[Ducati] 1995 Ducati 900 SS/SP won on ebay - need some help

Staton Shed tojo92 at msn.com
Sun Jun 18 19:44:46 EDT 2006


Out of lurk mode again...

I just won this a little while ago on ebay.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ru=http%3A%2F%2Fsearch.ebay.com%3A80%2Fsearch%2Fsearch.dll%3Ffrom%3DR40%26satitle%3D4648554250%26fvi%3D1&item=4648554250

I will be picking it up on Thursday.  I do currently have a 1994 SS/SP that 
you all have helped me with in the past.  If the bike I just won, checks out 
like I think it will, I will probably be selling my 94 if the PO doesn't 
exercise his right of first refusal.

What attracted me to this bike is that it appears to have many of the 
modifications I always wanted to do on mine, not to mention that it has 
fewer miles on it.

The bike has a Penske shock rear-pretty excited about that as I have been 
running a stock one.
Flat slides and exhaist similiar to what I have now.
The bike also has the dual spark plug head with a big bore kit (I assume 
944, but haven't confirmed yet).
It has a solo tail and dual front headlights (always liked that also). 
Marvic wheels.  Only one blemish on the exhaust pipe and CF.  Lots of CF in 
addition to standard SS/SP fair.  New tires is a plus also.  Will probably 
need new timing belts as they aren't sure about when they were changed.  All 
other maintenance done regularly since they have had it and it runs, rides 
fine.

I would like to ask "the list" for some help identifying a few things to 
help me reassure myself it is a decent deal and help educate me a bit on 
some of the add-ons.

I am a little intrigued by the rear swingarm modification.  Is anyone 
familiar with this or possibly know who may have owned this bike originally? 
My YB8 has a similar set-up, but I hadn't seen one on a SS/SP.  The seller 
told me it was from a 70 year old collector that bought the bike through 
their dealership in Lake Dallas a few years ago already modified by PO.  I 
don't think it is the standard swingarm modified, because the top brace on 
my stock one ends well before the axel, while this one seems to be right 
above it.

As for the dual plug heads, I received a lot of feedback when I was 
considering cams, and ended up going with some porting work that turned out 
nicely.  I have always kinda assumed that dual plugs were done when there 
really wasn't much else to do (sort of a last resort, but not very helpful). 
Any opinions?

Lastly, is anyone familiar with the Marvic wheels on this one?

I am really hoping someone on the list is the previous owner that modified 
the bike or knows the previous owner.  Any help, information would be 
appreciated.

Thanks,
Staton Shed
Harlingen, TX 




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