Josh..

A copy of the "Ducati 851 & 888 Performance Portfolio" - by Brooklands Books (www.brooklands-books.com) - would be worth getting hold of. The first 30-40 pages are devoted primarily to the Tri-Colour machines.

Paolo Conti's "Ducati Superbikes - 851, 888, 916" also contains decent info. & photos. You'll find this book available through Amazon and many other on-line retailers.

Here's a couple of photos from it..

Another..

mmmmm :-) that looks like a must read for sure...

Ducati 851 & 888 Performance Portfolio" - by Brooklands Books located and ordered

You don't seem to have the correct, kit, swingarm. It should be braced. Just a thought.

Rgds, Rob

Hi Rob,

Another on here has looked at some beter pictures and believes it may be either a later 851 or 888 swingarm :-(

Still a great machine, a little more work than expected but i am sure it will be worth it...

Cheers, Josh

i would say that you have a 851 strada, but the bodywork is off a later model, without the paso style mirrors. if it has no indicators on the front either i'd say the bodywork is race stuff. the frame in silver is std for the tri-color. the marvics look ace but they definitely handle better with 17" wheels. keep an eye out for a pair of superlight marvics in 17", then it will look kinda original but will handle better and you can choose decent tyres.
cheers, paul.