Heavy & Sport Bikes

The Bike

1972 750 GT, Engine number 750313. Bikes prior to engine #750404 are considered pre-production models and have sand cast engine cases vrs die case cases. (Ian Faloon "Ducati Twins").

Other early features:

• Amal Carbs
• Different shape on the exit ends of the Contis
• Front hub is two part vrs later one part
• Lockheed front brake
• Colored gel coat fiberglass tank (not painted) "DUCATI" decals are stock
• Boranni aluminum rims
• Mechanical tach drive is seperate, not part of the bevel gear cover casting.

Not stock on this bike:

• Rear shocks (I have the originals...they were scary on the road) replaced with "Works Performance"
• Air cleaners (I have the stock air box and snorkel hoses but they weren't on the bike when I bought it so I never fitted them). The "stack" is for the photo shoot only. I run K&N's when I'm on the road.
• SS spoke kit
• Electronic ignition (have stock take-offs)
• Noj fork protectors (yes they are ugly but I use this bike) Probably should have taken them off for the photos...
• Mirrors (came from factory with no mirrors)
• Side covers repainted
• Tank stripe decals are worn off, what is left of the original decals are visible when the seat is off

I was restoring a '75' Norton 850 Commando and had only ever laced one wheel in my life so I was looking for someone to lace the Akront rims that I was fitting to the Norton. One of the Norton guys gave me the name of a guy near Akron , OH . I took the parts over to his place and was looking at his collection. I saw the GT and it blew me away. Of course I asked him that if were ever interested in selling it to give me a call...Well a short while later he did!

This is the first Ducati I ever owned. I think I bought it in 1993...or close. I paid $3750 (Turns out to be the best bike purchase I have ever made, it is worth over $15 grand now). The bike had 7150 miles on it when I picked it up. It now has over 22,000. I don't ride it a whole lot each year but I do enjoy riding it so I get some miles on it every year. Probably the most I rode it in one year was in the 3000 mile range.

It runs great, starts easy (a kick or two), sounds wonderful...It is my favorite bike that I own.

IMO, the GT is the original "Monster"