Get out of it Frank! I can see your avatar, and you're hangin' so far off that bike you must have removed half your femur..... :D

:D Thanks for the nice comment but, totally removing both femurs hasnt helped much....

Felt good at Cadwell though !

Franko

Will yer look at the curves on FiscusFish's lovely yellow Superlight. What a beaut the carby SS/L is from that angle. And I've got one, but it still makes me dribble when I see a photo like that :P

And unfortunately it looks nothing like that anymore.... :sniff::sniff::sniff:

Although the SL is a dated machine, I for one still feel it looks superb from any angle, is deffo a future classic and would only part with mine in exchange for an 888

As for values, I looked at many mint piles of shite till I found mine, If you are in no rush the right buyer will come along who will pay a decent price for the right bike, trouble with ebay is that a lot of people are after summat for nowt:(:(:(

Good luck with the sale

Ian

Hi Guys - I think you all make very good points....except for the slab sided bit ! Tsshh! A mate of mine summed up the 'old' carby SS very nicely when he described it as one of the last hand-built Ducatis ! As for those lines - yep - pure Italian style – they are half of the reason I got into Ducati in the first place.

Bottom line is that ebay buyers expect to pay trade money for vehicles - and often they do - until two (one is no good) enthusiasts come along and bid against each other. Example: 1979 Honda CR390 red rocket dirt bike. Normal money in biketrader would be about a grand for what is a nice collectable motocross bike. This one, beautifully original 2 owner bike - £2200 on ebay. Justice !

I'm selling the FE because I've bought another bike - but if I can't sell it this season (which I have to admit is pretty much over now), then hey I'll keep it till next year and maybe get a few more miles out of it in the spring ! I still love the old dog, so I will wait for the money it deserves really. Guess I’ll have to add it to the 1962 Volvo, 1977 Fiat Spider, 1987 Merc SL, 1993 RM250 (virtually unused) and 1976 Kwacker KT250 trials twin-shock – I’m a hoarder see – hate selling anything !

Piccies
 

Sorry - forgot to add a photo or two:

another piccie
 

hmmm...\"slab\" indeed !
 

LukeDuke:

The problem with getting the what you want for the FE is that most people will not know about all the incremental improvements on the FE over the SL I-V. To most, they all look the same except for the silver color.

The time of year and economy these days doesn't help either.

If you can wait for the right buyer looking for that clean FE, you should be able to sell it for your price.

Some gratuitous pics... :)