Pages: [1]   Go Down
Print

Topic: Mid-ninties 900SS???  (Read 1636 times)
0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.
Biking Sailor
*

Reputation 6
Offline Offline

Years Contributed: '10
Years Supported: '11
Motorcycles: Couple of Guzzis, an SV, and a KLR, and a bunch of the Kid's bikes
GPS: Edmond, OK
Miles Typed: 678

My Photo Gallery


Fast and smooth, or you will be caught!




Ignore
« on: June 21, 2012, 09:46:18 AM »
My son is looking at picking a 1995 900SS up as a fix up, play with and sell on.  What's the knowledge base here think of those bikes as far as part availability and things to be cautious about?

Thanks
Logged
"Your Guzzi isn't here to do your bidding, you're here to do her bidding."  -- Orson
"when you're riding a Guzzi you know you're riding a MOTORBIKE and not some sits-down-to-pee hairdryer with a wheel at each end." -- Pete
Members, please login to hide this ad.

Guests, please register to hide this ad.
« on: June 21, 2012, 09:46:18 AM »
 Logged
atadaskew
*

Reputation 155
Offline Offline

Motorcycles: A Vethpa and thome other thcooter
GPS: Venice Beach, California.
Miles Typed: 11823

My Photo Gallery





Ignore
« Reply #1 on: June 21, 2012, 09:55:25 AM »
Check on Ducati.ms

Some years have frame snapping issues.
Logged
I'm hip about time, I just gotta go.
M.Brane
Owner of many Vs
*

Reputation 4
Online Online

Years Contributed: '09
Motorcycles: '98 VFR800FI '97 VFR750F "93 GTS1000
GPS: 1 hr N/W of LA LA Land
Miles Typed: 2595

My Photo Gallery





Ignore
« Reply #2 on: June 21, 2012, 09:25:48 PM »
 Great bike. Parts are not a problem, but can be pricey. Frame head cracking issues on abused early models (wheelies), but most of those have probably been replaced by now. Do your homework.

 High maintenance, but maintenance is relatively easy on 2-valve Ducs. Some special tools required.
Logged
axelwik
Um... Okay
*

Reputation 9
Offline Offline

Motorcycles: '08 DL650, '99 900ss
GPS: Albuquerque, NM
Miles Typed: 353

My Photo Gallery





Ignore
« Reply #3 on: July 02, 2012, 02:20:31 PM »
They're good bikes. Maintenance isn't as big an issue as some would suggest on a good running one.
Logged
We live at a time when emotions and feelings count more than truth,
and there is a vast ignorance of science.
James Lovelock
Kneescrubber
King of the 90º flat turn
*

Reputation 5
Offline Offline

Motorcycles: '99 Honda VFR, '73 BMW R75/5
GPS: The western U.S. is strewn with paper maps I've lost from my tankbag.
Miles Typed: 3192

My Photo Gallery


Just a little more




Ignore
« Reply #4 on: July 17, 2012, 08:29:45 AM »
PM OSJ, that's what he rides.
Logged
I'm on ST.N so its not like I'm a productive member of society anyway.   DogBoy
It's the internet.  It runs on drama.    Cablebandit
A squid with gear is a Hooligan.   dm_gsxr
Smoker
*

Reputation 85
Offline Offline

Years Contributed: '09, '10
Years Supported: '11
Motorcycles: Big Pig
GPS: SEPA
Miles Typed: 1533

My Photo Gallery


I feel more like I do now than when I got here




Ignore
« Reply #5 on: July 17, 2012, 06:38:40 PM »
Had a 1996 900SS when I was a dumb kid, loved it, but was in over my head maintainance wise, I simply couldn't afford it. The last straw was the R/R, which fried half the electrics. I think a restored 900SS would make a great garage ornament with the occasional short jaunt.
Logged
Founding member, Keystone Contingent/Flying Pig Association
RIDUX
*

Reputation 12
Offline Offline

Motorcycles: 2000 Ducati ST2
GPS: Rockville RI
Miles Typed: 101

My Photo Gallery


Big lapels=70's safety gear




Ignore
« Reply #6 on: September 15, 2012, 07:48:32 AM »
Rust possible in lower corners of gas tanks, from them sitting for extended periods of time and gas attracting water.  Heard POR-15 is a good solution for treating and sealing them.
Logged
Departed Friends...1995 Ducati 900sscr, 2004 Triumph Sprint RS, 2000 Triumph Daytona 955i, 1986 Yamaha FZ750, 1982 Yamaha Vision, Various off road Kawasakis, Yamahas, a Can-Am and a Rokon.  It all started at 6yrs old on a 1967? Yamaha JT60.
Members, please login to hide this ad.

Guests, please register to hide this ad.
« Reply #6 on: September 15, 2012, 07:48:32 AM »

 Logged
Stripes
Hard work pays off in the future. Laziness pays off now.
*

Reputation 62
Offline Offline

Motorcycles: 2012 BMW K1600GT
GPS: Michigan Center, MI
Miles Typed: 2443

My Photo Gallery


"Headquarters Located..."




Ignore
« Reply #7 on: October 09, 2012, 02:46:34 PM »
Don't pay more than $2000 for one if he's planning on turning it over for a profit. Unless you can find somebody as ignorant &/or stupid as me to over pay for it! Then he'll be golden! Cheers
Logged
"We all should aspire once in life to date a psychotic nymphomaniac, no matter what the aftermath."
Mike-H
*

Reputation -2
Offline Offline

Motorcycles: 530 EXC, XT250, CB1100F, 900SS FE, TL175, CB650C (cafed with 736 kit....now sold ), FJR 1300, just added TL250 monoshock & a VFR 800
GPS: Ontario, Canada
Miles Typed: 3257

My Photo Gallery


Aspiring back to a dirt donk




Ignore
« Reply #8 on: November 22, 2012, 06:50:52 PM »
I've got a 1998 ss fe...no issues......maintenance is simple & not hard or over the top....the bike is old school basic....the only ones who claim problems are those who shouldn't be allowed to hold a wrench...it's not rocket science people ....they are quirky....but that's the appeal/personality of older ducatis Inlove.... Sorry if the truth hurts ....wait no I'm not
Logged
"Man - despite his artistic pretensions, his sophistication, & his many accomplishments - still owes his existence to a six inch layer of topsoil & the fact that it rains".... Anonym
Pages: [1]   Go Up
Print
Sport-Touring.Net » The Club House » Manufacturer Row » Ducati » Topic: Mid-ninties 900SS???
Jump to:  



ST.N

Copyright © 2001 - 2013 Sport-Touring.Net.
All rights reserved.
SimplePortal 2.3.1 © 2008-2009, SimplePortal