Nice video! Sport 1000 2006 monoposto owner here, 12 years together and won´t be parting anytime soon. I live in Finland and these are very very rare here. Btw last summer I had the ecu reprogrammed properly by the local ducati / rexxer guy who knows his stuff and it is now like night and day! And especially in the lower rews it is sooo much better. It had the termignoni performance ecu (well still has but now repogrammed) and I thought that it is the best one that can be for this bike (ofc it had termi pipes also, now changed to Zards) but well, did not know about better. And of course in 15 years there has been some developments and more knowlegde in that department also so it is no wonder. Have a nice spring everybody there!
Amazing how paths follow similar trajectories. In '76 I owned a late 60's ex-works 250 Mk1. May first 'proper' bike after my lethargic Honda SS50..... As you say, not something that should have been entrusted to a broke teenager - I also buggered up the main bearings and big end due to my lack of sympathy, maintenance and aptitude. Probably because we had a most adversarial relationship - on every opportunity something would break or stop working......luckily, she was purchased by an enthusiast who restored her to showroom condition. Anyway, really appreciate your dedication to get out on a cold December day to make the video. Keep up the good work! Chris
A nice point is that it shows of the Verlicchi F2 style frame. Best looking one for a Duc. The Pantah’s frame works equally well but this one really allows the engine block to shine. I think I’d actually make that engine block silver all over, including the belt covers, if I owned one. Talking about detailing. 😎
Apart from the GT I think the Sport Classic range was ahead of its time. Classic styling albeit a bit bulbous. I reckon the original 750 Sport is one of the most beautiful bikes ever built. With those Termis the Sport Classic must be a joy to ride anywhere. A mate had a Paul Smart but had to get rid of it because he could only ride it for half an hour before serious pain set in. It had pretty low clipons though. He had to change the awful over and under pipes too. Another benefit of owning a Sport Classic is that after enjoying a ride you could just sit around and look at it . I hope you get a lot of pleasure from it.
i have been watching your output for a few weeks now...and am happy to say that i think your video's are informative and interesting. i was happy to subscribe to your channel and hope that you keep the old mates happy banter. i was also born in the same era as you lot, and know all the bikes that are talked about. i rode the british bikes till they ceased production, then ...slowly moved over to the alternatives.
Hi guys Another great video, i owned a Paul Smart replica gorgeous bike but with in a couple of minutes of riding you had an arm resting the on tank to help with the weight on your wrists!, Sold it to a mate of mine for 6 grand! now i see Dave’s bike i realise what a tw💥t i am. Happy xmas guys
I had an original kawasaki Z900 from the "stone " movie, but the steering got a bit sloppy. Pulled over, checked the frame yoke, and it was split halfway through the tube, the lower bearings were all gone, and i sold it to a wrecker for a song....
One of my all time favourite bikes. In my eyes, the Thruxton, the V7 and all the other cafe customs and replicas I've seen, just can't hold a candle to the this beauty. Dave's one has a nice selection of upgrades ...but just needs a tail tidy with smaller rear light cluster to make it perfect! Thanks for the ride! 👍
I have the "Fleda" wrap around led light array that looks nice but a bit of a pain to take off every year for the MoT (UK yearly inspection) as it's quasi-legal at best! I like the shortened rear light arm that you see on some SCs, that brings the standard setup closer to the tail hump?
I recently purchased a Monster 1000ie air cooled twin spark, with dry clutch and have added the twin Termignoni and performance map, with its looks being very similar to the original 92 designed M900 I guess it's my take on the modern classic. Great video guys thanks.
I also owned the 250cc Desmo (“Silver Shotgun”) and can vouch for the big end problems. The electrics constantly cut out. The foot peg connected to the gear lever rotated, almost causing an accident. A lovely bike when it worked, but less than desirable as a daily ride.
I give the V11 a name check in the vid as you probably heard. I had a first year "greenie" V11 which I sold to a friend, so maybe we can feature it in a future LDG episode??
the 1000cc DS monster of 2006 is also a good alternative and much cheaper one , but this bike is just lovely !! i ride a 2006 620 ie dark since 2012 quite mod too, puig front cowl motocross aly bars with risers and termignoni silencers that i replace the gone bad carbon fibre for brush stainles steel sleeves and some other touches that make it unique . got to love Ducati specialy SSs and Monsters they are the modern clasics .
