Barn Find.

[Grumpy]

Sometimes out of something annoying, a silver lining appears.
Last week the van I use for my business decided to fry the turbo!
The van was taken to the garage I use, local small business, run by a chap (Wayne) who is the type who knows everyone!
The conversion went like this:
Wayne- Did Ducati make a 900 monster?
Me - yes....why?
Wayne - a mate has one for sale...you interested?( Wayne knows I ride Italian bikes!)
Me-Might be......where is it, what condition is it in...and how much?
Wayne- knowing my mate it will be ok, its local and he wants x,000 for it.
Me- get him to call me and I will have a look at it.

2 days later the phone rang.
Friday I went and looked at the bike and bought it on sight!

[damien666]

Must have been fate. Looks clean. Not a bit of straw or chicken poo in sight! :D

[alan c]

Nice one James :spin: looks in good nick, what pipes are they ? they look like what my mate had on his Le Mans, lafranconi's i think they was called ??

[smiffyraf1]

They look like black dp conti's! Pretty rare. Good find any case

[Albie]

Nice one Jim. good find and possibly a bargain be it you have still the bill for the van.

[Petej]

Might have to meet up and see this now!! Nice work!!

[FLATTOP]

Fantastic find James and also is that a little cluster of Mobylettes i can see in the background.

[Grumpy]

Must have been fate. Looks clean. Not a bit of straw or chicken poo in sight! :D

There was a Mk1 Audi Quattro and a Lancia Intergrale, both in good nick parked next to the bike!!

Nice one James :spin: looks in good nick, what pipes are they ? they look like what my mate had on his Le Mans, lafranconi's i think they was called ??

Not sure of the manufacturer, Alan, but Rosso's supplied some several years back.Diago has some fitted to his 900, they sound awesome!

Fantastic find James and also is that a little cluster of Mobylettes i can see in the background.

The guy who has sold me the bike, races step thro' mopeds, hence the collection of them in the back ground, anyway, makes a change from wheelie bins!! :spin:

[utopia]

Nice one, James.
Complete with belly-pan and scoops too.
And what looks like it could be a Corbin seat perhaps....?

[Grumpy]

Nice one, James.
Complete with belly-pan and scoops too.
And what looks like it could be a Corbin seat perhaps....?
Well spotted Jeff, that is a Corbin seat.

[Panther]

What a great find, nice bike! I think if you paint the footpeg hangers black it would look great.
I would also change the timing belts to be on the safeside too.

http://www.ukmonster.co.uk/monster/attachment.php?attachmentid=16915&d=1364150102

[He11cat]

Its lovely.
All I find in barnes and outhouses are spiders which I dont like :(

[Sirc]

couldn't have gone to a more deserving person - look at them pipes!

[Scott1]

Great find! Monster nerd questions coming up, is that the newer type tail and oil coller but the older nose cone fairing?

[He11cat]

That looks like an early fairing .
And the tea tray does look like the newer one but I can't see properly.

[Grumpy]

Both you guys are correct!
The owner is claiming the engine has had a ' re fresh' a couple of years ago.
He isn't into Ducatis, so the bike is as he purchased it...!
The tank is in excellent condition as well, no signs of rust or the dreaded hinge leak!

[Rally]

Good find James. Does this mean the naughty corner has lost a regular now? :D

Are you going to leave it as is, or do things to it like your other one?