Ducati 916 sp 1994 ?

[mak]

I have a friend that might be selling his 916 sp . He is the original owner and purchased it new in 1994, it has 5000 miles and has mainly been used as an ornament for the last decade .
Its immaculate .
Price ? Over 20 so probably 25k might buy it?
I have 1st refusal although there is another guy who has shown an interest and he has considerably more money than me and just intends sticking it next to his office as Art.

I cannot find anything to gauge the price of this bike, plenty of sps later bikes available but i think the early 1994 bike is rarer .
Does anyone have any idea of value ?

[Drabbesttunic]

The motorcycle broker had a 96 for sale for 26k at the start of 2020, it was described as investment grade.
Its hard to say really but it'll be North of 25k

[blade7]

For £20-25k, I'd want a Ducati that has an R in it's name.

[Esceptico]

mak said:

I have a friend that might be selling his 916 sp . He is the original owner and purchased it new in 1994, it has 5000 miles and has mainly been used as an ornament for the last decade .
Its immaculate .
Price ? Over 20 so probably 25k might buy it?
I have 1st refusal although there is another guy who has shown an interest and he has considerably more money than me and just intends sticking it next to his office as Art.

I cannot find anything to gauge the price of this bike, plenty of sps later bikes available but i think the early 1994 bike is rarer .
Does anyone have any idea of value ?

Surely best to let the other guy buy it as an ornament. If you wanted to use it properly you might have to invest some money getting it back to daily use standard (assuming that sitting around for a decade some things will have gone off) and then putting miles on it will mean its value goes down.

If you want the looks and riding experience a higher mileage but well looked after 998 would likely be better.

[mak]

Drabbesttunic said:

The motorcycle broker had a 96 for sale for 26k at the start of 2020, it was described as investment grade.
Its hard to say really but it'll be North of 25k

Thanks for that snippit of info, to be honest my friend doesn't no the value but knows its over 20k and probably 25k at a push. I will offer 25k and suggest to my friend he tells the other interested party .
I have a feeling no matter what i offer the other guy will offer more .

[rodericb]

Interesting. I would have thought it'd wouldn't be worth even 20k. Why? later ones with slightly higher miles are significantly less, the '94's are not much rarer than the rest, this one is not a "zero-miles" bike. But then again, you can get outliers like someone for whom the money is small-change and they can spunk that much one something like this and not even notice it! Bolt it to the wall as some piece of art, then chuck it out with the building rubble in the next office/man cave/lounge room re-modelling in ten years...


https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/265019655218?hash=item3...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/164655683508?hash=item2...


The bike would be one to ride but I certainly wouldn't be commuting to work on it. I'd aim at a 300 miles a year type of thing. I assume it wouldn't be your only bike. Based on the opportunities I get to ride, and it not being my only bike, I'd be lucky to get 300 miles a year on a bike such as this anyway!

Edited by rodericb on Saturday 24th July 23:52

[Drabbesttunic]

rodericb said:

Interesting. I would have thought it'd wouldn't be worth even 20k.

Edited by rodericb on Saturday 24th July 23:52

Things are nuts, whys anything worth anything really?
Mk2 escort anyone