Ducati 999r motorcycles for sale in Santa Monica, California

2005 Ducati 999r

$23,995

Santa Monica, California

Ducati 999 Evo-R Evoluzione“I have something here you might like to see.”This is one of those things a 999R that picks up where the Borgo Panigale works left off. A quick visual inventory reveals the obvious differences. There’s a carbon-fiber fuel cell ($1200) . Forged-aluminum Marchesini wheels give way to carbon-fiber BST hoops ($3816) shod with Pirelli Diablo Corsa radials. There’s an hlins R/T fork ($2598) carrying Superbike-spec valving. To the rear, the standard-issue hlins shock gets a titanium spring ($275). Standard brakes come off to make room for Brembo billet racing calipers ($2498) that grab Brake Tech’s swank Ceramic Matrix Composite (CMC) rotors ($1838).Ducati Corse did all the heavy lifting in the engine department: heavy-breathing heads are fitted with big titanium valves, while titanium connecting rods carry chunky, 104mm forged pistons. The package is good for 139 rear-wheel horsepower at 9750 rpm as delivered, so Zeller left the internals alone. But because the standard catalyst-equipped exhaust plumbing is something of a plug, a full Leo Vince 57/60 titanium system ($3768), complete with ceramic coating inside and out ($350), was fitted. So far we’ve just hit the highlights. Details such as exquisite black paint and red powder-coat on the frame, one headlight instead of two (no more high-beam), Competizione clutch internals and drilled billet cover finish the job. We could go on … but you get the point.With 1 gallon of super-unleaded in the tank, the result weighs 399 pounds–34 less than a standard 999R. Zeller’s characteristically meticulous tuning pays off with 155 rear-wheel horses at 10,500 rpm–16for. Zeller’s clutch and slave cylinder make for easy progress through inevitable L.A. traffic. The Leo Vince exhaust is loud, but that ceramic coating keeps it relatively cool; no more slow-roasting your right boot.Repeat the survival mantra: “This is a $65,000 motorcycle.” Now aim it down a straight piece of suitably desolate pavement and get some. The tach flicks toward 10,000 in the first three gears while the front wheel loses interest in the pavement and Mr. Sphincter tries to inhale the natty suede upholstery, all in less time than it takes to read this sentence. Still, half of the grip’s rotation where you need to feed power with maximum precision, then speeding things up a bit from there. Relative to any current liter-class four, this maximum 999 generates staggering corner speed with a lot less effort. Far smoother than any other Ducati, the evo-r makes 80-mph corners feel more like 60. The 16-tooth countershaft and 39-tooth rear-wheel sprocket (with a lightweight D.I.D.520 chain in between) add up to more useable acceleration than the standard R’s 15/36 combination.With 34 fewer pounds and 16 more horsepower, the evo-r demands more precise rider input https://custommotorcycles.info/4378/2015/05/21/