 1098R was formerly owned by Stu Sonley of this parish (the legendary behind the sofa bike!) until I prised it off him in October 21. At the time it had 1200 miles and I have added another 500 miles. I'm only selling to fund building works.

When I bought it, Nelly at Cornerspeed did a full recommission service including new Diablo Corsa's. With the additional purchase and fitment of a tracker, the total cost of the service was £1500.00. I also had Nelly fit a new MPL Tuning Parts clutch slave cylinder and open clutch basket.

The bike benefits from full paint protection. It comes with all of the associated bits that the bike originally came with:
-paddock stand
-original ti exhaust (Termi race exhaust and ECU...

Just arrived at the weekend, shiney new MV Agusta F3 Rosso. I'd been looking around a sports bikes, Aprilia, BMW, Ducati etc... Chose this beauty in the end. Plenty powerfull enough for my needs and for a sports bike it actually suits my body size and find it reasonably comfortable, my toes actually go flat on the ground lol! The riding position isn't as agressive and the Pani V Twins. Even the stock suspension setup felt spot on for me.I spent Saturday afternoon ceramic coating her and adding some PPF to sides of the tank. I've now added a nice tank pad (not in these photos).

Took her out for 80miles, Sunday. Loved it, personally I think its a better buy to a Ducati Pani V2. I even much prefer the electronics on this than on my SF V4S! Cruise control is great for dual carraige ways, fast straight roads etc.., set it, steer and give your wrists a rest . The dash mirrors some stuff from ya smartphone, Satnav, Music, texts etc...

You can even update the software on the bike via...

Not sure if it's already been posted but worth a look

Confirmation that this is a Ducati of a certain era: 1) randomly won’t start if you look at it funny….2) throws fork oil all over my garage floor….3) almost impossible to ride slowly…..4) sounds like thunder, not in anyway subtle…..5) it has receipts for literally £10’s thousands that idiots like me have thrown at it…..6) so fast that whenever you go out on it, you arrive before you left!….7) gets a ridiculous audience whenever you stop …..8) less comfortable than any torture techniques……9) absolute joy……and that is why I love the brand, a machine of absolute chaos and happiness!

Hi all, after a ton of research, I’ve pulled the trigger and bought myself a 1993 900SS. Amazing condition, UK bike with only 15k miles. Fresh MOT today and some new belts from Ducati Alton ready to fit in the next couple of weeks.

Here’s a lovely pic…

Ducati 748 2001 Months until May 2023 new belts low milage

For sale is my beautiful Ducati 748. She is in excellent original condition with low mileage. The bodywork and engine are in excellent condition and she has always been out of the rain and maintained to the highest standards with no expense spared. Original factory fitted alarm still works perfectly.

She has two keys the original books and lots of service history. Fitted with Termigonis she sounds amazing and is such a beautiful iconic head turning bike.

She has MOT, has just had her belts changed by Verity Motorcycles (St. Ives). She had a full top end service not many miles ago at St Neots Ducati.

Located in Cambridgeshire.

I have owned her for 6 years and am only the third owner.
£ 5995

I picked up a 2016 Hyper 939 SP last sept 2021 and what a good decision it's been. Lucky enough to find an absolutely immaculate bike with loads of upgrades but thankfully all ones I'd be planning on doing, just 5k miles on it and local to me too!
Fast forward and 5000 miles later, 2 rear tyres. 1 front and a brilliant trip to Spain I'm still over the moon with it. It came with the taller screen which made the motorway schlep much better and the swmotech panniers worked a treat and are off in seconds.
Either way most fun trip I've had yet, these things punch out of bends so well and just get better the harder you ride them, but I'm only saying what we all know right?
Anyway thats all from me, from a life long 4 and 3 cylinder sports bike rider!..theres another way and its Hyper!

Hello,

I went out looking for a winter project. I went for a trawl around the SuperMarkets and the classifieds looking for something that was OK but needed some work.

The mistake I made was going into Chris Walker's Ducati Dealership and finding a 2015 1200S DVT with the full touring kit and one previous owner.

A rush of blood to my wallet coupled with a complete lack of self-restraint when it comes to motorcycles, and the 1st of October can't arrive quickly enough

Hi guys,

Picked up a V4S last week after a few years away from the Ducati brand (previously owned a 1299S and an ex Trioptions 899) and BMW/R1 ownership.

