Steve

1992 Ducati 750SS - is this a really dumb idea?
Asssuming theres evidence of service history whats likely to go wrong?
If I rode it during the winter would it disintegrate?
Why are they so cheap?

Steve
--
1936 BSA B18 , 1979 Guzzi T4
1994 R1100GS For Sale
1999 VN800 Drifter

Stuart G Gray

Steve <steveloukes@hotmail.com> wrote in news:C2CED318.5299A%
steveloukes@hotmail.com:

> 1992 Ducati 750SS - is this a really dumb idea?
> Asssuming theres evidence of service history whats likely to go wrong?
> If I rode it during the winter would it disintegrate?
> Why are they so cheap?
>
> Steve

All I know about them is that a work colleague had one. He took it off
the road every winter and did a full frame/engine rebuild for the next
summer. The thing always looked immacculate and sounded beautiful. He
rode a CG125 while he was rebuilding his SS during the winter months.
MSOTHP.


--
Stuart G Gray (Tunku)

"Caution : traces of irony and other metallic objects may be present in
the above post"

Timo Geusch

Steve <steveloukes@hotmail.com> writes:

> 1992 Ducati 750SS - is this a really dumb idea?
> Asssuming theres evidence of service history whats likely to go wrong?

Spark plugs, based on a UKRM sample of one . Make sure it's serviced
properly and has the belts changed every 6k and it should be OK...

> If I rode it during the winter would it disintegrate?

Most likely, yes.

> Why are they so cheap?

Because they have a reputation for being very expensive /if/ they
grenade. Plus, they're not that cheap to look after and there are a lot
of dogs about that push down the prices even of good ones.

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A.Lee

Steve <steveloukes@hotmail.com> wrote:

> 1992 Ducati 750SS - is this a really dumb idea?
> Asssuming theres evidence of service history whats likely to go wrong?
> If I rode it during the winter would it disintegrate?
> Why are they so cheap?

Excellent bikes, albeit nowhere near as fast as newer 600cc fours, but
the upside is they are so great to ride. It is the best version imo, as
it has more speed/power than the 600, without the clattering dry clutch
of the 900.
I've got a 1997 version, slightly updated - twin discs and other minor
mods.
As with all older bikes, you'll need to give it a good look over - new
shock, tyres and brake pads will be well over £350 if you diy, so check
everything out. Engine spares are apparently expensive, so make sure it
is isnt knocking or whining.
The engine needs new cam belts every 2 years or 12000miles iirc, but it
isnt a bad job at all, maybe 2 hours when you do it for the first time,
and can be done in half an hour when you have done it before - access is
dead easy once the side panel is off.
How cheap are they then?
I was thinking of selling mine in April, and getting a big Guzzi, but
when I saw I'd only get around £1500, there's no way I'd get rid for
that - I think this one is a keeper, that'll be with me for life now.
Alan.
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The Older Gentleman

Steve <steveloukes@hotmail.com> wrote:

> 1992 Ducati 750SS - is this a really dumb idea?

Early ones had poor QC and single disc front ends.

Go for a late model carb version: 1996-98. And they're probably the most
solid bike that Ducati have built for decades.


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GAGARPHOF#30 GHPOTHUF#1 BOTAFOT#60
The bells, the bells.....

Iain Ogilvie

"Steve" <steveloukes@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:C2CED318.5299A%steveloukes@hotmail.com...
> 1992 Ducati 750SS - is this a really dumb idea?
> Asssuming theres evidence of service history whats likely to go wrong?
> If I rode it during the winter would it disintegrate?
> Why are they so cheap?

Hi Steve,

Don't be put off older Dukes - I have a '90 851 with 40k miles and it's well
put together and still pulls like a train. One guy has over 120k kms on his
without a whiff of anything major!

Dukes are stronger than most would have you believe - and build quality
generally better than my Jap bikes - esp. the RG500 - which is *really*
rough and ready in places...

Go on - you know you want one!

--
Iain
Esprit Turbo, Elise, VF1000F-II Bol d'Or, FZR1000 Genesis, Ducati 851,
GPz750 Unitrack, RD125LC

The Older Gentleman

Iain Ogilvie <iain@skywriters.net> wrote:

> Dukes are stronger than most would have you believe - and build quality
> generally better than my Jap bikes

I'd agree with the former. The latter is true to a certain extent, but
IMHO Ducati build quality is variable.

The paint on my SS is really, really superb, even after a decade. Some
of the fasteners aren't so clever; nor the black-painted sections on the
exhausts. Crankcase paint isn't brill either, but it's hidden by the
fairing so wtf.




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K1100LT 955i 750SS CB400F CD250 CM200 SL125
GAGARPHOF#30 GHPOTHUF#1 BOTAFOT#60
The bells, the bells.....

