2001 Ducati MH900e #0770/2000 carbon DREAM

Year: 2001

Make: Ducati

Model: MH900e

Engine Capacity: 1000cc

Odometer: 0593KMs

Rego Until: FULL AUSTRALIAN COMPLIANCE

This is the Ducati MH900E Evoluzione, considered by many to be one of the most beautiful motorcycles of the modern age, if not the most beautiful outright.

Though it looks like it could have rolled out of a Ducati Skunkworks garage back in the 1970s this model was actually developed in the late 1990s by a design team led by industry legend Pierre Terblanche. Terblanche had taken his inspiration for the design from the now legendary Ducati Racer Mike Hailwood to a shock win in the 1978 Isle of Man TT – an astonishing comeback for the former world champion rider who had retired 11 years earlier.

The project to build the MH900e started with little more than a sketch that was shown to the public at the Intermot Show in Munich in 1998. The reception was overwhelmingly positive, so much so that Ducati posted a questionnaire on their website about it to gauge the interest in the bike. This was an unheard of move at the time, the internet was still in its infancy in the late 1990s – it was years before modern juggernauts like YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, or Instagram would be launched.

The reaction to this online poll was so strong that Ducati executives decided to put the bike into limited production starting in the year 2000, with just 2,000 examples of the Ducati MH900e Evoluzione. Rather than selling the bike through regular dealers the only way to buy one would be online through the Ducati website – another highly unusual move for the era.

Luckily for us and for Ducati fans then, there were no such problems on the Ducati website, and the new Ducati MH900e Evoluzione sold out in exactly 31 minutes. Almost 40% of the bikes were bought by people in Japan, with the United States and Europe making up the remaining 60% (~30% each). As you may have guessed the name of the model “MH900e” stands for “Mike Hailwood 900cc Evoluzione.” Exactly 2,000 were built between 2001 and 2002, and this would be the bike that would inspire the Ducati Sport Classic series that would come later.

This gorgeous example of a machine has come to our showroom by a Sydney motorcycle collector and had it tucked away in his collection since 2008. It is 0770/2000 and originally one of the very few that were originally imported to the U.S.A. Yes its an American Import. The bike does carry very low kms, It fires up first time and runs to perfection as it should. After an extensive commission by the Gasoline workshop it has been taken great care of. The original owner requested a no expense spared full once over to get it up to a premium mechanical and cosmetic level pre selling of his pride and joy. With a professional service, new batteries as there are 2, OEM timing belts, washable air filter, fork seals, fuel pump, complete fluid over haul, injector clean, fuel pump replacement, professional polishing, brand new Pirelli tyres and polishing process. It is as if it just came off the original Ducati showroom floor. There is more and we would be happy to share if you come into the showroom where this magnificent piece of Italian History is on display.

Even with its collector’s status, a handful of MH900e owners have opted to customise their respective examples. This particular 2002 MH900e has been pretty thoroughly modified via a number of high-end parts from Ducati Performance — including a full-set of carbon fiber bodywork by Ducati Performance & Carbon Dreams. If you are not super familiar with C.D, they are a custom carbon fiber company located in Italy. After a couple of years of starting his business, Carbon Dream become the official supplier of carbon fiber parts for Ducati in Bologna due to the quality of the products which were voted to be the most popular amongst motorbike enthusiast. They also do all of Lamborghini to and are known throughout the world as the number one carbon marker for the automotive industry.

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