I’ve had an ‘08 in the same colours since new, but apart from the termis I’ve kept it stock. It’s a matter of personal taste I guess, but I could never have swapped the beautiful spoked wheels for mags. I have a ‘79 900SS which I use as an everyday ride, but I still get a kick out of firing up the Sport from time to time…it’s been a great bike
I also remember when they couldn't give them away - I oh so nearly bought a GT1000 at a heavily discounted price but went down the R1200GS route instead...could have/would have/should have etc. Lovely bike in the 250 Desmo colour. Yeah, a real beauty.
Oh, Beautiful bike it is! I just watched Dave Moss setting up Ducati Monster... Which I like a lot, too! But now, Ducati redesigned the Monster maybe to better suit the more potential customers which might be 40 years younger than I am! And no, Multistrada is not actually bad looking it just needs some time to get adjusted to - it is a handsome bike! A look of a german shepherd (some of the KTM adventures had the same style too, but with sharp edges).
Wow , this is a beautiful machine , reminiscent of the SS750 of course , but even sexier ! The wet clutch makes such a difference to the sound stood still , but once the bike is moving what a glorious sound anyway . Its sort of an Italian GSXR750 ! Very , very nice . I will take two !
Nice video. Lovely bike. Nice to see new content with these beauties. Subscribed. You should watch the Tron Ducati scene on TH-cam. Easy to find. Short but satisfying.
Surely a great bike although I think the detail styling is a bit run of the mill. I’d prefer the somewhat later half faired red one with the white stripe over the back which they derived from the Paul Smart replica.
A lovely looking machine but I fear my wrists and knees would be screaming! Having thoroughly enjoyed your vids more than twice each may I politely enquire if there will be more? I do appreciate the effort that goes into making them especially with real life to balance as well. Best regards, Brady
+A13BKD thanks Brady there will be another out next week and we have 3 more in the pipeline We have been on a tour from spain to the north of france then straight after that I go covid We have some wonderful bikes in the pipeline
Nice film and lovely bike but would have liked a few more technical details, you mention hydroformed swing arm, what is that? Is it a tubular steel swing arm or alloy painted to look like steel? Can you explain more about that please. The way you described the motor compared to your mts1100, sounded just like my mts1000ds, mine is a bit lumpy under 3k and then smooths out over 3k and comes alive over 4k, and then just gets madder and madder all the way to 9k, maybe it's just difference between the 1000 and the 1100? Mind you mine has big bore arrow full system... keep up the goood work.
Ion, according to the period Ducati blurb it's round extruded steel with just the crossmember "hydroformed", oops, my bad! Whatever, it IS lovely, especially with the period charm "seeley" chain adjusters! TBH I don't think the motor is THAT different to Mike's, (they're both 1000cc) but 30Kg less weight certainly helps!
@@waveydavey750 thanks, yes less is certainly more, where weight is concerned, or as Colin Chapman famously said, "simplify then add lightness", and "adding power makes you faster on the straights, subtracting weight makes you faster everywhere", and is even more so where unsprung weight is concerned, for that reason I'd love some hypermotard forged wheels to replace my multistrada cast wheels, they are a lot lighter, but that's a long way down my list of priorities at the mo'. Keep up the good work, hopefully we'll meet up in 2022!
nice bikes but you will need a proper set of rubber ankles and box of aspirins to ride it for long. if have short legs and arms where your knuckles drag on the floor as you walk along, then you sir are the man this bike was originally intended for. You require this peculiar shape to be comfortable or about one bottle of aspirins for every hour in the saddle. ask me how i know? because i have one these rare torture devices parked in the back of my garage
I was one of the few people that wanted one of these when they came out. But I was too young and in grad school to have bought one and have it been a smart decision at that time I’d like to get one in the next five years or so, I believe there was some issue with the tank though. Isn’t it a plastic tank and it had some sort of warping issues? I seem to remember people having to line in the tank with some sort sort of epoxy. Lovely bike. I’m very jealous.
Yes like many plastic tanks of this era, they can suffer from swelling due to ethanol. Doesn't seem to be as big an issue with Ducatis as say, Buells or some Guzzis but storing the bike over winter with an empty tank definitely helps.
@@LemonDrizzleGang I have the R9T racer and it's probably as bad or worse than the Paul Smart. I have to admit after a couple hundred miles muscles start cramping. Nothing a beer or two can't cure.
Nothing wrong with a dry clutch.... On a Ducati it's just another thing that rattles or clatters. That is a lovely motorcycle. I can well see why they didn't sell new.... The market is a fickle little monkey.
