A Pair of Ducatis Fail to Sell
If you’d been quick you wouldn’t have missed this eBay opportunity to buy not one, but two low mileage, mid eighties Ducatis – a low mileage 750F1 along with a stunning limited edition 750F1 Montjuich from the days when Ducati was almost down for the count – selling wheezing air-cooled twins against screaming Suzuki GSX-R750s!!
The 750F1 was released in 1985 and was the last of the Pantah engined machines and the last Ducati to be designed before Cagiva took over company (hence the elephant logo on the tank. Looking like a TT2 racer that took a wrong turn at the racetrack, the frame was a modified TT2 unit in which was mounted a 75bhp 750cc version of the 650 Pantah powerplant. 1,801 were produced in 1985 and 1986.
This 2 owner example has just 2,851 kilometers on the odometer. The owner has had the bike since 2004. To buy this bike though you would have also needed to buy the 750 Montjuich since the owner was selling both together. Up against the 100bhp Suzuki GSX-R750 and Yamaha FZ750 the 750F1 looked pretty weak but the limited edition Montjuich could go toe to toe with the Japanese. That is because the Montjuich was a true race replica in the old Ducati sense. The original version came with racing tires and no indicators. Full of trick bits, the Montjuich (named after the Spanish race circuit) was light at 341lb (155kg) and thundered out 95bhp from its Verlichi exhaust. Just 200 were made (20 came to the USA) and they remain highly desirable and sought after. Two other limited edition models the Laguna Seca and Santa Monica followed although in general they weren’t as highly specced.
Priced as a pair and at a stiff $39,995 it perhaps isn’t surprising that these Ducatis failed to sell with the owner apparently turning down an offer of $39,000! Look for them to reappear sometime again in the future.
Source: Rare Sportbikes for Sale
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