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24-03-2013, 06:35 PM | #1 |
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Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Peterborough
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Barn Find.
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!
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24-03-2013, 07:05 PM | #2 |
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Location: Leeds, West-Yorks
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Must have been fate. Looks clean. Not a bit of straw or chicken poo in sight!
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24-03-2013, 07:08 PM | #3 |
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Location: dartford
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Nice one James 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 ??
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24-03-2013, 07:11 PM | #4 |
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They look like black dp conti's! Pretty rare. Good find any case
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24-03-2013, 07:16 PM | #5 |
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Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Kent
Bike: M900
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Nice one Jim. good find and possibly a bargain be it you have still the bill for the van.
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24-03-2013, 07:17 PM | #6 |
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Might have to meet up and see this now!! Nice work!!
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24-03-2013, 07:24 PM | #7 |
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Fantastic find James and also is that a little cluster of Mobylettes i can see in the background.
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24-03-2013, 07:54 PM | #8 | ||
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Quote:
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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!!
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25-03-2013, 12:34 AM | #9 |
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Nice one, James.
Complete with belly-pan and scoops too. And what looks like it could be a Corbin seat perhaps....? |
25-03-2013, 06:38 AM | #10 |
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Well spotted Jeff, that is a Corbin seat.
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25-03-2013, 08:45 AM | #11 |
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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. |
25-03-2013, 11:25 AM | #12 |
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Its lovely.
All I find in barnes and outhouses are spiders which I dont like |
25-03-2013, 12:02 PM | #13 |
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couldn't have gone to a more deserving person - look at them pipes!
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25-03-2013, 12:35 PM | #14 |
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Great find! Monster nerd questions coming up, is that the newer type tail and oil coller but the older nose cone fairing?
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25-03-2013, 10:39 PM | #15 |
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That looks like an early fairing .
And the tea tray does look like the newer one but I can't see properly. |
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