I think the bike sucks. It is not as beautiful as the original was. The original had Beville Drive for the camshaft. The new bike has squishy rubber bands just waiting to snap and total your top end. No Kickstarter. No side panels to cover the battery and the electric looks unfinished. Ridiculously complicated valve adjustments that take around eight hours for the desmo One S. The motorcycle does not hold a candle to the original. The original is always the best and reproductions are Never As Good as the originals are.
@@LemonDrizzleGang tell me the truth be honest now wasn't I truthful about all the aspects I mentioned about the new bike which of course the newest one is 20 years old now almost. If Ducati really wanted to sell motorcycles, they would start a classic line and build the bikes they made in the 70s mass-produced two original specifications they would be affordable. And because they are vintage they would be considered hobby items. In other words they would not have to pass emission testing or sound testing. All of the guy who spent silly money on a gt750, would be very disappointed if Ducati produced replicas of the bikes they made for a chance of what mr. Rich guy paid for his quote-unquote Investments. An example of this would be S&S Motors in the United States. You can buy a brand new Flathead Harley motor, a Harley knucklehead motor a Harley Panhead motor, a Harley Shovelhead motor, and last but not least you can buy a beautiful evolution motor. You can pick through a catalog and get the frame you want, the front-end you want, the sheet metal you watch, and most importantly you can get your new motor and kick-start only or Kickstart an electric start as well. You just have to specify whether you want a kick only primary and transmission or kick and Electric. You can put a belt primary drive on your engine as well as a belt secondary Drive. Without chain driven or gear driven counter balancer the belt drives will make the bike smooth as silk. And you do not have to buy so many expensive parts that will sit in the back of your garage to the day you die. And of course if Ducati made such Motors available to the public as a motor they would not have to pass any emission testing or anything like that whatsoever. With all the British suppliers you can build a brand new old-school Triumph completely new but using Old Stock park or aftermarket improvements, like alloy cylinders and belt drive for the primary an example. Forgive me I have a government smartphone that is very stupid. It does that sometimes recognize words I tell it. If Ducati would sell you an engine and frame and then you can decide what kind of sheet metal wheels and front-end and instruments to have on your motorcycle. Ajs used to motorcycles in kit form so you could escape the v a t. Then you could have a real Ducati and not a faker phony or a pretender. You could buy one piece at a time and that would be easier on your budget. Just like the guy who build a Harley-Davidson from scratch
Not sure of the official figure for seat height, but mine feels like 32 inch at least, possibly a bit more, but it's also quite wide so I can't flat foot it with a 31" inside leg
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Ignored this bike forever.
Now i can see its clearly beautiful.
The dedication on a cold December day !
Nice video! Sport 1000 2006 monoposto owner here, 12 years together and won´t be parting anytime soon. I live in Finland and these are very very rare here. Btw last summer I had the ecu reprogrammed properly by the local ducati / rexxer guy who knows his stuff and it is now like night and day! And especially in the lower rews it is sooo much better. It had the termignoni performance ecu (well still has but now repogrammed) and I thought that it is the best one that can be for this bike (ofc it had termi pipes also, now changed to Zards) but well, did not know about better. And of course in 15 years there has been some developments and more knowlegde in that department also so it is no wonder. Have a nice spring everybody there!
Amazing how paths follow similar trajectories. In '76 I owned a late 60's ex-works 250 Mk1. May first 'proper' bike after my lethargic Honda SS50..... As you say, not something that should have been entrusted to a broke teenager - I also buggered up the main bearings and big end due to my lack of sympathy, maintenance and aptitude. Probably because we had a most adversarial relationship - on every opportunity something would break or stop working......luckily, she was purchased by an enthusiast who restored her to showroom condition. Anyway, really appreciate your dedication to get out on a cold December day to make the video. Keep up the good work! Chris
It's a lovely thing alright. Sounds fantastic .
A nice point is that it shows of the Verlicchi F2 style frame. Best looking one for a Duc. The Pantah’s frame works equally well but this one really allows the engine block to shine. I think I’d actually make that engine block silver all over, including the belt covers, if I owned one. Talking about detailing. 😎
Appreciate your dedication at producing another great video in the depths of winter. Thanks keep em coming!
Nice winter run. I could feel the cold. The wet leaves under the trees made me nervous. Great production, lovely bike. R.I.P. Paul.
Love listening to Dave, he has a fun and interesting way of articulating himself. Thanks!
Can't believe they didn't sell like hotcakes. It was ahead of its time.
