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Ducati Sport 1000 Monoposto

The Ducati 750 Sport first appeared in 1973 and, with its bright yellow solo seat and simple single headlamp, the Sport was essentially a production Café Racer. Enthusiasts modified and enhanced these bikes to become the 'street racers' of the time with clip-on handlebars, racing stripe down the centre of the tank and solo seats anticipating the emerging trend of street performance and Café Racer culture of the period.

Style

The Ducati Sport 1000 monoposto captures the bold Café Racer style and essential beauty of the 70's motorcycles. The bike features a single large diameter round headlamp and chromed mirrors mounted on the ends of the handlebars, very much typical of the custom sport bikes of the time.

Available in three traditional monochromatic colour schemes of the period, Burnt Yellow, Ducati Red and Ducati Black, the traditional style theme is further enhanced with the use of a contrasting racing stripe added to the fuel tank and tailpiece of each bike. All three colours are complemented with a classic black Trellis frame.

Chassis

The Sport 1000 monoposto's suspension features 43mm upside-down forks by Marzocchi, while the rear suspension is handled by a fully adjustable single shock absorber by Sachs. The SportClassic models all take advantage of the signature Ducati ALS 450 steel tubular Trellis frame, specifically engineered to give the bikes precise and confident handling. The frame's high torsional rigidity ensures gratifying, sure-footed road manners even when pushed to the limit. Race-inspired parts such as clip-on handlebars underline the Caféracer spirit of Sport 1000 and the style of the originals. Using a welded steel tube swingarm with an outer diameter of 60mm and wall thickness of 2mm, the Sport 1000 monoposto features an elliptical right arm to accommodate the exhaust system with stacked twin silencers, and a robust cross-member that joins the elliptical arm with the round one (on the chain side), where the rear shock absorber mount is located. The use of the cross-member, together with the gusset between the cross-member and the arched tube, ensures a high level of rigidity, which has a positive effect on ride precision.

Sport 1000 monoposto, suspension duties are handled by a 43mm Marzocchi upside-down forks up front and by a single Sachs shock at the rear, with adjustable spring pre-load, compression and rebound damping. The Sport 1000's suspension is tuned for sporting use plus reasonable comfort for normal road riding. All three Sport 1000 models mount classic wire-spoke wheels. The lightweight Excel 17" aluminium alloy rims help keep the overall weight of the front wheel assembly down to a minimum. The 36 chromed steel spokes are variable diameter tapering from 5mm at the hub to 4.4mm at the rim. The technical choice to use 36 spokes keeps un-sprung weight down to a minimum. The wheel hub is made from paint-finished, die-cast aluminium. In keeping with the SportClassics traditional styling and appeal, the wheels chosen are classic centre-spoke drilled rims, and therefore utilise tube-type tyres. The front brake system on all the Ducati Sport 1000 versions consists of two Brembo floating callipers with 30 and 32mm diameter pistons which are thermally insulated. The discs are semi-floating with a diameter of 320mm and thickness of 4mm. The spoked wheels made it necessary to use this type of brake caliper because it is more compact on the side facing the wheel. Unlike the majority of quality braking systems, which use organic pads, the calipers mounted on the Sport 1000 use sintered pads that ensure high braking performance in line with Ducati standards. The rear brake system consists of a floating single piston Brembo caliper and a 245mm disc.