Ducati 1098 Tricolore

I don't know. Maybe I'll penne a letter to them and ask.

 

Bad form, but it may even be a non-replica of Mike Hailwood's bike.

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Yes, see my reply to Lozzo.

 

http://www.ducati-tt.de/22Prospekte/Zweizylinder_Koewe/900MHR_a_1.JPG

 

Ooerr - never seen one like that before. Show bike, or did it make it
into production for a while?

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I'm not prepared to pursue my line of inquiry any longer as I think this
is getting too silly! Anyway, I've got to go and do the shopping.

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Krusty says...

Neither of the three MHRs[1] I've known well have looked like the one in
Eiron's pic. All of them had the full length side panels and fully
painted tanks.

[1] Owned by friends over the years.

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Lozzo
Triumph Daytona 955i SE (Black with added black bits)
GSF600SW (broked)
'I do not object to people looking at their watches when I am speaking.
But I strongly object when they start shaking them to make certain they
are still going.' William Norman Birkett, 1st Baron Birkett, Oct 1960.

 

The MHR was introduced in 1979 with a glass tank of dubious legality
with the fuel gauge unpainted stripe on the side. By 1980 it had a steel
tank. The 750SS of 1974 was similar.

 

I'm /fairly/ certain mine was a '79, but don't know for sure & the only
way I'll find out is to go rummaging through old photos. It was an
early one, being kick-start only (ouch).

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The seat unit looks like it should have NCC-1701 written on it

 

IIRC, it had a steel tank. But, yes, the unpainted strip on g/f tanks
existed. It was done on the 750SS and the 750 race bikes. Cook
Nielson's famous race-winning Ducati had a fly trapped in the gel coat
on the unpainted strip.

 

I like the bike but I'm not convinced by that paint job.

 

Me either. It has to be in red, or black.

 

More pictures from Milan here. Some of them even
have bikes in...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/74878522@N00/

UK prices for the 1098 are (from Snells):
1098 - £11250 otr
1098s - £13995 otr
Tricolour - £15995 otr
Delivery of confirmed orders Dec/Jan

 

Since when has my name been Steve?

 

antonye says...

I dunno, Steve.

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Lozzo
Triumph Daytona 955i SE (Black with added black bits)
GSF600SW (broked)
'I do not object to people looking at their watches when I am speaking.
But I strongly object when they start shaking them to make certain they
are still going.' William Norman Birkett, 1st Baron Birkett, Oct 1960.

 

Surely you knew *that* reg. number, didn't you?

*everybody* knows it.

Err, don't they?

 

At fisrt glance it looks fine, apart from the duct tape.

I do think that that huuge alloy swingarm looks a little
disproportionate compare to the thin steel frame tubes, though.

 

I've known it for decades. Literally.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Champ

I am.

And I think it's entirely appropriate that whilst other manufacturers
tease and hint, the Kawasaki bird shows you her ****.

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