Nice machine, and as the inmates from down under like to say, "good on ya."

 

Thank you!




Not perfect but soon i will upgrade her with an ohlins DU143, Termis 45mm, and some NCR parts.

Someone got an idea why the frame is not S1 S2 but just S. Is this some kind of the pre SP era ? All around i ve got all the elephantino elements, how to know if the carbon bits (bought likje that) where installed at the factory?

 

Nice bike!
VERY collectible now and appreciating rapidly, at least in my neck of the woods they are. Single seat 94 stradas are pretty scarce.

No way of knowing if the carbon bits were installed from new, doubtful though, the 916SP was "supposed" to have a C/F airbox when delivered but because of financial difficulties some did some didn't so i doubt the regular strada would have been lavished with extras, anything is possible though. Your Front rotors are Brembo iron reproductions so they're not original, the V piece and front guard probably aren't either but hey after 24 years it's still a stunner and pretty easy to revert back to std if you want to. The Cagiva logos on everything is correct, i _think_ the frame is marked as an S because it's a solo seat strada, could be wrong though.

Nice find, look after her.

 

Nice bike!
i _think_ the frame is marked as an S because it's a solo seat strada, could be wrong though.

Sure but when i was searchin for a strada, a previous one 916 that i have some interest, was also monoposto, P8 and alu rear frame but S1, but first immatriculation October 94

 

 

Old c/f looks like that, Ducati used it for racing and they had little concern how it appeared, it was light so they used it, aftermarket carbon became much prettier and the suppliers all got better over time but some of the stuff i've seen is garbage, that includes genuine stuff. I don't remember the black lower edge on the airbox, but that doesn't mean anything, the condition is about right.
The Ohlins steering damper is a good idea, the stock one had a bad habit of rubbing through the paint on the front of the tank, yours will have done it looking at where it sits in the picture.

 

45mm Termis


Ohlins for the direction

 

The early carbon fiber often looked like this after a while so I would expect if it did not come on the bike it was added in that time period. Stradas did not come in the USA with the iron rotors but were also a common upgrade as the race bikes ran them. I am not sure why those are not thought to be Brembos they look it to me from those pictures, what am I missing?

It is also common to have the heat shield mounts break off the mid pipes, either get new ones welded on or pick up a good used mid pipe last I knew they were still plentiful and cheap.

Nice Bike !

 

The early carbon fiber often looked like this after a while so I would expect if it did not come on the bike it was added in that time period.

Sure it is the reason, with the old cf, that i will not tend to spay it in red. It is a very nice patina

Stradas did not come in the USA with the iron rotors but were also a common upgrade as the race bikes ran them. I am not sure why those are not thought to be Brembos they look it to me from those pictures, what am I missing?

Nice to read you. And for the era, does it corresponds? Like you kno today, anything is copied, unfortunatly...

It is also common to have the heat shield mounts break off the mid pipes, either get new ones welded on or pick up a good used mid pipe last I knew they were still plentiful and cheap.

Already got a used mid pipe. Thinking about to polish all the line, Termis included :think:

 

Gorgeous!

 

Just stunning, after 25 years it is just fenomenal how this 916 attracts the eye.




Like i saw this thing in 1993, in Milan...

 

Yes the iron rotors are period correct so those are what I would want on a ducati up until they stopped using iron rotors in late 90's early 2000ish. What makes you think they are fakes? Just curious as I want to know what I am buying as well.

The vintage carbon can be freshened if you find someone that has proven capable, I have seen it done both good and bad.

24 years old and I still struggle to find a better design. Yes they can make faster and lighter bikes with performance increases all the time but show this bike to a non-biker and they will appreciate the beauty. Some designs are just timeless.

 

24 years old and I still struggle to find a better design. Yes they can make faster and lighter bikes with performance increases all the time but show this bike to a non-biker and they will appreciate the beauty. Some designs are just timeless.

yes 24 years till next month ;-)
Stunning design, timeless, this is trully the interpretation of a bike must be....it would not have sense if it would not be a cagiva/ducati 916...Really the prima arte from Italy and the renaissance of their industry in late 80. You ve got dejà the 888 who is almost a stunning piece of art. The details, the macchinery, it is just incredible without IT data and 3D CAD behind...It is just human and italian stunning beauty!

ducvet: for the rotors, where to have these?

 

Bike looks fantastic congrats!

 

they look like a std stainless steel option, the other set with the alternating triangle/hole pattern is the iron full floating rotor, that was the std rotor for the SP and SL of the era and the common upgrade for the time, the stainless ones above are what comes on the strada as standard.

 

another variation/

$180. / https://fortcollins.craigslist.org/mpo/d/oem-brembo-snowflake-rotors/6670091612.html

 

nahhhh. Not used disks. And the cornflakes are simply awfull, in my point of view for a classic sbk

 

After a full maintenance jobwork. Not even 1000 km all these years.

 

That looks like a nice machine and quite original - very rare

For some history, back in 1994 there were two road models and one race model for the public.
916S (or Strada - street in English)
916SP
916 Corse (or race)

The 916S of yore is what we'd call a standard bike today, the S as we know it today only became available around 1999 with the 996S (which was a 996SPS based machine)

The pictures do show the cast iron rotors which were normally an 916SP part, however 1994 is the darkest of days for Ducati, so specifications often were more related to what was available and these rotors do occasionally make an appearance on a 916S.

The single seat bikes from 1994 should have the aluminium subframe and the P8 ECU, from memory the biposto introduced the 1.6 ECU - would have to check my records

I'm not aware of any 916S bikes having the carbon front guard and airbox as OEM fitment, however they may have been optioned by a previous owner or even fitted as that is all that was available at the factory.

On a personal note (because they are so rare), I'd leave the exhausts alone - everybody as fit the carbon slip-ons already.

Andrew...

 

Andrew- the Strada and the S were two different specs in 1994. The S got an ohlins rear, cf airbox and front fender and was the SP replacement for the US.

They only made 199 of them (all for the US market) as the SP T1 cams were a bit too dirty for emissions regs.

It gets confusing, but here's the table showing the separation:

 

That's interesting, here in Australia there was the 916 SP and the 916 Strada (often referred to as the 916 S).

I never knew the USA got a unique model - so it's never too late to learn something new

 

Cagiva had a different strategy for the US market, I think.

In 1995, for example, they kept making the P8 Monoposto for the US while the rest of the world got the 1.6M controlled Biposto.

Biposto first became available to an american buyer in 1997, and even then it was only an option.