Description
National Motorcycle Museum | Solihull, West Midlands
Viewing: 25th March 2025 from 1PM
Auction: 26th March 2025 - 9:00AM
2000 Ducati ST4
No Reserve
Registration No: X575 UOW
Frame No: 2D5200AAWB000522
MOT: None
Desmoquattro 916 engined sports tourer
Includes a pair of genuine Ducati panniers
Supplied with a workshop manual and a V5C
Ducati was established in 1926 by Antonnio 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, Ducati's chief engineer Fabio Taglioni designed the classic V-twin bevel drive engine first used in the 1971 GT750. An immediate success, helped considerably by Paul Smart’s win in the 1972 Imola 200 race, started a tradition of race-winning V-twins that have gone on to dominate World Superbike racing over the years. The ST4 was launched in 1996 to offer a sports touring alternative to Ducati's out and out race replica bikes using a four-valve Desmoquattro motor derived from the 916, retuned to suit the ST model.
This ST4, being offered at 'no reserve', is from a deceased estate so not much is known of its history. Not run for a few years it will need a new battery and recommissioning before use, however, the bike is presented in a very original condition and is still fitted with the original ZDM-B17 stamped silencers. It is being offered together with a pair of colour matched genuine Ducati QD panniers and a flip-up screen as well as a genuine workshop manual, a couple of old MOTs and a current V5C.