I'd ridden a V4S in 2019 before I bought my S1000RR so had fair idea what it would be like anyway. First ride out today didn't disappoint and it felt very similar to my R1 I thought. Just a pity we got caught in the rain on the way home from Inverary.
I've already ordered some carbon fairing covers and will as a few other bit of carbon to it but if anyone could tell me if it's possible to change the standard rear sets to race shift then that would be great?

After a hiatus from riding, I woke up last Wednesday and after some gentle (relentless) persuasion from @tcrofty7 I ended up impulse buying a new bike.

so here she is, Kawasaki zx6r. Nice spec, tidy as well (hopefully it’ll stay that way).. I’ve been hounded in to doing Donington Monday and I only collected the thing today, so looking forward to having my first wobble around for a fair while

some obligatory pics.. and yes.. it is in my kitchen as the garage is full of Aston. The missus is over the moon with the new sideboard

Hi folks, just joined having finally realised a life long dream of getting a Ducati. I've had sports bikes, supermotos and naked street bikes in my youth and after a lay off for a while got back into biking 3 years ago with a Vstrom 650. Finally gave in to my nagging desire and bought a 2012 Multistrada 1200S touring last week. Can't believe how much power this thing has, big grins!

She has had a good few hours spent on her yesterday getting her all clean and tidy for a blast out today to get covered in splattered flys again. Never mind, will have to give her a clean again

So I spent some time at the RST Race Dept in Mansfield this week as they had opened up a limited number of slots for non ACU licence holders to get access to the same kit and service as the race guys that they support.

What a great service and it went along these lines:

1. First you select Airbag or Non Airbag Suit
2. They have a number of 'try on' suits so you get cracking with one of those and find something that kind of works.
3. From there they are nipping, tucking, letting out and measuring to their hearts content to get the exact dimensions for your suit.
4. Once all the measuring is done they then sit you with a suit designer and take you through the myriad of options available to you in the design from colours to patterns to incorporating any logos you want and whether you want a suit with sew on badges or a screen printed, the latter is more expensive but also means you get a full kangaroo leather suit. As you can guess, i went with the latter ...... thanks Chloe for all...

Hi everyone, finally popped my Ducati cherry and I had no idea it was happening….

Been riding for most my life but 2 years ago we moved house and I ended up selling the last bike I had, I ride in most weathers and love commuting on the bikes.
We bought an old house during the first lockdown and faced all the challenges of the pandemic with our builder, delays etc, utter nightmare and I was itching for another bike.
In July 21 our first son came along and we also bought our next house/project so the bike slipped down the list again. Then in December we found out the baby had Epilepsy and our world changed. My employer has been great and I’ve been off since caring for him day to day and adjusting to our new way of life. We have probably spent 4 months in hospitals since it all began and are so fortunate to live within half an hour of Alder Hey.

In May we sold the house we spent the past year and half renovating and moved into our next project which was not the plan. Uncertainty...

I missed the opportunity to buy one of these in 1980, but finally it has happened.

She runs great, but needs some TLC, so working my way through the list of things to do.

Hi for sale OZ gass alloy wheels from my Panigale v4 will also fit 1299 and 1199 these stunning wheels in excellent condition retail for £2574 looking for £1600 Inc postage UK only.

Hello all,

My name is Hans (49) and I am new to this forum. My former bikes are a ‘90 906 Paso and a ‘93 900SS, currently I ride a ‘00 Moto Guzzi V11 Sport and am saving for an 851 Strada.

As a hobby I source, restore and offer rare Ducati parts (such as rare high mount mufflers) and have specialized in restoring SS dashboards. You surely recognize your faded needles on the dials Happy to do yours at a fair price, so you don’t have to look at an old dash!

Bye for now and greetings from the Netherlands.

Hans

Had a great 4 days at almeria on the v4.
Bike was awesome!. Managed a 1:47 so was chuffed and the high light of the trip was when the gear position sensor failed and I replaced it myself!!!! AND IT WORKED!!! Always carry a spare gear position sensor and a spare abs cable when on euros! And do not use Pirelli at almeria. The surface is too abrasive.
Here’s a little bit of footage :

Hello all,

Got back into biking about 9 months ago after a long break since I emigrated to Czechia (came back a couple years ago). Being riding a Fireblade but although it's a nice bike it doesn't have a lot of soul, at least until you get it to 7k RPM then you're already breaking speed limits...
So I finally got a bike I've wanted since teenager-hood, and it has a bit more character

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