Members Bike - John's Ducati 996s

**john** · 26 Apr 07, 03:26 PM

Hope this works
Here is my nearly finished bike , ex race bike for the road , whole lot of hassle from the DVLA , painter put tank decals on wrong . Ah well , gunna ride all summer as is . Its loud as war .

**john** · 26 Apr 07, 03:31 PM

There's a couple more pics in my personal gallery , will take more the weekend.

**FISSO** · 26 Apr 07, 07:02 PM

Nice looking bike you got there John...good to see it in it's original colours, not full of race stickers!!! 8)

Nice shiny pipes too!!!

What make is the rear wheel?
Can't quite make it out on my laptop!

Just in time for summer too.....enjoy, and maybe see you and the bike around the meets!

Fisso

**john** · 26 Apr 07, 08:01 PM

Factory magnesium , the real deal .

**Duke996special** · 27 Apr 07, 06:28 AM

Nice looking bike John,

Is it a 996 or 916 mate as I notice it's got 916 forks? ""You've just gotta love those wheels.""

**bounce** · 27 Apr 07, 07:55 AM

very cool. loud is good

**john** · 27 Apr 07, 10:32 AM

Yeah , the forks that were on the bike when i got it were corroded beyond belief , turning to dust they were , this was the cheapest option , well spotted !

**john** · 20 May 07, 08:07 PM

Answering my own posts here !
Bike hit 170 on the clock today if your interested in what it'll do
Fasted i ever been on a bike , not telling you where.

**Peachyffm** · 23 May 07, 09:10 PM

is that the MV augusta rear? and how do you polish those pipes like that?

**Strada916** · 24 May 07, 06:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by john

Answering my own posts here !
Bike hit 170 on the clock today if your interested in what it'll do
Fasted i ever been on a bike , not telling you where.

You can get new clocks on eBay

**john** · 25 May 07, 09:37 PM

to answer peach bum , yes its an MV rear end , the pipes i dont know because when i got the bike they were like that .
And as i said 170 on the CLOCK , i would not believe any set of clocks to read correct around those speeds .
But as a footnote , i had a tuned priller RSVR and it was'nt as fast on same stretch of road ( good for 165 ) .
dont believe me , come for a ride with me !

**Mr.R** · 26 May 07, 12:27 AM

Hi,
My monies on John, that's one very fast 996sps.....
.I've followed it!
A mate of mine who works on Dukes and rides them before handing them back to the owners, ( he's quick and has ridden quite a few 996's) did some service work on John's sps.
He told me about a 996 that he'd test rode.....
Saying it was the fastest 996 he'd ever rode, he didn't know that i know John,
but told me the tale as he knows my Dukes are quick.
Now my tuned 851/916sp is quite a fast bike, but John's seems to have a fair bit of grunt. I think it probably does pull around 170+mph.
I'd love to have a look inside his motor and get my clocks/gauges on it to see what who ever built it has done.......
How long it will last is another question???? But until it goes BANG i think it's one of the fastest 996sps's on the road in the West country
.And John doesn't hang around!
If it does go pop, come and see me John, i think i can make it faster and maybe more reliable!........
It would then have the 'Qudos' of being built in Steve's shed! :wink:
The home of some VERY FAST DUCATI'S! and some very nice cider!

Steve

**john** · 26 May 07, 11:06 PM

would like to take up the offer Steve . You can have the bike ( i'm fighting myself against giving it a name , grown attached to it you know ) soon as summer is done with
or maybe sooner if he/she starts to run rough
but being a pilgrim i like my cider chilled
which would help the watering of the plants out back