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1974 Ducati 750SS
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1974 Ducati 750SS
This 1974 Ducati 750SS has been fully restored by AMS Ducati. It is a beautiful example of the legendary green frame with only 3828km on the clock and needs nothing but a new home. This is the perfect opportunity to purchase one of the most sort after Ducati round case twins. Call for price and additional details on the restoration.
This 1974 Ducati 750SS has been fully restored by AMS Ducati. It is a beautiful example of the legendary green frame with only 3828km on the clock and needs nothing but a new home. This is the perfect opportunity to purchase one of the most sort after Ducati round case twins. Call for price and additional details on the restoration.
The 750 SS received rave reviews in the motorcycling press, being hailed by Cycle magazine as 'a bike that stands at the farthest reaches of the sporting world - the definitive factory-built café racer.' Only a couple hundred examples of the original 'round case' version were built and today is regarded as the true landmark model and is arguably the most widely sought-after of all Ducatis of all time.
Just over 400 of the resulting 750 SS 'green frame' street versions were produced in model-year 1974 – although the color of the frame is closer to blue than green, it has always, somehow, been described as green - though how many have survived the ensuing years is unclear. It didn't take long for attrition to thin the numbers as racers utilized the lusty horsepower delivered by the unique desmodromic valvetrain and massive 40 mm carburetors.
In the United States, the exploits of Cycle magazine's 750 SS road racer, tuned by the late Phil Schilling and ridden by then editor Cook Neilson, were detailed in the pages of the magazine, helping spread the word. Similarly, importer Berliner regularly publicized the exploits of Neilson, Jon White and others as they gained numerous successes at club level events. This culminated in 1977 when Neilson smashed all comers in the hotly contested Daytona Superbike race on the 750 SS, now highly modified (and painted a dark blue), displacing 883 cc and nicknamed 'Ol' Blue.'
Subsequently, Ducati dealers were urged to put these units in the hands of people who would profile them on racetracks. Race kits and cams were available over the counter to heighten performance. Consequently, racing took its toll as all quests for speed do, and it soon became difficult to find a stock example. Crankcases were destroyed or altered, frames got updated to gain a handling edge, fiberglass fuel tanks deteriorated under the stress of racing and were replaced. And don't think this process of 'green frame elimination and metamorphosis' was confined just to the USA, it was prevalent around the world.
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Inspections Welcome
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Questions?
AMS Ducati Dallas owner Jeff Nash is an expert in all things Ducati with a level of vintage Duati knowledge and know-how that is unprecedented. For further details on this motorcycle please contact Jeff at (214) 466-6540 or via email.
