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Aussie 905cc with Pete Smith / Epicycle crank.

Top pic as restored, bottom pic as raced in period.

2025 Aussie Historic Championship @ Broadford

📷 Carole Fear

RIP Grant Vinten.

750 Sport, Leda leathers.

Currently for sale in Australia;

" 1986 Ducati F1 750 race bike. Log booked Period 6. The bike is fully sorted and ready to race, with all the paraphernalia needed to just take it to the track and go. I’ve owned the bike for the past 12 years and have spent more time and money than I care to think about, getting it to the stage it’s at now. Sadly, the bike is easy to improve but the human body definitely has its limitations, which is my reason for selling it.

The F1 had a very limited production run and is widely regarded as one of the peaks in Ducati’s race-bred road bikes. This one was turned into a race bike pretty much as soon as it arrived in Australia from Italy, being raced under various sponsor’s names in NSW and Victoria before being brought to South Australia where it was extensively modified and continued to be raced as a 905cc.

It has proved to be very fast and sweet handling, and with a dry weight of just 145kg it is a delight to ride and steer.

Lightweight 17 inch Astralite wheels

Marzocchi M1R forks

Brembo 32/34 calipers with 300mm discs

Balanced crank

Carrillo rods

Custom 12:1 pistons

Sports Motorcycle cams and adjustable pulleys

“Tubbed” cylinder heads

Flowed heads with larger valves.

New 40mm DellOrto carbs

Sachse digital ignition and coils

Epicycle swingarm (allowing a larger rear tyre)

The bike comes with thousands of dollars worth of spares, which include an Epicycle 905cc crankshaft and all associated, custom made hardware such as spacer plates and pulleys; a brand new cylinder head complete with cams and valves, a set of unused genuine Ducati round tooth cam pulleys, alternator and sidecover (the bike runs a total loss ignition system but can be easily refitted with the supplied charging system), 2 analogue tachos plus drive cable, a pair of 40mm DellOrto carbs, a set of original cams, a pair of 88mm standard pistons and rings. "