A possible explanation could be that the original was replaced for a carbon one, and removed before selling. Pick one up from ebay for under 50 quid for carbon (sometimes cheaper if you get a bargain) or around 20 quid for a second-hand original.

And no, the 748s don't come with oil coolers as standard unless it was an SP, SPS or R model and sometimes they still didn't come with one! You'll find that Ducati work to what they have in stock so sometimes you get more than you should. They can be retro-fitted very easily, and you can take the parts off the 916/996 engine as they are exactly the same.

Enjoy!

Welcome

Pint of old fish tank water please.

As I'm on the wagon for a couple of days

2001 748s. No oil cooler on mine. In some ways you had a lucky escape with having the 996 nicked - it let you upgrade to the more accomplished 748! :roll:

I lost a f**kn' nice bike, well loved and everything you'd want done had been before I bought it, luckily I only I only lost the £500 excess...'cos of the crap summer turns out I only managed about 500 miles but they were all worth every single £1 in grins - the 748 is the same in all but a bit of grunt & a few cc's but f**k it, I'll enjoy having to push it a bit harder :bouncy::bouncy: - it's the shape of them I love, knocked me over when they came out & at the time I never dreamed I'd own one (was running a chopped Z650 at the time)...never did 'coming of age' make more sense than put into a bike context ;)

Thanks to the guys on here, my mind is at ease & I can't wait for Monday!

...anyways, too mushy there so I'm off to put the busa to bed then grabbing a beer & a bit of F1 qualy (sorry :rolleye:))

Feel for your loss. Had my 996 nicked on the first of September. Those concerned have been cursed to suffer painfully for eternity. Nothing prepares you for finding an empty space where your much loved bike once stood.

Any hoooo... good that you're getting another one. Hope it all goes well.

You can retrofit a oil cooler to a 748s that did not come with one as standard. A mate of mine did it.

...just re-read my message and have no idea where the s on the back of 748 came from - a freudian slip? There again it would probably have been an "r" not an "s".