1980 Ducati 900SS

Registration No: EJT 882V
Frame No: Not Seen

MOT: Exempt

• Late Bevel Drive Ducati Supersports 900
• Great winter recommissioning project
• Supplied with new side panels and a V5C

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 pushbike with a clip-on engine. By the 1960s they had become associated with performance bikes selling a range of sporty 250 and 350 singles. In response to the demand for larger capacity machines, chief engineer Fabio Taglioni designed the classic V-twin bevel drive engine first used in the 1971 GT750. This proved to be an immediate success, helped considerably by Paul Smart's win in the 1972 Imola 200 race, with the 750SS Green frame replicas of Smart's bike now some of the most collectible bikes in the world. A 900cc version followed in 1975, becoming the basis for the Mike Hailwood Replica.

This UK supplied from new 900SS in the classic black and gold colour scheme has been part of a small private collection for a few years. The famous bevel drive Super Sport was nearing the end of its production life in 1980 to make way for the new Pantah engined models, so this is a late version. Still fitted with its Conti 075 84105 stamped silencers, it will be supplied with a new pair of side panels in primer together with a current V5C showing just 3 owners. Not run for a while, it will need recommissioning before use, but the engine turns over on the kick starter. Fitted with CMA cast wheels, replacing the crack prone original Speedline items, it will make a good winter project to recommission and ride next summer. *The frame number taken from the V5C, not visible under a good layer of paint.

PLEASE NOTE:- The vendor has not been able to find the keys for this bike.

For more information, please contact:
Ian Cunningham
ian.cunningham@handh.co.uk
07415871189