> > So, having decided to sell the ST4 that I bought last winter (lovely
> > bike, just don't ride it enough to justify it) and having gotten the
> > race trailer and bikes out of sight (if not out of mind) I am, yes,
> > thinking of pulling the trigger again.
> > This time is is another moldie-oldie repeat that is murmering away at
> > my subconscious. A near perfect Yamaha SR500 thumper, to be exact.
> > I have owned two of these in the past, one a hot-rod that I built, and
> > another a near-stocker that I bought, fixed up, and sold while I still
> > had the hot-rod.
> > With the hot-rod, I went too far fro streetability, and ruined it for
> > casual use. The guy I sold it to turned it into a vintage racer.
> > Some of you may recall that I bought it back and later re-sold it for
> > the same reason I did in the first place - too high-strung for normal
> > street use.
> > But this one I'm considering is stock and original down to the exhaust
> > and reflectors on the bike. Always has been kept indoors, it is in
> > better condition than even the hotrod was.
> > I'm giving my 1967 Honda CL90 to my niece for her birthday next month,
> > so between that and selling off the ST4, there will be plenty of room
> > in the garage. And, I'll buy the bike with cash, fly out to the
> > owner's place, and ride it back: a nice 2-3 day ride on an old kick-
> > start-only thumper should be the cat's meow, don't you agree?
> What do you want for the ST4? What upgrades are on it? Any suspension kit?
> I am thinking I would like that bike :-) And I would get to ride from VA to
> WA on it.
The good:
2001 model, yellow (well known as the fastest Ducati color)
I'll be putting it on eBay for $2500 opening bid and no reserve.
It is stock, except for MPL frame plugs, T-Rex racing nylon front fork
sliders, a pristine, oem ST3 seat, a dark smoke, taller Zero Gravity
windscreen, Heli bars, carbon fiber top fork yoke beauty cover, carbon
fiber heel guards, billet aluminum countershaft sprocket cover, carbon
fiber (closed) clutch cover, carbon fiber tank protector, and the
infamous self-retracting sidestand has been modified.
It has good Pirelli Diablo Corsa III tires (date code rear 30th week
2006; front 19th week od 2007), recent full service including belts
and valve adjustment, and is showing just over 15,000 miles. Complete
service history, owners manuals, toolkit, factory U-lock and keys.
The cosmetically bad:
Has left-side tip-over damage consisting of
1. scuffing on the black part of the saddlebag,
2. a 2 inch vertical crack in a re-painted (originally red) left side
center fairing panel just above the "D" in the "Ducato ST4" lettering
3. a 1-1.25 inch crack on the inside (rider's side) of the left side
of the fairing nose,
4. cracked left turn signal lens, but I have bought and will a
replacement, new, oem lens to replace it (turn signal works fine)
5. properly touched up scratches on the leading edge of the left side
mirror
6. neither inner fairing lower side beauty panels (surround the lower
edge of the instrument panel and hide the fuse box on the left and the
radiator overflow tank on the right) are installed; I have two
duplicate new, oem right-side covers, and the original, cracked oem
left side beauty cover, neither of which can be installed until the
fairing is removed and the left upper fairing bracket is bent back
into position or replaced. It leaves the top part of the fairing
slightly skewed inwards and down (guessing about 3/4's of an inch off
true.)
Also has:
1. a replacement pristine oem painted ST4S (mismatched lettering, but
not paint) right side center fairing panel,
2. . a single small (about 3/4-inch) scratch near the gas filler cap
on the gas tank that have been properly touched up with the correct
color yellow touch-up paint,
3. a well-hidden vertical gouge on the black plastic chain guard
behind the left saddlebag where a previous owner bolted the left-side
muffler on with a too-long bolt that scraped the chain guard when the
suspension was compressed. The bolt has been replaced with a proper
length replacement.
4. scratch in the black plastic part of the right saddlebag,
5. sun-yellowed, crazed plastic coating on oem Brembo brake lever
Functionally, the only problem with the bike is a randomly misbehaving
sidestand down switch that prevents the starter motor button from
engaging. I'm tracking that down and planning to fix it before the
bike goes up for sale.
