95 DUCATI 900 SS/CR

[Travman]

Wow! That is the coolest CR I've seen.  It looks like it has a DS100 engine transplant to along with those BSTs and the Ohlins suspension.  Who makes the body work?  Whose garage is it or is it a shop? 

[LowThudd]

if you get a CR model, it's not "bad" it just doesn't have the nicer stuff the SP model does.  it is the SAME engine

this is Chris's FAQ on the differences http://www.ducatitech.com/2v/sp_cr_faq.html

you can find parts to upgrade a CR to an SP (some easier than others).  the only one that's really hard tofind is the rear floating caliper hardware.. the swingarms pop up on ebay now and then.. i have two on my shelf in the garage..

I am happy "Settling" for the the CR because I love the half fairing. I am not a huge fan of full fairings. As far as the AL swingarm goes, what mods need to be made to the brakes to make it work? Or will the CR brakes work with it? I see one on eBay for next to nothing, I think I may have to pre-emtively buy it just in case I get the bike.

[kopfjäger]

Wow! That is the coolest CR I've seen.  It looks like it has a DS100 engine transplant to along with those BSTs and the Ohlins suspension.  Who makes the body work?  Whose garage is it or is it a shop? 

The bike belongs to the owner of Touring Sport Ducati. It was at the Ducshop getting tuned.

[ducatiz]

The swingarm is drop in.  You can use either brake mount with it.  You can use the bigger wheel with it.


OP said that bike is not the one he found

[Travman]

The bike belongs to the owner of Touring Sport Ducati. It was at the Ducshop getting tuned.

I love it when a bike is taken to another level like that, sort of like your Monster.  They don't make a 900CR anymore so this guy built one using the latest quality stuff.  Awesome. 

I'm diggin your latest avatar.  This one may have to stay more than a day.

[JEFF_H]

<raises hand>
I have a 95 900SS/SP
I paid $700 for it
(well, and a 96 DR650)

its my 2nd SS....good bike.

[Markus]

My dad picked up a 96 900SS/CR last summer. As mentioned, the CR lacks a lot of the performance bits and pieces of the SP. However, a few bucks can go a long way with a CR. We had the front non-adjustable forks rebuilt with Racetech parts and it made a world of difference in ride quality.

In my opinion the '90s era SS's are really undervalued, modern classics. For a couple grand you can have a lot of fun and look great doing it.
 

[yamifixer]

THE CR is one of my favorites of all time. the look is just great to me. The carbs are touchy and will flood out in a millisecond when cold starting and they eat batteries but I'd still own one if I could.

[JEFF_H]

havent had any trouble with carbs....
would recommend a large-ish sealed battery, new voltage regulator, and the coil package from ca-cycleworks
and if you are worried about the carbs...
-flatslides 

friend of mine with a 95SP did 41 flatslides, high-comp pistons and coils
has great get up n go

[MotoCreations]

If you do a bit of searching through other Ducati forums, there is a small cult of folks who are taking the older SuperSports and transplanting in the newer DS1000 fuel injected engine, electrical, gauges, etc.  Pretty easy to build and definitely worth the effort -- and the older Supersports are now pretty cheap.  Local one in good condition is $2000 and I've seen numerous ones in the same price ballpark.  (The "superleggera"/"SP/SS" ones still get a large premium especially if in yellow -- which is what I'm looking for to use)

[ducatiz]

the battery problem is solved by replacing the grounds with a larger single cable AND adding a smaller one to a separate location. 

This happens on a lot of older bikes but seems to be more common on Ducatis.

Very simple solution:
1.  Throw out old ground wire.
2.  lightly wire brush frame connection. 
3.  make a new ground wire using small strand copper and minimum of 4 ga wire with a second 10 ga small strand wire.  have the ends swedged on and sealed at a place that does high end speaker applications.  the ends are standard sized right-angle small battery terminal on one end and an 8mm (or 6, i forget) straight on the other.  small strand is much better than large strand and costs more.  both wires should be swedged together on the BATTERY side.
4.  bolt the large wire back on the frame location and cover it with electrolytic grease.
5.  run the smaller wire directly to the regulator, i think it's the green wire coming from the reg.  on the older bikes, the regulator grounds to the frame, ugh.  by running a wire directly to the regulator, your reg gets a perfect circuit for what the battery status is.

main reason regulators (and batteries) fail is the ground goes bad and the regulator sees that as a low-charged battery so ends up over charging it = net result is that either the battery fails or the regulator cooks.

[ArguZ]

Please keep the Torino...please !!!

[LowThudd]

Please keep the Torino...please !!!

Why is that?

[geoffduc]

I know this isn't much help to you guys over the pond but over her in the UK theres a couple of dealerships selling new unregistered 2002-2003 ducati 900ss in either mat black £3999 or met.gray £4599 I know that they will need a full service and belt change plus new tyres but still to my mind a bargin if thats the kind of bike you want 

 

[ducatiz]

I know this isn't much help to you guys over the pond but over her in the UK theres a couple of dealerships selling new unregistered 2002-2003 ducati 900ss in either mat black £3999 or met.gray £4599 I know that they will need a full service and belt change plus new tyres but still to my mind a bargin if thats the kind of bike you want 

 

1995 900ss > 2002/3 900SS