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big pete
21-06-2011, 08:11 PM
Anyone seen the pre 65 Ducati trials bike on the evilbay. Looks gorgeous and as rare as hobby horse poo but may be a bit optimistic at £10,000:on:
Albie
21-06-2011, 08:22 PM
No but this one may suit you sir. especially up the mountains

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/DUCATI-CUCCIOLO-1952-BARN-FIND-/120738135704?pt=UK_Motorcycles&hash=item1c1c8dbe98#ht_499wt_1153


Oh yes this one. Nice Shuffy would want that. I want a yellow one.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/pre-65-trails-/300562602051?pt=UK_Motorcycles&hash=item45faed5843#ht_2347wt_1132
big pete
21-06-2011, 08:58 PM
That is quality Albie, a real lightweight!
Albie
21-06-2011, 09:01 PM
That is quality Albie, a real lightweight!

Cheaper too by a lot. That trials bike is nice though.
He11cat
21-06-2011, 09:40 PM
Oh thats just stunning :)
I really love that :) if I had a big indoor living room come garage..... and a pocket full of cash.
and shares in autosol!
utopia
22-06-2011, 03:00 AM
There's something about trials bikes of that era, particularly the smaller, lighter ones.
They're just so "pure".
You could get something just as nice, for a lot less cash though, like the triumph cub that Julie has. I saw a nice BSA C15-based trials bike in a mag recently, too.
Oooooh those little alloy tanks !
I have 70s Honda TL in need of serious restoration, and lately I've been thinking that I might as well do it properly and start with a Miller Hi-Boy frame. But thats for when my cash flow is restored.

Actually, I'm not sure that there's much point to a desmo engine in a low revving, trials bike. Springs would do the job just as well, and be much simpler.
It is damn nice, though.
pegboy
22-06-2011, 06:56 AM
Could you imagine turning up on one of those to our track day??
gary tompkins
22-06-2011, 08:12 AM
If money and garage space were not an issue I would build a DIY version of the Terra Mostro

http://www.terramostro.com/

http://www.terramostro.com/terra-msl.pdf

http://winopso.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/ducsc.gif
Dookbob
22-06-2011, 08:35 AM
I like it too, but the frame looks like a T20, the front hub is way over the top for a 160 trials, fuel cap missing , gear lever and kick start not plated, ignition cover needs plating or replacing. A HT lead to the plug might make it run better too. The engine looks lovely same as all the duke singles do. I wouldn,t swap Julies Cub for it. But to be fair to the owner, he is looking for the market to decide the value.