Steve

On 27/7/07 07:14, in article 1i1weag.1sy4qh2ps8sbsN%alan@darkroom.+.com,
"A.Lee" <alan@darkroom.+.com> wrote:
<snip>
> How cheap are they then?
<snip>
I just paid £900 for this 92 750 , mot'd till june 08....
http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/1176/dscn0102dl8.jpg

I need to change the belts though and fix that nasty self retracting
sidestand.Anyone know of an online manual for these?

Steve
--
1936 BSA B18 , 1979 Guzzi T4
1992 750SS , 1994 R1100GS For Sale
1999 VN800 Drifter

antonye

Steve wrote:
>
> I need to change the belts though and fix that nasty
> self retracting sidestand. Anyone know of an online
> manual for these?

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=9vzPZ84ZRjU

--
Antony

The Older Gentleman

Steve <steveloukes@hotmail.com> wrote:

> On 27/7/07 07:14, in article 1i1weag.1sy4qh2ps8sbsN%alan@darkroom.+.com,
> "A.Lee" <alan@darkroom.+.com> wrote:
> <snip>
> > How cheap are they then?
> <snip>
> I just paid £900 for this 92 750 , mot'd till june 08....
> http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/1176/dscn0102dl8.jpg

Looks coherent enough.
>
> I need to change the belts though and fix that nasty self retracting
> sidestand.Anyone know of an online manual for these?
>
Don't be a pikey - buy a Haynes BOL. As for the sidestand, IIRC it's
just a matter of a longer bolt, but the dealer I bought mine from did it
out of the crate, and that was 10 years ago, so....

It's a piss-easy mod, anyway, whatever it is.

--
K1100LT 955i 750SS CB400F CD250 CM200 SL125
GAGARPHOF#30 GHPOTHUF#1 BOTAFOT#60
The bells, the bells.....

AW

On Jul 27, 3:15 pm, chateau.murrayTAKETHIS...@dsl.pipex.com (The Older
Gentleman) wrote:
> Steve <stevelou...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > 1992 Ducati 750SS - is this a really dumb idea?
>
> Early ones had poor QC and single disc front ends.
>
> Go for a late model carb version: 1996-98. And they're probably the most
> solid bike that Ducati have built for decades.


*Don't* buy a 96 model. That was the year Ducati became virtually
bankrupt and was then bought out by Texas Pacific Group. Build
quality was patchy to say the least. Get a post-97 bike.

Nige

Steve wrote:
> On 27/7/07 07:14, in article
> 1i1weag.1sy4qh2ps8sbsN%alan@darkroom.+.com, "A.Lee"
> <alan@darkroom.+.com> wrote: <snip>
>> How cheap are they then?
> <snip>
> I just paid £900 for this 92 750 , mot'd till june 08....
> http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/1176/dscn0102dl8.jpg
>
> I need to change the belts though and fix that nasty self retracting
> sidestand.Anyone know of an online manual for these?
>
> Steve

I like that.

--
'World, my finger is on the button'

Nige

Land Rover Discovery (1995)
Honda CBR900RR Fireblade (1997)
Yamaha MT-03 (2006)
Kawasaki ZZR-1100 (1994)

A.Lee

Steve <steveloukes@hotmail.com> wrote:
> "A.Lee" <alan@darkroom.+.com> wrote:
> <snip>
> > How cheap are they then?
> <snip>
> I just paid £900 for this 92 750 , mot'd till june 08....
> http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/1176/dscn0102dl8.jpg

Wow, a bargain there looks like.
Alan.
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The Older Gentleman

AW <andrew_wegg@hotmail.com> wrote:

> On Jul 27, 3:15 pm, chateau.murrayTAKETHIS...@dsl.pipex.com (The Older
> Gentleman) wrote:
> > Steve <stevelou...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > > 1992 Ducati 750SS - is this a really dumb idea?
> >
> > Early ones had poor QC and single disc front ends.
> >
> > Go for a late model carb version: 1996-98. And they're probably the most
> > solid bike that Ducati have built for decades.
>
>
> *Don't* buy a 96 model. That was the year Ducati became virtually
> bankrupt and was then bought out by Texas Pacific Group. Build
> quality was patchy to say the least. Get a post-97 bike.

Mine's a late 1997, and has been brilliant.

--
K1100LT 955i 750SS CB400F CD250 CM200 SL125
GAGARPHOF#30 GHPOTHUF#1 BOTAFOT#60
The bells, the bells.....

The Older Gentleman

A.Lee <alan@darkroom.+.com> wrote:

> Steve <steveloukes@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > "A.Lee" <alan@darkroom.+.com> wrote:
> > <snip>
> > > How cheap are they then?
> > <snip>
> > I just paid £900 for this 92 750 , mot'd till june 08....
> > http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/1176/dscn0102dl8.jpg
>
> Wow, a bargain there looks like.

Not really, but a reasonably cheap foray into the Ducati 'thing'.


--
K1100LT 955i 750SS CB400F CD250 CM200 SL125
GAGARPHOF#30 GHPOTHUF#1 BOTAFOT#60
The bells, the bells.....