Runs great, oem suspension is 3-way adjustable front and rear. Rode
it back to back with my buddy's ST4S with Ohlins and it comported
itself quite well.
Pix available upon request.
> yellow (well known as the fastest Ducati color)
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>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> > So, having decided to sell the ST4 that I bought last winter (lovely
>> > bike, just don't ride it enough to justify it) and having gotten the
>> > race trailer and bikes out of sight (if not out of mind) I am, yes,
>> > thinking of pulling the trigger again.
>>
>> > This time is is another moldie-oldie repeat that is murmering away at
>> > my subconscious. A near perfect Yamaha SR500 thumper, to be exact.
>> > I have owned two of these in the past, one a hot-rod that I built, and
>> > another a near-stocker that I bought, fixed up, and sold while I still
>> > had the hot-rod.
>>
>> > With the hot-rod, I went too far fro streetability, and ruined it for
>> > casual use. The guy I sold it to turned it into a vintage racer.
>> > Some of you may recall that I bought it back and later re-sold it for
>> > the same reason I did in the first place - too high-strung for normal
>> > street use.
>>
>> > But this one I'm considering is stock and original down to the exhaust
>> > and reflectors on the bike. Always has been kept indoors, it is in
>> > better condition than even the hotrod was.
>>
>> > I'm giving my 1967 Honda CL90 to my niece for her birthday next month,
>> > so between that and selling off the ST4, there will be plenty of room
>> > in the garage. And, I'll buy the bike with cash, fly out to the
>> > owner's place, and ride it back: a nice 2-3 day ride on an old kick-
>> > start-only thumper should be the cat's meow, don't you agree?
>>
>> What do you want for the ST4? What upgrades are on it? Any suspension
>> kit?
>>
>> I am thinking I would like that bike :-) And I would get to ride from VA
>> to
>> WA on it.
> The good:
> 2001 model, yellow (well known as the fastest Ducati color)
> I'll be putting it on eBay for $2500 opening bid and no reserve.
> It is stock, except for MPL frame plugs, T-Rex racing nylon front fork
> sliders, a pristine, oem ST3 seat, a dark smoke, taller Zero Gravity
> windscreen, Heli bars, carbon fiber top fork yoke beauty cover, carbon
> fiber heel guards, billet aluminum countershaft sprocket cover, carbon
> fiber (closed) clutch cover, carbon fiber tank protector, and the
> infamous self-retracting sidestand has been modified.
> It has good Pirelli Diablo Corsa III tires (date code rear 30th week
> 2006; front 19th week od 2007), recent full service including belts
> and valve adjustment, and is showing just over 15,000 miles. Complete
> service history, owners manuals, toolkit, factory U-lock and keys.
> The cosmetically bad:
> Has left-side tip-over damage consisting of
> 1. scuffing on the black part of the saddlebag,
> 2. a 2 inch vertical crack in a re-painted (originally red) left side
> center fairing panel just above the "D" in the "Ducato ST4" lettering
> 3. a 1-1.25 inch crack on the inside (rider's side) of the left side
> of the fairing nose,
> 4. cracked left turn signal lens, but I have bought and will a
> replacement, new, oem lens to replace it (turn signal works fine)
> 5. properly touched up scratches on the leading edge of the left side
> mirror
> 6. neither inner fairing lower side beauty panels (surround the lower
> edge of the instrument panel and hide the fuse box on the left and the
> radiator overflow tank on the right) are installed; I have two
> duplicate new, oem right-side covers, and the original, cracked oem
> left side beauty cover, neither of which can be installed until the
> fairing is removed and the left upper fairing bracket is bent back
> into position or replaced. It leaves the top part of the fairing
> slightly skewed inwards and down (guessing about 3/4's of an inch off
> true.)
