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Proud new owner !
Posted: 27 Aug 2015, 16:11
by kingfixer
Well as of today I am the new owner of a 2003 Ducati 999s, went to look at it last Sunday and that was it, absolutely fantastic nick and a host of extras !! mainly BST Carbon wheels !! full 57mm Termi exhaust system ,PC111, clutch etc etc. A quick blast back today down the M4 back home, things to change already, need either a grippier seat or at least some grippy tank pads, the seat is very slippy. Didn't like the position of the pegs so may get some rearsets apart from that not a lot . Oh and the mirrors give the worst view ive had so far on a sportsbike
Only pic I have so far will take some more tonight
Re: Proud new owner !
Posted: 27 Aug 2015, 16:12
by Frankie
Lovely, only gutted I did not get to see in person, plenty of time for that
Re: Proud new owner !
Posted: 27 Aug 2015, 16:14
by Perkles
beautiful and carbon wheels = awesome
Re: Proud new owner !
Posted: 27 Aug 2015, 16:32
by Kwacky
I do like those. Looks in good nick as well.
Re: Proud new owner !
Posted: 27 Aug 2015, 17:41
by Blade
Very nice Mick. A very impressive stable now with the multi, Blade and 999.
Work hard, play hard I say. Enjoy them all
Re: Proud new owner !
Posted: 27 Aug 2015, 17:43
by TonyB
Nice!
Looks comfy
Re: Proud new owner !
Posted: 27 Aug 2015, 17:58
by D6Nutz
That's nice. One bike I would love to own, there is something about the stacked headlights I like.
Re: Proud new owner !
Posted: 27 Aug 2015, 18:06
by Blade
Is it the later model with the fabricated swing arm Mick or a cast swing arm ?
Re: Proud new owner !
Posted: 27 Aug 2015, 18:51
by kingfixer
Blade wrote:Is it the later model with the fabricated swing arm Mick or a cast swing arm ?
Mine has the cast swingarm, done a bit of research and I think the black swingarm is from 05 onwards.
Looks like a good mod to do but I think it's pretty hard to get hold of one. Something to think about for next year maybe.
Just gave it a clean
Re: Proud new owner !
Posted: 27 Aug 2015, 18:54
by Kwacky
Mint. Hopefully I'll get a closer look at it soon.
Re: Proud new owner !
Posted: 27 Aug 2015, 18:56
by kingfixer
Need to change that red chain
Re: Proud new owner !
Posted: 27 Aug 2015, 19:19
by Blade
Looks mint Mick
and looking at the size of those chicken strips I think it's had one extremely careful owner. Very nice purchase. Enjoy it.
Re: Proud new owner !
Posted: 27 Aug 2015, 19:25
by kingfixer
TO be fair to the previous owner he put some new rubber on he's only done about 200 miles on them.
Very happy with it, there a few stone chips etc but for its age its in extremely good condition, always fancied one so thought why the hell not !!
Re: Proud new owner !
Posted: 27 Aug 2015, 19:46
by duke63
Nice bike, Mick.
A man of perfect taste.
I did see your enquiry about it on the forum.
Re: Proud new owner !
Posted: 27 Aug 2015, 20:20
by Tricky
fantastic
great looking bit of kit
Re: Proud new owner !
Posted: 27 Aug 2015, 21:36
by edd1e
Lovely, I have always liked them. They had a hard life as they were probably the least liked evolution in the Ducati range, even more so following on from the 916/998.
Enjoy it mate, she looks mint.
Re: Proud new owner !
Posted: 28 Aug 2015, 15:04
by DaytonAndy
Nice!!!!!!!!
Re: Proud new owner !
Posted: 28 Aug 2015, 19:01
by Blade
I think they were also the most successful Ducati in wsbk too
Re: Proud new owner !
Posted: 28 Aug 2015, 19:09
by duke63
Blade wrote:I think they were also the most successful Ducati in wsbk too
That is mainly down to the 916 results being categorized differently to the 996 and 998.
I think the 916 on its own won about 2 races less than the 999 but if you add in 996 and 998 race wins it won nearly twice as many as the 999.
Re: Proud new owner !
Posted: 28 Aug 2015, 19:22
by Blade
So the 999 is the most successful Ducati wsbk in history then