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Hello everyone thought I would start my 916 restoration project thread off.
So to begin it’s a 1994 916 Strada built in Varese after the fire in Bolonga so ether the holy grail or absolute heresy depending on who you ask.
The bike is currently rough as a badgers tadger cosmetically and on 26k miles much higher mileage than I would like but for the price I paid it was an absolute steal for a 1994.
The bike is complete baring an original cajiva stamped screen and original faring rivets which I have already sourced from a member on here. I have reams of paperwork including the original bill of sale and dealers acceptance paperwork.
So the restoration is going to be a full back to frame job as the bike needs completely repainted frame, engine, fairings the lot.
but it has been maintained faultlessly mechanically by the previous owner.
I even managed to track down the original owner who was delighted to find out the bike was still around and was thrilled with my intention to restore her...

Hello DucatiForum UK. I'm Mike a SoCal Ducatisti. I'm a long member of another US. Ducatiforum but I thought I'd give this one a try as well. I've owned a handful of docs over the years but currently in the garage are a 2002 748 and a 2020 Multi1260 Enduro. I sold my truck a while back So I commute daily on the multi and the 748. I hope to be a great addition to the community and look forward to reading through the great library of information these forums keep.
Thanks

Mike

like the 70s in my shed tonight

Built a few years ago but recently updated with a new 2 in to 1 system, wiring loom and a few jobs to tidy up under the tank.

Carbs were stripped, cleaned, serviced and set up whilst we were at it.

MOT passed - now waiting for the good weather!!

Flew over from Bristol Monday morning with squeezy jet, £296 4 nights, quality hotel, staying in the old Jewish town district, the food & beer are so well priced, 9 zloty Tyskie polish lager, very good, equates to £1.75 ...thoroughly recommend it, visited Auschwitz / Birkenau today, extremely humbling
So far ...highly recommended

A 94 Strada same as my first Ducati that I bought mine was M reg too
Broke down all the time

All 50 individually numbered Ducati MIG-RR Limited Edition bikes were sold within three weeks of going on sale
Featuring top-drawer components, the Ducati MIG-RR Limited Edition is the most exclusive Ebike in the range
Completing the 2020 Ducati Ebike family are the Ducati MIG-S and E-Scrambler

Borgo Panigale (Bologna, Italy), 22 November 2019 - Shown to the press during the Ducati World Première 2020, the latest Ducati Ebikes were officially presented to an enthusiastic public at EICMA 2019.

Now, after going on sale just three weeks ago, the most exclusive of the three new Ebikes for 2020, the Ducati MIG-RR Limited Edition, has already sold out. Designed as a “race ready” enduro, built with the very best components and featuring a second battery and relative Evoc E-Ride backpack to carry it, the MIG-RR Limited Edition is Ducati's top-of-the-range Ebike. Only 50 of these individually numbered bikes have been built. Assembled in Italy, they feature Öhlins suspension, carbon fibre...

Right lets make a start, the bike as arrived yesterday.

I live in Somerset West in the Western Cape and currently ride a white Multi 1260 S. Previous bikes were a Hyperstrada 821, Ducati ST2, Multistrada 1000 DS, 748, Monster 900 Sie, Benelli 1130 Amzonas, Laverda 650 Ghost Strike.

Ducati introduces 4Ever Multistrada: the 4-year warranty with unlimited mileage for all the models of the 2020 Multistrada range
After 16 years of constant improvement, the Multistrada family has achieved unprecedented levels of quality and reliability
The typical Ducati quality, skills and passion are also to be found throughout the network of Ducati dealers

Borgo Panigale (Bologna, Italy), 13 November 2019 – Sixteen years have passed since the first Multistrada came off the production line at the Borgo Panigale factory. So far, over 100,000 examples of the bike conceived to satisfy a desire to travel without frontiers and without compromises, have been produced.

Tests that are ever more severe and long-lasting, improved production processes and advanced numerical simulation have brought Ducati's level of reliability to its highest level ever.

Building on this experience, Ducati is now offering 4Ever Multistrada, a 4-year warranty with unlimited mileage for all of the models...

36.7% of voters declared Ducati’s new super-naked bike to be the ‘queen’ of the Show
Ducati wins the fifteenth edition of the prestigious award for the tenth time
The 77th edition of EICMA, the world’s most important trade fair of the sector, closes with great success
Milano, 10th November 2019 – The Streetfighter V4 has been selected as "Most Beautiful Bike of the Show” at EICMA 2019, the world’s most important trade fair of the sector. The verdict was decreed by the general public, which participated in large numbers, crowding the pavilions of the Milan-Rho International Fair in its five days of opening, and who voted at the Show or online.

The "Vote and win the most beautiful bike of the Show" competition, organized by the Italian magazine Motociclismo in collaboration with EICMA, reached its fifteenth edition this year, and for Ducati this is the tenth victory. Over 14,500 enthusiasts expressed their preference and the Streetfighter V4 was the most voted motorcycle by both...

