Duc Shop 853R Motor - What Would You Pay?

[junior varsity]

Cool engine - the 853 makes way more than the base 748.   Nash at AMS here the complete bike for sale with an 853 motor in it and it comes WITH a spare 853 motor.   Just to give you an idea of the market.

[ducatiz]

Cool engine - the 853 makes way more than the base 748.   Nash at AMS here the complete bike for sale with an 853 motor in it and it comes WITH a spare 853 motor.   Just to give you an idea of the market.

that's probably where this engine came from -- the bike was wadded before htey could use the spare engine

[Triple J]

that's probably where this engine came from -- the bike was wadded before htey could use the spare engine

No. He had a 748R, and had this engine built to put in that bike. The 748 motor ran so well that he never did it though. He tried to sell the bike & spare motor as a package (I offered to buy just the motor a year ago and he said no)...but he recently sold the bike to someone who wants it as a collection piece so had no use for the 853 motor...so now he's trying to sell it.

I wish he would have sold it to me a year ago when I had the $$ on hand. 

[junior varsity]

The bike here is a 748RS (853) w spare motor. Would make a 748R look like a turd.  All the carbon RS parts, etc.  But by the numbers, a 749S looks more appealing than a 748R