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[zooom]

Now that's one hell of a sentence!! 

<:: taking my bow ::> thank you very little!

[DRKWNG]

 

[zooom]

and as they say in Monty Python...


" and now for something completely different!"

hey Massimo...you want to trade your 750 for this? -> http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/nva/mcy/1858360936.html

HAHAHAHAHHAAHHAHAAA...it is soooo not what you are looking for...but it could work!..LOL

[The Mad King Pepe']

hey Massimo...you want to trade your 750 for this? -> http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/nva/mcy/1858360936.html

HAHAHAHAHHAAHHAHAAA...it is soooo not what you are looking for...but it could work!..LOL

actually... I've always had a thing for small sports cars: lotus elise, MR2, old triumph spitfires and MG's, and most of all the Miata: fun, cheap and reliable.

But I'm not letting go of the 750 any time soon, the 900 is more likely to go before it!

[DRKWNG]

actually... I've always had a thing for small sports cars: lotus elise, MR2, old triumph spitfires and MG's, and most of all the Miata: fun, cheap and reliable.

You forgot the best of all those... 

[ducatiz]

http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/doc/mcy/1859289646.html

a little info

this is an early wheel for a Cagiva Alazzurra.  ducati used the same wheels on the Bevels and the Pantahs, but it is marked CAGIVA so probably one of the 84-85 early Alazzuras

They are not well regarded, i usually see them at swap meets for around $50, with tire and rotor.

[DRKWNG]

Here you go Isaac.

http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/mld/mcy/1860302184.html

Or Brian, you wanted a SBK?

http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/doc/mcy/1855574143.html

[ducatiz]

Here you go Isaac.

http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/mld/mcy/1860302184.html

oooo that's nice.. high mount exhaust, color-matched vitaloni mirrors and custom seat too >>reaching for the Astrolube<<

but i doubt it's an SP

- missing the front CF fender
- has regular rotors not cast iron
- no SP plate
- coffin reservoirs
- wrong rear caliper


can't see the swingarm, but it looks like he upgraded it and the forks to SP type, as well as the fairings.

From what I can see, it's a 1995 CR.  Nicely done upgrades, but no plaque, no SP.

[DRKWNG]

There you go, being all particular and such...   



 

[ducatiz]

There you go, being all particular and such...   



 

the differences are significant, the CR is a good bike all around, but the SP has much nicer components and is a limited edition.  i emailed the guy and asked about it, i don't think he was happy to find out that a real SP just sold on ebay for $2800.  prices for these bikes has plummeted... 

[The Mad King Pepe']

the differences are significant, the CR is a good bike all around, but the SP has much nicer components and is a limited edition.  i emailed the guy and asked about it, i don't think he was happy to find out that a real SP just sold on ebay for $2800.  prices for these bikes has plummeted... 

Besides why drop 5k on an SP when you can get a Monster like this one for the same money?

[ducatiz]

Besides why drop 5k on an SP when you can get a Monster like this one for the same money?

Some people might argue the mid-90's SS was one of the best looking bikes Ducati made.  Easily in the top 3 or 4.  Even rolling into 1998, they were still selling well and in 1999 when the Terblanche version came out, it dropped.  Not that the later model was horrible, it was good, but compared to the earlier one, it wasn't sufficient.

Power-wise, the SS got the better heads than the Monsters of the same year.  I am not sure about later years, but across the board, the SS had more hp for the same engine.

Plus, this is the bike that Hunter S Thompson wrote about. 

[The Mad King Pepe']

Some people might argue the mid-90's SS was one of the best looking bikes Ducati made.  Easily in the top 3 or 4.  Even rolling into 1998, they were still selling well and in 1999 when the Terblanche version came out, it dropped.  Not that the later model was horrible, it was good, but compared to the earlier one, it wasn't sufficient.

Power-wise, the SS got the better heads than the Monsters of the same year.  I am not sure about later years, but across the board, the SS had more hp for the same engine.

Plus, this is the bike that Hunter S Thompson wrote about. 

I know what you're talking about, I'm 100% with you on the styling and everything else: I love the perfect simplicity of the SS lines!

I'm not sure about the heads tho, I think it comes from the V vs the W heads that were mixed on the Monsters.

[ducatiz]

I know what you're talking about, I'm 100% with you on the styling and everything else: I love the perfect simplicity of the SS lines!

I'm not sure about the heads tho, I think it comes from the V vs the W heads that were mixed on the Monsters.

http://www.bikeboy.org/900equal.html

CARB:

  1. The best engine came in all 91 to 97 900 SS and SL bikes. These engines were also used in 900 Monster up to engine number 037727 ( late 1996 build ) and the 98/99 900 Monster Special.

  2. The not so good carb engine came in 900 Monster from engine number 037728 and the Cagiva Elefant series. The differences are camshafts and valves. These lower spec engines have 750 cams and valves. The valves are a couple of mm smaller. The cams are a little wacky, being about the same duration, but lower lift than the good 900 cams, with different timing, much wider lobe separation and less overlap. To my mind, they are an old cam design, borne out by the part number beginning with 0370, indicating something from the early or mid eighties. The inlet timing and lift is almost the same as the 4V Strada cam. Now that I think about it, the exhaust is similar to the 4V exhaust also.

     As far as I am concerned, the only thing these cams are good for opening is the bin as you throw them away. Riding 900 Monsters with the detuned engine makes you wonder what the hell they thought they were going to achieve. It does explain, however, why the Elefants always felt slow for a 900.

[tocino]

Some people might argue the mid-90's SS was one of the best looking bikes Ducati made.  Easily in the top 3 or 4.  Even rolling into 1998,

I would   A '95 900 SS/SP was my first (modern) Ducati. A friend also had one (a CR) and we'd always hear from people how unreliable they were. The only problem I ever had (besides insureance payments) was that the gloss on the CF faded (a common prob across the range I believe). Oh, and I had a headlight connector melt. My friend got hit and tossed his down the road several times over the years and it kept on going.
I was sorely bummed when Ducati "upgraded" the bodywork.