[Ducati] FS: 996 (plus a question and rant)

[Shaun C]

This email is part "for-sale" post, part question and part rant,  though not 
necessarily in that order.  I’ve decided to sell my ’99 996 and was curious 
what kind of money I can expect.  I had a pretty good idea before the 1098 
came out.  But the new, low MSRP may have altered the value proposition a 
bit.

The bike is a red biposto with around 2800 miles on it.  I bought it from 
the original owner three years ago. It is completely stock, unmolested and 
came with rather large chicken-strips. I thought the guy was a bit of a dope 
for buying a bike like this and only riding it 500 miles a year.  Then I get 
it and put 400 mile on in 3 years. My induction in the Iron-Butt Hall of 
Fame has been indefinatly postponed.

The reason I’m selling it is I just don’t have the time or the place to ride 
it. (Here comes the rant part). I live in the NW suburbs of Chicago and find 
with the suburban-sprawl accelerating, there is just no good place to ride 
the bike.  I’m sick of traffic, idiots with cell phones and tailgating SUVs. 
I could go up north into Wisconsin, but spending 2 hours on that thing in 
traffic to ride some marginal (and increasingly crowded) roads just isn’t 
enjoyable.  I don’t have the time for track days, so it is time to let the 
bike go.

Anyone with insight or interest in the bike, please let me know.

Thanks,


Shaun C
04 MX-5
02 IS300
30 C64
99 996
99 VFR800
91 XR250L

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