AW

(The Older Gentleman) wrote:

> > *Don't* buy a 96 model. That was the year Ducati became virtually
> > bankrupt and was then bought out by Texas Pacific Group. Build
> > quality was patchy to say the least. Get a post-97 bike.
>
> Mine's a late 1997, and has been brilliant.

So not a 96 model then. QED,though my last sentence should have been
"post-96", as anyfule no.

Grimly Curmudgeon

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember Steve <steveloukes@hotmail.com>
saying something like:

>I just paid £900 for this 92 750 , mot'd till june 08....
>http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/1176/dscn0102dl8.jpg

Not surprised it was cheap, with that oval front wheel.
--
Dave
GS850x2 XS650 SE6a

Teach a man to fish and he and his pikey mates will have the
river cleaned out in a day.

antonye

AW wrote:
>
> So not a 96 model then. QED,though my last sentence
> should have been "post-96", as anyfule no.

But my 96 600SS has done 35K miles and then got
raced without any problems...

--
Antony

Wicked Uncle Nigel

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, antonye
<antonye@ukrm.net> typed
>AW wrote:
>>
>> So not a 96 model then. QED,though my last sentence
>> should have been "post-96", as anyfule no.
>
>But my 96 600SS has done 35K miles and then got
>raced without any problems...

You silly man. If you'd bought a post-97, you wouldn't have a busted
collarbone.

Go on then, prove me wrong!

--
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WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
SBS#39 OMF#6 Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (Falling apart) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"
Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single" Honda ST1100 wiv trailer Norton 850 Commando

AW

On Jul 29, 6:53 pm, antonye <anto...@ukrm.net> wrote:
> AW wrote:
>
> > So not a 96 model then. QED,though my last sentence
> > should have been "post-96", as anyfule no.
>
> But my 96 600SS has done 35K miles and then got
> raced without any problems...


Exception that proves the rule then! I guess any 96s still going
should have had any problems shown up by now. I'd still be cautious
with a bike from that period though as I was told by one of the new
TPG management team that Ducati had been buying from a variety of
suppliers of variable reliability as their lines of credit ran out
with their older established suppliers.

Steve

On 29/7/07 13:46, in article
1i20m1t.8ubuqfggjr1qN%chateau.murrayTAKETHISOUT@ds l.pipex.com, "The Older
Gentleman" <chateau.murrayTAKETHISOUT@dsl.pipex.com> wrote:

> Don't be a pikey - buy a Haynes BOL. As for the sidestand, IIRC it's
> just a matter of a longer bolt, but the dealer I bought mine from did it
> out of the crate, and that was 10 years ago, so....
>
> It's a piss-easy mod, anyway, whatever it is.
Ta - seems its a bolt with a shallow head to allow the spring to pass over
it.
I am terribly pikey though and found the official 91-96 workshop manual as a
pdf.
Its 187mb - if you want a copy its here:
http://www.repairmanualclub.com

Steve

1936 BSA B18 , 1979 Guzzi T4
1992 750SS , 1994 R1100GS
1999 VN800 Drifter

antonye

Wicked Uncle Nigel wrote:
>
> You silly man. If you'd bought a post-97, you wouldn't
> have a busted collarbone.
>
> Go on then, prove me wrong!

<fx: points to MY2000 748S in t'other garage>

--
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Wicked Uncle Nigel

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, antonye
<antonye@ukrm.net> typed
>Wicked Uncle Nigel wrote:
>>
>> You silly man. If you'd bought a post-97, you wouldn't
>> have a busted collarbone.
>>
>> Go on then, prove me wrong!
>
><fx: points to MY2000 748S in t'other garage>
>

Call that proof?

--
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WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
SBS#39 OMF#6 Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (Falling apart) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"
Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single" Honda ST1100 wiv trailer Norton 850 Commando

antonye

Wicked Uncle Nigel wrote:
> antonye wrote:
> >Wicked Uncle Nigel wrote:
>
> >> You silly man. If you'd bought a post-97, you wouldn't
> >> have a busted collarbone.
>
> >> Go on then, prove me wrong!
>
> ><fx: points to MY2000 748S in t'other garage>
>
> Call that proof?

<fx: points to 2003 620SSie motor in 96 600SS chassis>

--
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Wicked Uncle Nigel

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, antonye
<antonye@ukrm.net> typed
>Wicked Uncle Nigel wrote:
>> antonye wrote:
>> >Wicked Uncle Nigel wrote:
>>
>> >> You silly man. If you'd bought a post-97, you wouldn't
>> >> have a busted collarbone.
>>
>> >> Go on then, prove me wrong!
>>
>> ><fx: points to MY2000 748S in t'other garage>
>>
>> Call that proof?
>
><fx: points to 2003 620SSie motor in 96 600SS chassis>

Circumstantial.

--
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WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
SBS#39 OMF#6 Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (Falling apart) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"
Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single" Honda ST1100 wiv trailer Norton 850 Commando