Ducati SportClassic
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The SportClassics are a range of motorcycles produced by the Italian manufacturer Ducati.
The new SportClassics were first presented as concept machines at the Tokyo Show in November 2003. They are the product of Ducati's design chief Pierre Terblanche, who says the series started with the Evoluzione. The newer ones are based on similar frames powered by the Desmodue 992 cc air-cooled L-twin Ducati 1000 Dual Spark engine.
- 2000 MH 900 Evoluzione
- 2006 Sport 1000
- 2006 Paul Smart L.E. 1000
- 2006 Ducati GT 1000
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[edit] 2006 Ducati 1000 Sport
The 1000 Sport takes its inspiration from the tangerine yellow 1973 Ducati 750 Sport and has the look of a classic lightweight single-seat cafe racer. The publicity says "tangerine yellow", but the original colour went by the name "gallo fly". It uses a two valve 1000DS motor with twin stacked exhaust pipes on the right hand side in a 56.1 inch wheelbase, trellis tube frame. Suspension is a fully-adjustable single Sachs rear shock on the left hand side and non-adjustable 43 mm Marzocchi front forks. Wheels are wire spoke large section alloy rims with tubed Pirelli Phantom tyres. Borrani were approached to supply the rims, but could not supply the volume, so Excel rims are used. The well gusseted 60 mm section asymmetric swingarm and single shock give the left a traditional twin shock look. Price is around US$ 10,995.
[edit] 2006 Ducati 1000 Paul Smart Limited Edition
Paul Smart rode the Imola 750 competition bike to victory in 1972, and the 1974 750 SuperSport was based on that, tank and sidepanels painted silver, fairing painted green and silver with a green frame. The Giugiaro case 900 and 750 SuperSports had the blue and silver paint. The inspiration for the US$13,995 Paul Smart LE is taken from these bikes. It has multi adjustable Öhlins suspension front and rear, the fairing, steering damper, and a green frame to go with the silver and blue paint on the tank, lower clip-ons, fairing, and side covers.
[edit] Ducati GT 1000
The new Ducati GT1000 uses a similar steel tubular trellis frame to the one fitted to the Paul Smart 1000 Limited Edition and the Sport 1000. It uses the same Desmodue 992 cc air-cooled twin-cylinder Ducati 1000 Dual Spark engine, managed by a Magneti Marelli 5 A.m. engine control unit, giving 91 bhp (68 kW) at 8,000 rpm, 67 lb·ft (91 N·m) of torque at 6,000 rpm. By comparison the old 750 GT gave about 55 bhp (41 kW) @ 7,800 rpm. On the GT1000, the 1000 DS engine has been given a wet clutch, and the old GT 750 had one too. It is intended for sport-touring riders.
The frame and twin shock swingarm are finished in gloss black paint. The frame differs from the Sport 1000 in the addition of mounting points for twin shocks and side panels.
The GT1000 also has a slightly longer wheelbase of 1,425 mm and trail of 103 mm. This is achieved by moving the fork legs forward by 25 mm with respect to the steering axis (front wheel offset) and making the fork rake 24°.
The new GT1000 has touring handlebars, mounted on the same front forks as the Sport has clip-ons: non-adjustable 43 mm Marzocchi upside-down forks.
While the rear end has the seventies appearance, the components are a lot more robust than they were in the GT 750’s day. The rear suspension uses twin Sachs shocks, adjustable for spring pre-load, mounted on a beefy 60 mm section swingarm. Wide modern Excel 17” chromed steel (36 spoke) rims are laced with thick 4.4 mm spokes to silver painted aluminium alloy hubs, necessitating the use of tube-type tires. Chrome steel rims were not used on the early 750GT models, but Borrani alloy rims. It was not till later that cheaper, less exotic, but more durable, steel rims were substituted.
The front brakes of the GT1000 are derived from the other SportClassic models, and have two Brembo floating calipers with 30 and 32 mm diameter thermally insulated pistons. They are semi-floating discs with a diameter of 320 mm and a thickness of 4 mm. The rear brake system consists of a floating single piston Brembo 34 mm caliper with high friction sintered pads and a 245 mm disc (Bigger rear disc for two up riders).
The 750 GT had a single cast iron front disc with one twin piston Lockheed, Scarab, or Brembo calliper, and a single leading shoe Grimeca rear drum brake. The brakes on the 1000 GT are superior by far. No complaint there.
It has twin exhausts and silencers, and pillion pegs where they belong for riding any distance. The silencers have more of a "Silentium" look than a "Conti" look. The rear head faces the other way to the 750 engine, so you do not have that rear cylinder header in the profile, but the header pipes wont go blue like the old 750GT pipes did. These are insulated twin wall headers, so they will continue to look shiny and unused.
You get a multi function instrument display too. Something else the GT 750 didn’t have.
[edit] Accessories already available:
- Paul Smart 1000 LE
- 2-into-1 race exhaust
- High screen
- Ergal clutch plate
- Magnesium alternator cover
- Magnesium valve covers
- Magnesium clutch cover
- Carbon clutch cover
- Carbon gearbox sprocket cover
- CNC Ergal rearsets
- Carbon cambelt cover
- Bike cover
- Paddock stand
- Tank cover
- Gold chain
- Sport 1000
- Termignoni slip-on silencers
- Öhlins shock
- Öhlins forks
- Chromed mirrors (small)
- Alarm system
- Brake and clutch master cylinder cover
- Ergal clutch pressure plate
- Comfort seat
- Paddock stand
- Red chain
- Polished alloy, slotted clutch cover
- Tank protector with bag
- High-quality bike cover