Apart from the GT I think the Sport Classic range was ahead of its time. Classic styling albeit a bit bulbous. I reckon the original 750 Sport is one of the most beautiful bikes ever built. With those Termis the Sport Classic must be a joy to ride anywhere. A mate had a Paul Smart but had to get rid of it because he could only ride it for half an hour before serious pain set in. It had pretty low clipons though. He had to change the awful over and under pipes too. Another benefit of owning a Sport Classic is that after enjoying a ride you could just sit around and look at it . I hope you get a lot of pleasure from it.
i have been watching your output for a few weeks now...and am happy to say that i think your video's are informative and interesting. i was happy to subscribe to your channel and hope that you keep the old mates happy banter. i was also born in the same era as you lot, and know all the bikes that are talked about.
i rode the british bikes till they ceased production, then ...slowly moved over to the alternatives.
Beautiful bike. Thanks for the ride along 👍
Hi guys
Another great video, i owned a Paul Smart replica gorgeous bike but with in a couple of minutes of riding you had an arm resting the on tank to help with the weight on your wrists!,
Sold it to a mate of mine for 6 grand! now i see Dave’s bike i realise what a tw💥t i am.
Happy xmas guys
I had an original kawasaki Z900 from the "stone " movie, but the steering got a bit sloppy. Pulled over, checked the frame yoke, and it was split halfway through the tube, the lower bearings were all gone, and i sold it to a wrecker for a song....
6 grand? are you high? you could have got at least 10k with this edition
one lemon drizzle i would love
Bloody gorgeous!
One of my all time favourite bikes.
In my eyes, the Thruxton, the V7 and all the other cafe customs and replicas I've seen, just can't hold a candle to the this beauty. Dave's one has a nice selection of upgrades ...but just needs a tail tidy with smaller rear light cluster to make it perfect!
Thanks for the ride! 👍
I have the "Fleda" wrap around led light array that looks nice but a bit of a pain to take off every year for the MoT (UK yearly inspection) as it's quasi-legal at best! I like the shortened rear light arm that you see on some SCs, that brings the standard setup closer to the tail hump?
I recently purchased a Monster 1000ie air cooled twin spark, with dry clutch and have added the twin Termignoni and performance map, with its looks being very similar to the original 92 designed M900 I guess it's my take on the modern classic. Great video guys thanks.
I also owned the 250cc Desmo (“Silver Shotgun”) and can vouch for the big end problems. The electrics constantly cut out. The foot peg connected to the gear lever rotated, almost causing an accident. A lovely bike when it worked, but less than desirable as a daily ride.
Great video Mike, thanks
You are very welcome
Thank you
Gorgeous ❤️
Great video and beautiful bike.
Awesome bike thanks chap's for sharing, Merry Christmas to the gang ⛄🎄🙏🏻
Thanks Same to you! cheers Mike
That is classy sound and look.
Always loved these but couldn't afford one. So I got a Guzzi V11 sport instead and I couldn't be happier.
I give the V11 a name check in the vid as you probably heard. I had a first year "greenie" V11 which I sold to a friend, so maybe we can feature it in a future LDG episode??
Great video, beautiful bike. I own a red Ducati GT 1000 and I love it!
Cool guitar playing!
the 1000cc DS monster of 2006 is also a good alternative and much cheaper one , but this bike is just lovely !! i ride a 2006 620 ie dark since 2012 quite mod too, puig front cowl motocross aly bars with risers and termignoni silencers that i replace the gone bad carbon fibre for brush stainles steel sleeves and some other touches that make it unique . got to love Ducati specialy SSs and Monsters they are the modern clasics .
Absolutely the dogs, you are a lucky man Dave .
I’ve had an ‘08 in the same colours since new, but apart from the termis I’ve kept it stock. It’s a matter of personal taste I guess, but I could never have swapped the beautiful spoked wheels for mags. I have a ‘79 900SS which I use as an everyday ride, but I still get a kick out of firing up the Sport from time to time…it’s been a great bike
Thats nice!Did always like the Paul Smart replica too,who sadly is no longer with us.
I'm glad I have an 2008 sport 1000s, in red of course! I paid 17k for it back in 2016
Fantastic Bike i had one
Lovely bike! 🙂
Yer man "Dave" has excellent taste, and a big garage! Loving this channel, cheers.....and, bring it on Rich!
Only in Bikes tho, have you seen that hat he is wearing ?
@@LemonDrizzleGang 😄
Very pretty.
