Ducati 750 GT for sale
SELLER SAYS: Australian delivered with two owners. Full restoration with complete engine and gearbox rebuild by Vee Two Engineering which includes 810cc kit. Just needs a chain and final tune. Contact Rob on 0412 071 851 (Perth, Western Australia)
EDITOR TERLICK SAYS: Ducati guru Ian Falloon’s much-loved “Original Ducati Sport & Super Sport – The Restorer’s Guide” is one of the most well-worn books in my library. It’s a marvellous guide, full of facts and insights that Falloon has accumulated over many years of Ducati research. It slowly and painstakingly documents the evolution of the twin-cylinder Ducati sports bike, ending with the final big bevel-drive Duke, the 1000cc (Mille) Mike Hailwood Replica. So, guess what’s Chapter One? Yep — the 750 GT. This is where Ducati’s glory days began; when it morphed from European small-bike curio to global pin-up machine. Ducatis had always been beautiful to look at and glorious to ride, and the marque won many a racetrack trophy with its single-cylinder engines. But the brand wasn’t really taken seriously until it released the 750 — it’s first L-twin — to take on Japan’s then-new generation of multi-cylinder machines and the various respondents. And the 750 GT was a hit from the start. Simple, light and fast it created both a worthy competitor for the big Jap bikes but also an engineering and stylistic differentiator, it’s impeccable handling and wonderful L-twin motor going toe-to-toe with the multis for many a year. This bike of Rob’s looks like a stunning example of one of history’s most memorable bikes, with just some finishing off for the road (or another coat of carnauba wax and Autosol for the man cave). Beautiful.
