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This barn find is back ... apparently the winner bulged out:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Ducati-Superbike-1998-ducati-748-l-neiman-marcus-barn-find-748-new-bike-on-mso-co-unreal-/111267846517 (http://www.ebay.com/itm/Ducati-Superbike-1998-ducati-748-l-neiman-marcus-barn-find-748-new-bike-on-mso-co-unreal-/111267846517)

Lovely bike, but I'd have some concern about bringing it back to life ...  [Dolph]

I see a good power washing and some fresh gas in it's future. [popcorn] [laugh]

Damn, couldn't they at least find a sheet to throw over that poor thing a few years ago? And I thought I had some dusty relicas stored away. Jeeez...

He already did. Look below in the eBay ad ...

(http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn151/cfazekas/748L/009_zps853acf67.jpg)


The guy has quite a collection BTW  [evil]

Only 100 748L.

That makes me feel bad about my 748L.


(https://scontent-b-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/t1/251791_1935047776150_7297200_n.jpg)

No you don't. ;D

 ;D  you're right.

It looked like that with a tarp over it? Holy crap!!!

Sweet bike, always liked those.

I'd like to know who's name is listed as purchaser on the original title. I'm suspicious this "barn find" was found in his own barn right where he stored it. It looks like this guy likes his collection and has decided to sell one of them. The dust on the bike looks like someone wetted down the bike and then blew dry dirt all over it with a fan. I don't think it would look like that at all with a tarp covering it. I think he decided to throw in a little barn find "mystique" to his ad, like he was the one who "discovered" it, to generate more interest.
 
... but maybe not.

It's in Rochester, NH.

I'm tempted. 

What is a 748 "L"

I have not heard of this before.

It's the model designation for the 'Needless Markup' edition. ;D

Borrowed from Wiki; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ducati_748 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ducati_748)

"The Ducati 748L, also known as the Needless Markup edition, is a limited edition model produced by Ducati Motors. One hundred were produced in 1998 and sold exclusively through the Neiman Marcus catalog. The 748L features Mercury metallic paint, carbon fiber front fender and chain guard."

Ooohh....fancy.

Ditto

Mark

I agree. I have several old bikes from the 80's in a storage bldg. with no tarps or cover and they don't look like that at all. A little dusty, sure. But no freaking way it got dusty like that with a cover. I don't care if the "barn" was at ground zero for dust storms. Looks like some Hollywood prop guys dusted it up for a movie scene.

There are barns and barns  [roll]
A building in the city, can be quite different from a real barn in a farm, where they can store any sort of farm related material.
I don't see why a collector, which keeps his bikes pristine (again, look at the images in the eBay ad), has to cover his bike with crap to make it look like a barn find.
No reason.

^^^^^^
This.

I should post some pics of my bikes in the barn.

I took it to mean that the bike was found that way (all dusty) when HE bought it; that HE found it in a barn looking like that and now it is all cleaned up. I am not suggesting he necessarily faked the "barn find" per se, just that the story looks and sounds suspicious to me.

The bike is only a handful of years old to begin with and here it was found, some time ago, all forgotten about in some barn. Who "forgets" about an ALREADY rare bike? This bike is 1 of 100 and the original purchaser paid top dollar for it (and really only got a special paint job) and leaves it there?

I know weird stuff happens all of the time, I am just suspicions of THIS story.

Mark

If he faked it, it was to generate interest and discussion. Which it has.

that guy needs a garage.

Why do you need a garage, when you have a bike-filled man cave :D

(http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn151/cfazekas/748L/001_zps72540400.jpg)

Auction was ended early.

I was wondering what the bike would go for.

Really? How the hell can you play a game of pool when a damn Tamburini is in the way? [roll]

 [laugh] [laugh]

And it looks like another Needless Markup 748 between the other Tamburini and the 999. [popcorn]