1998 Ducati 916 SPS USAR

Very rare, very important bike. This bike was pickled (properly prepared for long term storage) about 15 years ago. It is very low milage, and has spent most of its life in the previous owners livingroom. Numbered, limited edition. Number 911.  It is priced as a non running bike, but is fully capable of being made road worthy.

The Ducati 916 was a fully faired sports motorcycle that debuted in 1994 and continued production until 1998. Over its production time, the bike remained essentially unchanged and was delivered in several versions, like the Ducati 916 SPS.

In 1998, the Italian motorcycle manufacturer launched the Ducati 916SPS, a sports machine that packed a race-derived suspension package and delivered more power and torque compared to the base model.

In the suspension department, the 1998 Ducati 916SPS packed a fully adjustable USD TiN-coated Ohlins fork on the front with 127 mm wheel travel and an adjustable Ohlins shock absorber with a progressive linkage and 130 mm wheel travel on the rear.

The braking power was achieved by two 320 mm discs with four-piston calipers on the front wheel and a 220 mm disc with a dual-piston caliper on the front wheel, offering excellent stopping power.

Underneath its full fairing, the 1998 Ducati 916SPS had a 996cc four-stroke V-twin liquid-cooled engine with an electronically controlled fuel injection system feeding the pistons, delivering an output power of 124 hp at 9,500 rpm and 99 Nm (73 lb-ft) torque at 7,000 rpm.

All the power produced by the engine was transferred to a six-speed manual transmission with a dry multi-plate clutch and a final chain drive, pushing the machine to a top speed of 269 kph (167 mph).