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Started by ducatiz, June 24, 2012, 06:38:06 PM

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ducatiz

#30
June 25, 2012, 09:24:47 AM
Quote from: Curmudgeon on June 25, 2012, 09:11:42 AM
Interesting! Then the three dealers I used at the time just never bothered with them.

Yeah, my 1983 TL has a Berliner plate and a 7 digit VIN.  I thought the full length VINs were required on motorcycles after 1981.... 
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"Yelling out of cars, turning your speakers out the window to blast your music onto the street, setting off M-80 firecrackers, firing automatic weapons into the airâ€"these are all well and good. But none of them create a merry atmosphere of insouciance and bonhomie quite like a revving motorcycle.

Curmudgeon

#31
June 25, 2012, 10:28:03 AM
Quote from: ducatiz on June 25, 2012, 09:24:47 AM
Yeah, my 1983 TL has a Berliner plate and a 7 digit VIN.  I thought the full length VINs were required on motorcycles after 1981.... 

Well..., with Berliner, anything is possible.  ;) The place was just a hole-in-the-wall to begin with and was mostly empty unless they had just gotten in 50 - 100 crated bikes. Cosmo in Hatboro was similar, both mom-and-pops.  ;) I can even see a case where Berliner might have just cut a plate for a friend to make DMV easier on a bike which was privately imported. Just one of those mysteries. Reno might recall because he was working there at the time but everybody else is long gone.
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ducatiz

#32
June 25, 2012, 10:30:49 AM
Quote from: Curmudgeon on June 25, 2012, 10:28:03 AM
Well..., with Berliner, anything is possible.  ;) The place was just a hole-in-the-wall to begin with and was mostly empty unless they had just gotten in 50 - 100 crated bikes. Cosmo in Hatboro was similar, both mom-and-pops.  ;) I can even see a case where Berliner might have just cut a plate for a friend to make DMV easier on a bike which was privately imported. Just one of those mysteries. Reno might recall because he was working there at the time but everybody else is long gone.

I got a letter from Ducati for this bike after I got it -- they said it was a US spec bike from the factory.  There you have it...

I needed the letter because the seller had it registered as a 1976 model ???
Check out my oil filter forensics thread!                     Offended? Click here
"Yelling out of cars, turning your speakers out the window to blast your music onto the street, setting off M-80 firecrackers, firing automatic weapons into the airâ€"these are all well and good. But none of them create a merry atmosphere of insouciance and bonhomie quite like a revving motorcycle.

Curmudgeon

#33
June 25, 2012, 10:32:07 AM
Quote from: BerettaMato on June 25, 2012, 09:23:33 AM
Ya I will have to learn more and talk to some collectors and vintage owners. I think this would be a good investment for my tax return. I could have a lot of fun with one. Thanks for the input and let me know if you come across one for sale.

Good restorations can be sink holes, so I hope you have deep pockets if you want the end result to look anything like this! http://www.ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=20478.msg959587#msg959587
2011 796 ABS "Pantah" - Rizoma Bar, 14T, Tech Spec, Ohlins DU-737, Evaps removed, Sargent Seat, Pantah skins

ducatiz

#34
June 25, 2012, 10:33:38 AM
Quote from: Curmudgeon on June 25, 2012, 10:32:07 AM
Good restorations can be sink holes, so I hope you have deep pockets if you want the end result to look anything like this! http://www.ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=20478.msg959587#msg959587

that Mk3 was sitting in DucatiSoho for about a year a long while back.  fully restored bike, beautiful.  i was there when the owner/seller came in and cranked it up out front once..  nice roar from a little scooter
Check out my oil filter forensics thread!                     Offended? Click here
"Yelling out of cars, turning your speakers out the window to blast your music onto the street, setting off M-80 firecrackers, firing automatic weapons into the airâ€"these are all well and good. But none of them create a merry atmosphere of insouciance and bonhomie quite like a revving motorcycle.

Curmudgeon

#35
June 25, 2012, 10:45:32 AM
Interesting. Did it have a VA antique plate on it then too? Did watch the owner ride it away. Sounded OK. Nothing like my fully faired 1965 Works factory road racer which ran with only a tail/brake light and a PA plate but nothing else!  ;) Somehow never DID get pulled..., which was a miracle. (Frank Kiss who raced Triumphs bought it from me 6 months later when I bought an R26 for long distance. You do crazy stuff when you're 19.  ;))
2011 796 ABS "Pantah" - Rizoma Bar, 14T, Tech Spec, Ohlins DU-737, Evaps removed, Sargent Seat, Pantah skins

ducatiz

#36
June 25, 2012, 11:04:31 AM
No plate that I remember. 
Check out my oil filter forensics thread!                     Offended? Click here
"Yelling out of cars, turning your speakers out the window to blast your music onto the street, setting off M-80 firecrackers, firing automatic weapons into the airâ€"these are all well and good. But none of them create a merry atmosphere of insouciance and bonhomie quite like a revving motorcycle.

Monsterlover

#37
June 25, 2012, 01:22:17 PM
Nice collection.

When American Pickers come to your place, please post pics

;D
"The Vincent was like a bullet that went straight; the Ducati is like the magic bullet in Dallas that went sideways and hit JFK and the Governor of Texas at the same time."--HST    **"A man who works with his hands is a laborer.  A man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman.  A man who works with his hands, brains, and heart is an artist."  -Louis Nizer**

ducatiz

#38
June 25, 2012, 01:33:50 PM
Quote from: Monsterlover on June 25, 2012, 01:22:17 PM
Nice collection.

When American Pickers come to your place, please post pics

;D

My wife is a devotee of zen/feng shui.  We have 1 TV in the house, no coffee or end tables.  She won't go into the garage because it wigs her out.

On the other hand, my garage is a vintage Ducati goldmine.   ;D
Check out my oil filter forensics thread!                     Offended? Click here
"Yelling out of cars, turning your speakers out the window to blast your music onto the street, setting off M-80 firecrackers, firing automatic weapons into the airâ€"these are all well and good. But none of them create a merry atmosphere of insouciance and bonhomie quite like a revving motorcycle.
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