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*SOLD*
1996 Ducati 900SS
I love this bike, looks great, fantastic to ride, simple and lightweight, and classic. Not riding it as much as I'd like, so I'm posting it for sale.
(Sometimes after getting a bike ready to sell, I talk myself into keeping it. Which is starting to creep in now ... .)
'Way back in 1997 I bought one of these new, loved it, but sold it two years later for some reason. (Oh yeah, I remember now, I got married ... again.) So I started
looking for another one a few years ago and bought this one in January 2020, fully serviced, with many upgrades and updates. However, I've ridden it only 500 miles this year.
Kind of a bucket list item, I wanted to own and ride one again, and I did, so check it off. Posting it here for starters, might go to FB and CL later.
What it's got:
About 21K miles, full service last year, and I just changed the oil and filter last week. Starts and runs well, everything works as it should. When I got the bike,
it really didn't need much at all. It came with very good tires (Michelin Pilot Power 2CT), new chain and sprockets, carbs "gone through" as they say, same with forks, brakes work great.
The bike is a CR model which originally had half-fairings. Now has fiberglass (AirTech I think, better than plastic) full fairings, the fiberglass seat is a Superlight replica,
has genuine Superlight OEM upswept pipes which are desirable and getting scarce (per Eric of Clubhouse Motorsports), has the three-instrument CF dash from a Final Edition model.
Adjustable clip-ons. Some other things you can see in the pics like the ZG screen.
* Steel gas tank is standard on the 900SS-- no swelling plastic BS.
* Simple electronics -- no "red key" BS.
What I did:
Mostly electrical upgrades. Heavy duty battery cables from MotoLectric (Michael Heth does good work). You need these cables.
Bike came with a new BikeMaster AGM battery, I replaced it with a Shorai (18AH Pb Eq) to save 10 pounds (battery sits up high, under the tank),
both batteries included with the sale. I replaced the meep-meep horn with a FIAMM Freeway Blaster.
In good condition for a 24 year-old machine, looks great IMO, not "mint" or "perfect" or "original" which suits me just fine since I wanted a bike I could ride without worry.
Included in sale, I found a mint NOS owners handbook. The spare key is a new Ducati uncut blank.
Passed MA state inspection no problem.
MA title in my name in hand.
$4200 includes everything as described above.
In Arlington MA.
Also available a pair of AirTech "CR" replica half fairings, new in the box, that I was planning to sell separately, but could be part of a package deal. Scroll down here:
https://www.airtech-streamlining.com...0SS1991-96.htm