Sold for £2,530
(including buyers premium)
Registration No: JWV 323V
Frame No: MD411953
Engine No: DM410974
CC: 500
MOT: Exempt
Ducati was established in 1926 by Antonnio Ducati and his sons, initially producing electrical components. After WW2 they moved into motorcycles with the Cucciola, essentially a push-bike with a clip-on engine. By the ‘60s they had become associated with performance bikes selling a range of sporty 250 and 350 singles. In response to the demand for larger capacity bike’s chief engineer Fabio Taglioni designed the classic V-twin bevel drive engine first used in the 1971 GT750. In an often forgotten aside, Ducati also produced a range of 350cc and 500cc parallel twins in the 1970s with the engine designed by Ricardo.
This 500GTV Desmo was recently imported from Spain where it seems they sold quite well in the day. Fitted with typical high-quality chassis components such as Brembo front and rear disc brakes and Paioli front forks and styled like the 860GTS, it's a rare and interesting part of Ducati history. The bike is fitted with later Ducati wheels as the early ones were prone to crack and it comes together with a current V5C.
For more information, please contact:
Ian Cunningham
ian.cunningham@handh.co.uk
07415 871189
All successful bids must be paid in full by midday the day after the auction at the latest.
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Auction: National Motorcycle Museum | Solihull, West Midlands, 29th Mar, 2023
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