Ducati 175 SINGLE SPORT MOTO GIRO ELIGIBLE

DUCATI 175 SINGLE SPORT MOTO GIRO ELIGIBLE

If you want to compete at the Moto Giro consider this old Ducati.

Lots of Giro provenance. I've ridden it there twice and I also lent it [with a financial inducement of course] to a friend of mine from Australia. Hi Alan.

The bike has many special bits. Ceriani forks. Borrani rims. dual front brake. YSS shocks etc. but it has a huge amount of trickery in the motor too. far too much to list here but suffice to say it has a Yoshimura piston. 7mm Stainless valves with coil springs and solid rockers. rebuilt crank. extensively ported cylinder head and a 5 speed gearbox.

If you think it's expensive then you're right. it is. but I only have one of these and after a few minutes scratching on an old envelope I realised that I could never afford to build another one.

It's £7500 and I know it's a tatty lump but I can't really bring myself to tart it up. it's recently come back from a couple of days hurtling around Gairloch and I would have no qualms about going anywhere on it anytime. it carburates beautifully. starts easily. charges perfectly [12 volts obviously] the brakes are stunning. the handling is outrageous and the noise it makes never fails to put a smile on my face. If you're thinking of spending 3 or 4 grand on a pretty 175 to do the Giro. take care. it's easy to think that a few odd jobs are easy to fix. they aren't! believe me! You can easily spend a huge amount of cash on a bike that fails on the first day. If you'd like to see or hear this bike. please ring me and I'll drag it out of the garage. don't expect a gleaming gem though. it's made to be used.

One last thing. the price is not negotiable.