Registration No: DL02 UEV
Frame No: ZDMH200AA2B021283
Engine No: ZDM999W4*000644*
CC: 999
MOT: None

• Rare 998R homologation special number 635/700
• Formerly part of the Carlo Saltarelli collection in Italy
• Only showing 142km on the speedo, supplied with aV5C

Ducati was established in 1926 by Antonio Ducati and his sons, initially producing electrical components. After WW2 they moved into motorcycles with the Cucciola, essentially a pushbike with a clip-on engine but by the 1960s had become associated with performance bikes selling a range of sporty 250 and 350 singles. In response to the demand for larger capacity bikes chief engineer Fabio Taglioni designed the classic V Twin bevel drive engine first used in the 1971 GT750. This proved to be an immediate success, helped considerably by Paul Smart’s win in the 1972 Imola 200 race. This started a long tradition of race-winning V twins that have gone on to dominate World Superbike racing over the years.

The 998R was a limited edition model with only 700 being made to satisfy the homologation requirements to allow it to be raced in the World Superbike Championship. The factory F02 version of the 998R won 14 out of 27 races in the 2001 championship ridden by Troy Bayliss, Ben Bostrom, Rueben Xaus and Neil Hodgson with Bayliss taking the championship in front of Colin Edwards Honda. The 998R had different crankcases from the standard 998, with a deeper oil sump and a more radical cam with an oversquare 104x58.8 mm bore and stroke. This bike, number 635 of the 700 made, was bought by the vendor in 2012 at a RM auction in Monaco of Carlo Saltarelli's collection of Ducatis. Saltarelli was a Ducati factory test rider, racer and dealer, who had put together an incredible selection of bikes over a 30 year period. The bike has been started recently but it will need some recommissioning before use. Supplied with a current V5C.

For more information, please contact:
Ian Cunningham
ian.cunningham@handh.co.uk
07415 871189