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From the "too good to be true" file (or actually, probably "too depressing"):
Back in about '76 or so, when my buddies and I first started riding street bikes, I was on my almost brand new '76 Sportster (bought when it was just a couple months old when the original owner dumped it, and wife said "get rid of it..."). A couple buddies had old Triumphs in various states of "repair". One had a Honda 750. One had a Kawasaki H2 750 triple big bored to 900. One had a Z1 900. One had a JPS Norton. And, believe it or not, one had a real Ducati 750 Super Sport.
No one really thought all that much of it back then. To us, it was merely the biggest pain in the ass out of an entire fleet of pain in the ass bikes. He was waiting for parts more often than riding it. When it ran, though... open reverse megaphones at 9,000 rpm... oh my God...
He finally sold it for next to nothing out of sheer frustration. Real, documented 750 SS's trade in the six figures today...
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Jeff
'72 911T 3.0 MFI
'93 Ducati 900 Super Sport
"God invented whiskey so the Irish wouldn't rule the world"
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