I also remember when they couldn't give them away - I oh so nearly bought a GT1000 at a heavily discounted price but went down the R1200GS route instead...could have/would have/should have etc. Lovely bike in the 250 Desmo colour. Yeah, a real beauty.
250, 450 and 750 Sport colours
Oh, Beautiful bike it is! I just watched Dave Moss setting up Ducati Monster... Which I like a lot, too! But now, Ducati redesigned the Monster maybe to better suit the more potential customers which might be 40 years younger than I am!
And no, Multistrada is not actually bad looking it just needs some time to get adjusted to - it is a handsome bike! A look of a german shepherd (some of the KTM adventures had the same style too, but with sharp edges).
Wow , this is a beautiful machine , reminiscent of the SS750 of course , but even sexier ! The wet clutch makes such a difference to the sound stood still , but once the bike is moving what a glorious sound anyway . Its sort of an Italian GSXR750 ! Very , very nice . I will take two !
HahaI I have an original 1974 250 Desmo, it's a quirky bike for sure!
Not my style of bike but a very nice sound. Thanks for the video. Cheers. Dan 👍🏍🇨🇦
Great bike with nice mods,👍🏍️🏔️🌋🗻🎄
I am about to acquire one of these. I have an 82 sd900, so does this machine require the high revs like a bevel drive to stop engine wear?
Higher revs suit the bevel. But are lower revs suited to the belt drives?
Nice video. Lovely bike. Nice to see new content with these beauties. Subscribed.
You should watch the Tron Ducati scene on TH-cam. Easy to find. Short but satisfying.
Thanks, will do!
Surely a great bike although I think the detail styling is a bit run of the mill. I’d prefer the somewhat later half faired red one with the white stripe over the back which they derived from the Paul Smart replica.
And what does the gt rate against the sd900?
A lovely looking machine but I fear my wrists and knees would be screaming! Having thoroughly enjoyed your vids more than twice each may I politely enquire if there will be more? I do appreciate the effort that goes into making them especially with real life to balance as well. Best regards, Brady
+A13BKD thanks Brady there will be another out next week and we have 3 more in the pipeline
We have been on a tour from spain to the north of france then straight after that I go covid
We have some wonderful bikes in the pipeline
@@LemonDrizzleGang Thank you for your reply. Can't wait! Cheers lads, Brady
Nice film and lovely bike but would have liked a few more technical details, you mention hydroformed swing arm, what is that? Is it a tubular steel swing arm or alloy painted to look like steel? Can you explain more about that please. The way you described the motor compared to your mts1100, sounded just like my mts1000ds, mine is a bit lumpy under 3k and then smooths out over 3k and comes alive over 4k, and then just gets madder and madder all the way to 9k, maybe it's just difference between the 1000 and the 1100? Mind you mine has big bore arrow full system... keep up the goood work.
Will have to defer to Dave on that Ion
Ion, according to the period Ducati blurb it's round extruded steel with just the crossmember "hydroformed", oops, my bad! Whatever, it IS lovely, especially with the period charm "seeley" chain adjusters! TBH I don't think the motor is THAT different to Mike's, (they're both 1000cc) but 30Kg less weight certainly helps!
@@waveydavey750 thanks, yes less is certainly more, where weight is concerned, or as Colin Chapman famously said, "simplify then add lightness", and "adding power makes you faster on the straights, subtracting weight makes you faster everywhere", and is even more so where unsprung weight is concerned, for that reason I'd love some hypermotard forged wheels to replace my multistrada cast wheels, they are a lot lighter, but that's a long way down my list of priorities at the mo'. Keep up the good work, hopefully we'll meet up in 2022!
My 82 sd900 sounds like a heavy horse gallopimg down the road... i want rhe same soumd for my mew purhase GT1000.
I'd love to have a Ducati Sport Classic but I'm 65 so I'll get a new Moto Guzzi V7 Special.
Does it make him smile?
nice bikes but you will need a proper set of rubber ankles and box of aspirins to ride it for long. if have short legs and arms where your knuckles drag on the floor as you walk along, then you sir are the man this bike was originally intended for. You require this peculiar shape to be comfortable or about one bottle of aspirins for every hour in the saddle. ask me how i know? because i have one these rare torture devices parked in the back of my garage
I was one of the few people that wanted one of these when they came out. But I was too young and in grad school to have bought one and have it been a smart decision at that time
I’d like to get one in the next five years or so, I believe there was some issue with the tank though. Isn’t it a plastic tank and it had some sort of warping issues? I seem to remember people having to line in the tank with some sort sort of epoxy.
