Nigel - the 800's as Twpd says, were only made for a short while - as also the 750ie's too (which were only available here for 9 months from Nov 01 to end July 02)

Ducati just carried on using the 750ie engines, but they were given bigger bores.

You goin shoppin?:cool:

window shopping ! not quite ready to flash the cash yet just looking at the options , I'm not quite sold on the styling of the ss models yet.
S2R1000 looks nice but i saw today a ZX10 05 model only 500mls on the clock for less than £5995 a whole grand cheaper than the S2 .

Decisions Decisions :rolleye:

[Edited on 10-2-2006 by Nigel C]

Really?? £6k!!

Hrmmm ...

It's black as well best colour

Oh you bastid!

Local to you Nigel ... that'll be the one in Alfs then ?
I looked at it late last year, its in very clean condition, and looks as if it has just sat around for most of its short life. It'll need new tyres they feel so hard already. And they were asking absolute top money then so I didnt go any further.

They're a fair bit different. They weren't bored out - they were given longer strokes and hence different cranks. The 800 is/was a new engine. The 750's seem to deliver about 62-64bhp. My 800 is giving 77bhp without any pipes or filter mods yet so, I doubt that much extra comes from just 50cc. I'm looking forward to adding the performance bits - I have a feeling I can get 82-83bhp without much effort.

That's right - a stroked 750 !
It bucks the modern trend completely, but is in best ducati tradition.
It has the same valve size as the 900, and I believe the cnc machining on the ports is up to latest stanrads too, and with a much more modern cam design, with less overlap and higher lift so you get good mid-range _and_ good top end.
And its lighter then the 900 engine too.
Hmmm, perhaps I should fit one in the beast :eureka:

Here are the current prices for 800s
http://atsearch.autotrader.co.uk/WWW...&search=SEARCH

Thats the one! I thought £5995 was a good price seeing as they retailed new at over £8000 i'm really tempted but it depends on the px on my present bike i need to know how much cash i need to pay up minus the px value