1998 Ducati 916 SP value?

[porsche4life]

Buy em while you can!

[motion]

And the 998 in the Montana shack:

[MotoSook]

Trap or not...who cares.

Great to see them inside, Richard. You are a fortunate man.

[motion]

I am

Now, back to work trying to locate the final bikes on my list:

Suzuki RG500
Yamaha TZ750
Yamaha TZR250
Honda NS400R
Bimota V-Due

(I keed, I keed, Mrs. Motion)

[MMARSH]

Originally Posted by motion

I am

Now, back to work trying to locate the final bikes on my list:

Suzuki RG500
Yamaha TZ750
Yamaha TZR250
Honda NS400R
Bimota V-Due

(I keed, I keed, Mrs. Motion)

Motion,

If your serious, my buddy who just sold his 2200 mile Bostrom is Selling his Rothmans NS400R. Bike is beautiful. He is selling almost everything to buy a 65 Shelby. Shoot me a PM and I can forward your info to him.

I would like to get a RG500 myself.

I've done the Ducati in the living room thing myself, havent done it yet since moving into the new house.

[MMARSH]

PM sent

[Noah930]

Originally Posted by motion

Over valentine's dinner last night, Mrs Motion and I were talking about the 998 Bostrom parked in the dining room. She encouraged me to pick up a few more collectible bikes for the house, and she pointed to where they could be parked. You guys think its some sort of trap?

I don't have a 916 indoors, but I did park the 900 SS in my office at work. I've floated the idea of a bike indoors at home (there's a perfect spot in the corner of the family room), but Mrs. Noah has flatly rejected that idea. Too many little kids--either ours or their friends who come over for playdates.

[jorian]

I'd close on more bikes. I'm sure it's a trap but then at least you'd have the bikes no?

[HardDrive]

How you manage to survive in such austere conditions is truly a miracle.

Originally Posted by motion

And the 998 in the Montana shack:

[motion]

Originally Posted by MMARSH

PM sent

Thanks, Mike Just trying to talk myself into it. Wifey has a place reserved for it in the living room

[motion]

Originally Posted by HardDrive

How you manage to survive in such austere conditions is truly a miracle.

As long as I'm healthy, I can deal with the harsh conditions

[Noah930]

996R in the crate.... - Ducati.ms - The Ultimate Ducati Forum

There's an uncrated/unprepped 996R up for auction down in San Diego... Supposedly confiscated from some storage unit where the renter failed to pay his tab.

[motion]

Originally Posted by MMARSH

Motion,

If your serious, my buddy who just sold his 2200 mile Bostrom is Selling his Rothmans NS400R. Bike is beautiful. He is selling almost everything to buy a 65 Shelby. Shoot me a PM and I can forward your info to him.

I would like to get a RG500 myself.

I've done the Ducati in the living room thing myself, havent done it yet since moving into the new house.

Mike, a huge THANKS for the head's up. Now safely in my collection

[nostatic]

without pics it doesn't exist

[motion]

I rolled it right into storage without taking pics, but here's one cruddy photo:



Here's a large one (not mine, but identical)



Its a V-3 two stroke. Never imported into the US legally, but a few have found their way here. Extremely clean for a 28 year old bike. I'm a happy guy

[MotoSook]

Too cool! Congrats.

[Flieger]

V3? Interesting. I wonder what the crank looks like. Throw angle and counterweight geometry.

[tocobill]

And I thought I was the only guy rocking the sweet Italian living room furniture, haha.

[porsche4life]

A 1098... Love it, but I'd be out riding that baby...

[MotoSook]

OK guys back on topic (but keep on with the other stuff between answers ):

What's a 2000 996 with 15K miles worth? Bike has been used on the track so has safety wire. I haven't seen the bike, but it's got a Sharkskin body kit and the stock body work is included. I'm just looking to have fun with this bike, so no worries about future value.

Only really bad for me is that it is yellow. LOL. How hard is it to get the same shade of red paint on the body panels? Can a good body shop match the red on my 900 SS well enough if I take a piece in?

It's got carbon Termis and ECU flash, slipper clutch, adjustable pegs and levers, carbon hear carbon there, with stock (revalved/tuned) suspension.

I'm I looking for trouble (potential maintenance issues) with this one if I can get it for $4300?