> Also has:
> 1. a replacement pristine oem painted ST4S (mismatched lettering, but
> not paint) right side center fairing panel,
> 2. . a single small (about 3/4-inch) scratch near the gas filler cap
> on the gas tank that have been properly touched up with the correct
> color yellow touch-up paint,
> 3. a well-hidden vertical gouge on the black plastic chain guard
> behind the left saddlebag where a previous owner bolted the left-side
> muffler on with a too-long bolt that scraped the chain guard when the
> suspension was compressed. The bolt has been replaced with a proper
> length replacement.
> 4. scratch in the black plastic part of the right saddlebag,
> 5. sun-yellowed, crazed plastic coating on oem Brembo brake lever
> Functionally, the only problem with the bike is a randomly misbehaving
> sidestand down switch that prevents the starter motor button from
> engaging. I'm tracking that down and planning to fix it before the
> bike goes up for sale.
> Runs great, oem suspension is 3-way adjustable front and rear. Rode
> it back to back with my buddy's ST4S with Ohlins and it comported
> itself quite well.
> Pix available upon request.
What motor does it have? 996?
I am semi interested now, know that it will cost me >$1K just to get the
plastics in order.
I was really hoping it was an ST4S.
I was also hoping it was a few years younger.
I agree that yellow is the fastest!
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On Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:25:51 -0700 (PDT), "tomorrow@erols.com"
>So, having decided to sell the ST4 that I bought last winter (lovely
>bike, just don't ride it enough to justify it) and having gotten the
>race trailer and bikes out of sight (if not out of mind) I am, yes,
>thinking of pulling the trigger again.
>This time is is another moldie-oldie repeat that is murmering away at
>my subconscious. A near perfect Yamaha SR500 thumper, to be exact.
>I have owned two of these in the past, one a hot-rod that I built, and
>another a near-stocker that I bought, fixed up, and sold while I still
>had the hot-rod.
>With the hot-rod, I went too far fro streetability, and ruined it for
>casual use. The guy I sold it to turned it into a vintage racer.
>Some of you may recall that I bought it back and later re-sold it for
>the same reason I did in the first place - too high-strung for normal
>street use.
>But this one I'm considering is stock and original down to the exhaust
>and reflectors on the bike. Always has been kept indoors, it is in
>better condition than even the hotrod was.
>I'm giving my 1967 Honda CL90 to my niece for her birthday next month,
>so between that and selling off the ST4, there will be plenty of room
>in the garage. And, I'll buy the bike with cash, fly out to the
>owner's place, and ride it back: a nice 2-3 day ride on an old kick-
>start-only thumper should be the cat's meow, don't you agree?
I agree. Pull the trigger.
I'm still thinking about that old Yammy Enduro. Dude just will not
come down. :-(
> So, having decided to sell the ST4 that I bought last winter (lovely
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> > bike, just don't ride it enough to justify it) and having gotten the
> > race trailer and bikes out of sight (if not out of mind) I am, yes,
> > thinking of pulling the trigger again.
> > This time is is another moldie-oldie repeat that is murmering away at
> > my subconscious. A near perfect Yamaha SR500 thumper, to be exact.
> > I have owned two of these in the past, one a hot-rod that I built, and
> > another a near-stocker that I bought, fixed up, and sold while I still
> > had the hot-rod.
> > With the hot-rod, I went too far fro streetability, and ruined it for
> > casual use. The guy I sold it to turned it into a vintage racer.
> > Some of you may recall that I bought it back and later re-sold it for
> > the same reason I did in the first place - too high-strung for normal
> > street use.
> > But this one I'm considering is stock and original down to the exhaust
> > and reflectors on the bike. Always has been kept indoors, it is in
> > better condition than even the hotrod was.
> > I'm giving my 1967 Honda CL90 to my niece for her birthday next month,
> > so between that and selling off the ST4, there will be plenty of room
> > in the garage. And, I'll buy the bike with cash, fly out to the
> > owner's place, and ride it back: a nice 2-3 day ride on an old kick-
> > start-only thumper should be the cat's meow, don't you agree?
> What do you want for the ST4? What upgrades are on it? Any suspension kit?
> I am thinking I would like that bike :-) And I would get to ride from VA to
> WA on it.