Ducati '75 750 Supersport

On offer is a very good example of a hard to find '75 model 750 Supersport.

Basically I'm the third owner of this bike, have had it over 12 years now. The history beingoriginal owner sold the rolling chassis to a racer friend and the motor to another. I inadvertently bought the race bike as a roundcase found the history and then chased to purchase the original motor. The original owner was a '75 SS buff had no less thanfour 900's and this lone 750 in his fleet. Most people preferred the 900's over the little brother 750's hence his reason for selling and parting the bike.

Nowadays this is not the case people are now realizing just how sweet the 750 motor actually is and some prefer the 750 over the 900. Having been in the luxurious position of having one of each you certainly can see and feel the difference. The 750 seems elegant and a smoother bike to ride and there is not much difference in the top end to that of the 900, he 900 just has more torque

The first squarecase 750SS was identified as engine number 075412 this is 075417 very early indeed. The frame number is DM750SS 075436 (the paintwork hides the numbers slightly but it is agenuine frame) It has the correct borrani rims and also has a pair of the very early 40mm dellortos' without the choke castings. (Same as the greenframes and early 900SS') most of the early numbered bikes had both, ore often than not, robably due to limited production numbers, ost '75 model SS' only had one -either the front or the rear. They are mounted on the standard steel manifolds particular to this model.

There were only 250 '75 750's produced by the factory making them very rare - fewer numbers of these were made to that of the greenframe '74 models.Essentially the '75 were made for racing there are specific stories relating to the building of these machinesfor production races. '76 onwards they changed significantly, eft foot gear change pattern, rame, ank, ash, arbies and manifolds, eat even was differentand were built for general street purpose. More importantly after the '75 model SS'sthe motor's were not scrutineered by the factory, hey dropped the polished rockers and other finer details and attention to detail.

The bike has been meticulously put back together, tilising all factory parts andit runs as good as it looks. The bore is original 80.0mm and the big end is new, t was replaced when the bike was restored. The speedo was re-set when the motor was rebuilt. Actually true mileage is uncertain, rrelevant now as when the bike was rebuilt is was put back together using all of the correct factory parts. It needed nothing other than a set of rings and the big end was changed as a mere precaution whilst the engine was apart.

Over the years the bike has been to countless concourses and shows, ometimes lining up against it's bigger brother only to find that the judges couldn't separate the two saying for me to give the prize which ever one I want. The bike is that good a standard and hopefully the pictures do it justice. Welcome to any test or inspection.

Feel free to ask questions please forward and I'll respond in due course.

The bike is located in Australia and I will assist with the transport of the bike anywhere around the globe. Purchaser to pay duties and associated transport costs.

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