Description
H&H Classic Auction @ National Motorcycle Museum | Solihull, West Midlands
3rd July, 2024 13:00
1997 Ducati Monster M900
Standard and mostly original condition
Estimate
£2, 250 - £2, 750
Registration No: R748 NGF
Frame No: ZDM900M* 015102
MOT: July 25
900cc model of Ducatis famous monster range
Fitted with a Piug flyscreen and Carbon end cans
Supplied with 12 months MOT and a current V5C
Ducati was established in 1926 by Antonio Ducati and his sons, initially producing electrical components. After WW2 they moved into motorcycles with the Cucciola, essentially a pushbike with a clip-on engine. By the 60s they had become associated with performance bikes selling a range of sporty 250 and 350 singles. In response to the demand for larger capacity bikes chief engineer Fabio Taglioni designed the classic V Twin bevel drive engine first used in the 1971 GT750. This proved to be an immediate success, helped considerably by Paul Smart’s win in the 1972 Imola 200 race. This started a tradition of race-winning V twins that have gone on to dominate World Superbike racing over the years. The unfaired Monster began as a styling exercise in 1992, designed by Miguel Angel Galluzzi, and it took time to convince the management at Ducati to build it. The model became an immediate success and has gone down in history as the bike that saved Ducati due to its popularity and cheap development costs with over 300, 000 having been produced.
This 1997 Monster 900 has been part of an enthusiast's small private collection for the last 5 years and has been his go to bike for weekend runs. It is supplied in mostly standard condition fitted with a Puig sports flyscreen and Carbon covered end cans. A well equipped bike as standard with Brembo brake calipers gripping some recent EBC front disc together with upside down front forks you get the character of a Ducati in a fairly simple package. The bike is fitted with a rare dashboard that incorporates a Rizom clock and will come with a fresh MOT carried out shortly before the auction date and a current V5C.
