Ducati 749 Biposto - £3800

[darkyoung1000]

Updated as price reduced to £3500.

DUCATI 749 BIP 2007

My facelifted 2007 biposto is reluctantly up for sale.

Owned since November 2021 as a bike I’d always wanted, and bought on the strength that a regularly used machine would be better than a garage queen. The mileage is higher than most, but the engine is still lovely (or a dry clutch rattling nightmare if you like smooth inline fours of course).

As the facelift model it has slightly more horsepower (108) than the initial model, but slightly less than the ‘S.’ I've never found it lacking though, and ended up buying this over a 999 that I test rode, as I found it more usable on the road.

I love the looks, theatre, noise, handling and most things about it, although as you probably know the mirrors are ornamental, and the riding position can be challenging over long days.

It has a fresh MOT until April 2025, and has had quite a bit of work done since I’ve owned it, including recent belts and valve clearances. The belts fitted have a 3 year interval, so are due March 2025. A list of work is below and it comes with a new fuel filter and o-rings to fit at the next service (bought as a precautionary measure for something that actually turned out to be the side stand switch). The indicators in the front mirrors have some light cosmetic damage, and the screen has some crazing but functions perfectly.

I’ll include the original fairings that I replaced as part of the sale if desired.
Work history from me and previous owner (most work in my ownership work carried out by Transit Motorcycles in York):
September 2023
New side stand switch
New air filter
Oil and filter change
November 2022
Replaced fuel pump relay and corrected wiring loom
Front tyre at 32881 Miles
Repaired break in wiring loom to fix horn
Carbon Fibre rear hugger
May 2022
New fairings (except rear seat surround as the kit was a Monoposto and the conversion to Mono was expensive and removed the luggage option).
March 2022
Valve Clearances adjusted (cylinder head off job)
New Brembo brake disks
September 2021
Clutch basket and pressure plate
June 2021
Front wheel bearings and swinging arm bearings
Timing belts and pulley bearings
Front brake seals
May 2021
Rear header pipe
There’s additional paperwork and MOTs with the bike, along with all keys(including the red one) and booklets. I’ve only posted a couple of photos up, but of course have many more…. Please let me know what you’d like to see!

Edited by darkyoung1000 on Tuesday 28th May 09:17

[TGCOTF-dewey]

That's lovely.

I was looking at second hand mountain bikes earlier...it's mental what good value something like this is in comparison.

[darkyoung1000]

Thanks! Yes, it certainly feels a lot of bike for the money given just how well it rides.

I forgot to post in the title, I live in York if anyone wants a closer look!

[curvature]

Great bikes.

I had a 2003 749s which I converted to a single seater using genuine Ducati parts.

Ducati use to sell 'sport mirrors' that replaced the standard mirrors and actually allowed you to see what was behind you. They also looked a little more modern.

I wish I had kept mine as it was low mileage and worth more now than when I sold it.

[darkyoung1000]

curvature said:

Great bikes.

I had a 2003 749s which I converted to a single seater using genuine Ducati parts.

Ducati use to sell 'sport mirrors' that replaced the standard mirrors and actually allowed you to see what was behind you. They also looked a little more modern.

I wish I had kept mine as it was low mileage and worth more now than when I sold it.

Thanks, yes, it’s a cracking thing and I really do like riding it. I did look at the Mono conversion (and still have the fairing to do that, but just didn’t want to buy the new frame when the pillion seat made a better Kreiga rack!

Just had the gearbox selector fork and springs refurbished along with fixing the factory earth design which has an inbuilt design flaw and could leave you stranded if (when) the main earth wire breaks….

[hathawayk79]

Hi there,

If you still have the monoposto seat plastics available, would you be interested in selling them separately?

Regards,
Kim

[darkyoung1000]

hathawayk79 said:

Hi there,

If you still have the monoposto seat plastics available, would you be interested in selling them separately?

Regards,
Kim

Hi Kim, yes I could do that as the Mono plastic needs a replacement seat frame that I don't have!

I'll dig it out of the box in the attic and DM you a photo later this week.

[hathawayk79]

That’ll be great thanks, do you know if they are original Ducati parts or aftermarket plastics?

Regards,
Kim

[darkyoung1000]

hathawayk79 said:

That’ll be great thanks, do you know if they are original Ducati parts or aftermarket plastics?

Regards,
Kim

The panels that came off were original Ducati plastics, but the Mono rear (and the panels it now otherwise wears) are aftermarket.

Back home tomorrow, so I'll find it and get those photos!

[darkyoung1000]

Hello Kim, it won't let me DM or email you I'm afraid, so here are some pictures:











They're ZXMT fairings - feel free to email me using my profile for more info.

[hathawayk79]

Hi there,

Thanks for the pictures, I was hoping they might be original Ducati plastics, but understand these are hard to come by… Unfortunately these are not painted in an original design so I’d need to repaint them, at that point I may as well buy the un prepped aftermarket fairings.

Sorry to muck you around and best of luck with the sale of a really nice 749 example 👍🏼

[darkyoung1000]

No worries, I hope you manage to track down the fairing piece you need, and thank you for the good wishes.

[darkyoung1000]

Down to £3250 as unfortunately I'm running out of space!

[darkyoung1000]

... and now sold.