Description
This lot will be auctioned via Iconic Auctioneers, The Shuttleworth Summer Motorcycle Sale 2024 on Sunday the 14th of July, Shuttleworth, Old Warden Park, Beds, SG18 9EP .
The Ducati 996 was available from 1999 for only three years before being replaced by the 998
It carried over the classic Tamburini design from the legendary 916
SPS stands for Sport Production Special and the bike was as close to a race bike as you could get for the road, featuring an adjustable headstock for quick steering-angle changes
Lighter and more powerful than the standard bike, using a dual-injector per cylinder intake and a new carbon airbox along with lighter engine parts and titanium and carbon fibre chassis parts
Lightweight wheels with Showa fully adjustable forks and Ohlins adjustable rear shock
Fitted with Termignoni carbon fibre exhausts (original silencers supplied)
Current V5C with all owners handbooks and some history