World preview of the new Ducati Scrambler Icon Dark launched at Ducati World Première 2020
On show also two new Ducati Scrambler concepts named "Motard" and "DesertX", designed by the Ducati Scrambler Brand Unit and manufactured by Centro Stile Ducati
Live music and a captivating atmosphere in the Ducati Scrambler Land of Joy at Hall 15, booth N20

Milan, 8 November 2019 - The 77th edition of EICMA, the International Motorcycle Exhibition, is now in full swing: every year, enthusiasts and operators gather here from all over the world for a preview of trends and models for the new season.

The latest releases, concept bikes, live music and a captivating atmosphere: all available from the Ducati Scrambler Land of Joy in Hall 15, booth N20. The highlights of the “yellow” area are without any doubt the two new concepts designed by the Ducati Scrambler Brand Unit and manufactured by Centro Stile Ducati, presented to world fans for the first time here at EICMA - a testimony to free...

26 years since he was last on a bike. Legend.

This is how she looks at the moment since the fitment of @bettes carbon fibre wheels, a Motogadget dash, a new trick headlight and a pair of Supercorsas.

Ironically, given her name, she doesn't have her best carbon fibre frock on as the tank has sprung a leak, so that's a steel tank and OE plastic seat unit with a rattle can spray job.

Next stage(s):

- Swap the brand new Supercorsas back to old 2CTs so I can use her in the winter.

- Get carbon tank repaired and refitted, along with the CF seat unit.

- Headlight shroud cunningly fashioned from an S4 mudguard I have lying around.

- Fork covers by Paolo Tex custom made in carbon.

- 996 S4R engine swap (fingers crossed I am buying @dukesox bike as a donor).

- Ohlins forks and radial brakes.
I also feel at this point I should give a shout out to the workshop which has done the work on the bike which is beyond the scope of my skills or my facilities, ie: most of it (I only have an outdoor yard and a small shed, so very limited) -...

Ducati UK | Thursday 7 November 2019
DMC Group collect Ducati dealer of the year for Europe and Africa
DMC Group receives dealer of the year for Europe and Africa
First time a UK dealer has collected this award
DMC Group made up of four solus Ducati dealerships
The DMC group has been awarded ‘Ducati dealer of the year for Europe and Africa’ at the recent Ducati global dealer conference in Rimini, Italy. Chris Booth, Managing Director of DMC group was presented with this prestigious award on stage in front of an audience that included 487 dealers and importers from 71 countries.

The accolade was given to Chris Booth by Ducati CEO, Claudio Domenicali in the presence of Francesco Milicia, Director of Global Sales & After Sales and Tim Maccabee, Managing Director of Ducati UK.

The award was bestowed, due to the dealer’s high scoring on both qualitive and quantitative key performance indicators. DMC was found to have excellent satisfaction ratings from their customers on both sales...

I have decided that my bike has to go, as I need funds for a change of career and my current situation means this is the most economical way of doing things. I will post full spec later but here are a couple. 36000 miles, just had an MOT shocks serviced this year, heated grips, centre stand and panniers with liners, all belts done and had a desmo shim check 3 weeks ago. Anyone who knows me will understand that my bike is looked after with no expense spared.
Want £4600 for it. More pictures and stuff later.

Just wanted to say a big thanks to Tom and the gang at Snells....

Was prepping the Pani for Portimao when it threw a Engine light, called Tom, explained and he made ramp space immediately, got my local van hire to give me a van for the afternoon and whizzed it straight down there ....

Out the van, on the ram, diagnosed and repaired in 65 minutes, MAP sensor had gone ......

Bike now back in garage and ready to get shipped Saturday....

And that my friends is why you build a relationship with a dealer and not just screw them on price ......

So We've built another one... A 1198 motor in a 998 frame with a few special bits.
Well what happened was over the years i have built up quite a few spare bits and pieces. I knew that my fat little buddy FE had also accumulated a load of bits, so we decided to pool the bits and see how far we could get. This is how it ended up.

1198 motor
1198 throttle bodies and modified throttle linkage and cables
modified oil cooler and mount
modified 998 radiator
Rs header tank
modified street fighter swing arm
renthal QR sprocket carrier
998 frame
carbon air tubes
1198 wheels with 200 rear 120 from slicks
999R ohlins with RT internals
brembo radial callipers
Brembo RT discs
Ohlins ttx shock
RS rear link
1198 modified loom and dash
radial brembo master cylinders
Modified 1198 exhaust into 57mm termignonis
one off carbon airbox in 748R style two piece
1198Rs battery box
microtec ECU
mono alloy rear subframe
carbon 998R rear seat
track fairings moulded in 998RS style.
Dibbles old track tank with...

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