2001 Ducati MH900E #149 of 2000 only 8,250 miles

Offered for sale is this 2001 Ducati MH900E Mike Hailwwod with only 8. 50 miles. It's #149 of 2000 made (only around 500 reportedly made their way to the US). The bike was originally purchased here at our shop and has been serviced here exclusively. We recently did a full service including belts. Bike is in very good to excellent condition and has a set of Staintune pipes and open belt covers A little bit about the Ducati MH900E;When it comes to modern production bikes. nbsp;it’d be hard to deny that Ducati have put some serious runs on the eye candy scoreboard. Whether it be in GT. Paul Smart. or even faired ‘S’ version. the Ducati Sport Classic is oft-cited as being the pinnacle of modern-meets-retro bike design. But let us remind you of another Pierre Terblanche Ducati design. This one’s a much rarer bird than the Sport Classic. but what it lacks in multitude it more than makes up for with the sheer boldness of its 70s-inspired design. It’s the limited edition Ducati MH900E. The MH900e began as a concept created by the Ducati designer Pierre Terblanche in homage to Mike Hailwood's 1978 win of the Isle of Man TT. Giving way to the model designation "MH". In September 1998 the sketch was presented to the general public at the Intermot Show in Munich and met with rave reviews. Due to the enthusiastic response from the press and public. Ducati decided to post a questionnaire on their website to test the true interest of the MH900e fans. 300 Ducatisti responded positively. With this information. Federico Minoli and Massimo Bordi (General Manager of Ducati) decided to take the risk and produce a limited run of two thousand hand-built bikes. The first one thousand bikes would be produced in 2000 and the second thousand would be produced in 2001. The sale of the MH900e was as unique as the bike itself. Ducati made the decision to sell the new bike directly to the consumer exclusively via the Internet in a form of e-commerce known as B-2-C (Business to Consumer). This was a first for any motorcycle manufacturer. It was a risky move. but the result could not have been any betterThe Ducati website opened for orders on January 1. 2000 at 00:01am GMT at a price of Euro15. 00. The first 1000 units were sold out in 31 short minutes. The remaining bikes were sold over the next few weeks. Individuals made purchases from 20 different countries. The estimated breakdown of the sales was 30% from Europe. 30% from the US and 39% from Japan. This is a rare opportunity to own what really is the original '"Sport Classic" from Ducati. For more info please email Jim at jim@marinspeedshop. com