Lovely bike. I’m very jealous.
Yes like many plastic tanks of this era, they can suffer from swelling due to ethanol. Doesn't seem to be as big an issue with Ducatis as say, Buells or some Guzzis but storing the bike over winter with an empty tank definitely helps.
These are rare as hen’s teeth in the US and go for $15k to $25k if you can find one.
Nice bike, needs a tail tidy and getting rid of that hideous rear license plate.
God I hate the high bars! I'm old like you guys but it's just not right to me without clip-ons under the triples. Keep the great vids coming.
It makes the bike rideable I have ridden a Paul Smart and the that has to be the single most uncomfortable bike I have ever ridden
@@LemonDrizzleGang I have the R9T racer and it's probably as bad or worse than the Paul Smart. I have to admit after a couple hundred miles muscles start cramping. Nothing a beer or two can't cure.
They say you never see motorcycles in a psychiatrists car park , but Ducati’s are the exception .. sit down Dave , tell me about the limp mode
I always prefer alloys. Spoke wheels on a road bike are for people who are even older then I am, chopper riders and Hipsters. 😂
....er,,it IS a classic, mate.
Hahah good point and no argument from me
...and its got 'proper-shaped' mufflers
Nothing wrong with a dry clutch.... On a Ducati it's just another thing that rattles or clatters.
That is a lovely motorcycle.
I can well see why they didn't sell new.... The market is a fickle little monkey.
Ask any US owner of a Sport Classic what ethanol gas does to the fuel tank. It ain't pretty.
Its not that nice on a 1000 Multistada either
There is no alternative to a classic bike. You have a classic bike or you don't.
Have you watched our other videos ? Thanks for watching
No reason why you can't have both. Horses for courses?
I think the bike sucks. It is not as beautiful as the original was. The original had Beville Drive for the camshaft. The new bike has squishy rubber bands just waiting to snap and total your top end. No Kickstarter. No side panels to cover the battery and the electric looks unfinished. Ridiculously complicated valve adjustments that take around eight hours for the desmo One S. The motorcycle does not hold a candle to the original. The original is always the best and reproductions are Never As Good as the originals are.
+Frank Markovci Jr you do make me smile Frank 👍
@@LemonDrizzleGang tell me the truth be honest now wasn't I truthful about all the aspects I mentioned about the new bike which of course the newest one is 20 years old now almost. If Ducati really wanted to sell motorcycles, they would start a classic line and build the bikes they made in the 70s mass-produced two original specifications they would be affordable. And because they are vintage they would be considered hobby items. In other words they would not have to pass emission testing or sound testing. All of the guy who spent silly money on a gt750, would be very disappointed if Ducati produced replicas of the bikes they made for a chance of what mr. Rich guy paid for his quote-unquote Investments. An example of this would be S&S Motors in the United States. You can buy a brand new Flathead Harley motor, a Harley knucklehead motor a Harley Panhead motor, a Harley Shovelhead motor, and last but not least you can buy a beautiful evolution motor. You can pick through a catalog and get the frame you want, the front-end you want, the sheet metal you watch, and most importantly you can get your new motor and kick-start only or Kickstart an electric start as well. You just have to specify whether you want a kick only primary and transmission or kick and Electric. You can put a belt primary drive on your engine as well as a belt secondary Drive. Without chain driven or gear driven counter balancer the belt drives will make the bike smooth as silk. And you do not have to buy so many expensive parts that will sit in the back of your garage to the day you die. And of course if Ducati made such Motors available to the public as a motor they would not have to pass any emission testing or anything like that whatsoever. With all the British suppliers you can build a brand new old-school Triumph completely new but using Old Stock park or aftermarket improvements, like alloy cylinders and belt drive for the primary an example. Forgive me I have a government smartphone that is very stupid. It does that sometimes recognize words I tell it. If Ducati would sell you an engine and frame and then you can decide what kind of sheet metal wheels and front-end and instruments to have on your motorcycle. Ajs used to motorcycles in kit form so you could escape the v a t. Then you could have a real Ducati and not a faker phony or a pretender. You could buy one piece at a time and that would be easier on your budget. Just like the guy who build a Harley-Davidson from scratch
I love this model with the full fairings ❤ like it better than the naked ...even so gorgeous bike. How high is the seat?
Not sure of the official figure for seat height, but mine feels like 32 inch at least, possibly a bit more, but it's also quite wide so I can't flat foot it with a 31" inside leg