The Darmah was born to respond to the commercial failure of the 860 GT of 1974, heir to the 750 GT of 1971, designed by Giorgetto Giugiaro and that did not receive the success expected due to its square aesthetics and reliability problems. To design the new grand tourism of the House of Borgo Panigale it was called Leopoldo Tartarini, former Ducati pilot and patron of Italjet, who created a bike with a more pleasant and sporty style of the 860 GT, inspired by another Ducati designed by him, the Sport Desmo 350/500. The new model was presented in December 1976 at the Bologna Motor Show, and production began the following year. Compared to the 860 GT, the bike was different, not only for its aesthetics, but also for the use of instrumentation and electrical controls of Japanese construction, for the use (for the first time on a road bike) of magnesium alloy rims . Other novelties concern the frame, lowered and widened compared to the 860, and the mechanics, with the use of the thermal SS 900 with desmodromic distribution, but with smaller diameter intake ducts. In 1978 the Ducati realized a more sporty version of the Darmah, the SSD (Super Sport Desmo), produced until 1981 and that differs from the normal version (signed SD)
Former NCR and Ducati employees Carlo and Amerigo Saltarelli's race bike. Expertly converted to ‘street’ by Giuseppi Squarcialupi at Squarcialupi Racing. Cro-Moly race frame. 1978 900 Desmo Super.....
he 900 S2 was introduced in 1983 to replace the 900SS. Buyers of the first model were offered a choice of electric or kick start, but not both, but most of those found surviving today sport the electric.....
Arrival at the store of a Ducati 900 SS of 27 May 1977.
First-hand, 60 000 km, never opened, a beautiful patina, completely revised at the workshop.
Frame number: 087 192 (DM860SS)
Engine number:.....
The last of the bevels, 2 owners from new, second one from 1987 who brought the bike the bike to NCR workshop to get it modified as you see it now: kickstart.....
DUCATI 900SS MHR
UK BIKE
ORIGINAL FRAME/ENGINE PAIRING
VERY EARLY SECOND SERIES MHR
FIRST REGISTERED FROM NEW 01/02/80
FRAME NUMBER 900232 SO number 232 OFF THE PRODUCTION LINE
ONLY 7,000 GENUINE.....
This Ducati 900 SD (Darmah) is in very good technical condition.
Through the years, various adjustments have been made where you can drive through modern traffic in a pleasant way through modern.....
First registered by Ducati dealer in June 2001, one owner since the.
Genuine 1924 miles since new!
Must be lowest mileage 900SS anywhere?
Always dry stored.
Has been well cared for and is totally.....
This bike is so Rare even most so called Ducati experts do not know what this bike is! See Ian Falloon's book 'The DUCATI Story' by Haynes, first new paragraph page 127, and you will see what I mean......
