Description
Ducati 996 Biposto
Superb original condition
Low Mileage
Supplied fully serviced with fresh MOT
Solid investment, superb motorcycle.
Just out of the workshop this is a wonderful motorcycle that should prove a solid investment. Fully serviced and ready to ride. A modern classic.
History
Ducati was reborn in the ’90s, a resurgence brought about by two models. Firstly, the simple and unique (at the time) M900 Monster became an unexpected sales success, saving the firm’s financial bacon at a time when its future could have gone either way. The other machine that underpinned Ducati’s future success was the 916 superbike. Achingly gorgeous to look at and a weapon on track, the 916 and its 996/ 998 derivatives stole hearts in the showroom and won no less than six WSB titles over a glorious eight-year run.
Numerous replacements have come and gone since the 998 bowed out at the end of 2002 – Ducati even tried reinventing the 916’s styling with the 1098, after the less than pretty 999 was retired at the end of 2006 – but no model since has matched the 916’s blend of beauty, performance and appeal. As such, this family of V-twins are arguably the most desirable Italian modern classics. What’s more, they’re still affordable, too, in Biposto form at least…
A 916 is as exciting to ride as it is gratifying to look at, and once you step on board there’s little doubt about the bike’s intent. The racing DNA is unmistakable. Previous 851/ 888 superbikes were spacious armchairs by comparison: with a 916 it’s head down, arse up, and ten-tenths riding is very much the order of the day.
Ridden as intended a 916/ 996/ 998 will sweep aside corners and curves with delicious ease, while emitting a glorious V-twin soundtrack laced with racing pedigree. Other V-twin superbikes are faster, more powerful, more sophisticated, but none tread the line between character, modernity and sheer pin-point brilliance as ruthlessly or effectively as these Bologna classics.
