Hi everyone,
New owner of a 2001 996 monoposto as of a couple months ago. Definitely feel like I paid too much, and trying to get all the cards on the table. Picked it up in San Diego, CA from someone who mentioned it was completely stock, no leaks, 7k miles, blah blah. Still had the stock exhaust on it. Seemed legit, and seemed like the bike just overall maintenance done on it.
After staring at it for months with the fairings on and off, I keep going back and forth on if the bike was repainted or not. Of course, I was told, never wrecked, never been down, always garaged, never abused, etc.
I've pulled off the fairings and tank and they all appear to have the Ducati part numbers and stamps on them with black heat shield (not tinfoil), which makes me think they're legit (do chinese fairings fake stamps?).
Primary question I have is: on the upper fairings, are the "996 desmoquattro" stickers sealed from factory under clearcoat? From my honda cbr bikes, I've learned that clear coat over stickers mean it's been repainted or aren't factory fairings. But I've seen "new" oem fairings on ebay that appear to have clearcoat over the 996 stickers. Also, were there some factory overspray on the fairings onto the back of the fairings? Like light clearcoat overspray?
Lots of questions, and I know I should just get over it and ride, but it's been in the garage on a stand while I've slowly done full maintenance on it lol.
Thanks ahead of time!
New owner of a 2001 996 monoposto as of a couple months ago. Definitely feel like I paid too much, and trying to get all the cards on the table. Picked it up in San Diego, CA from someone who mentioned it was completely stock, no leaks, 7k miles, blah blah. Still had the stock exhaust on it. Seemed legit, and seemed like the bike just overall maintenance done on it.
After staring at it for months with the fairings on and off, I keep going back and forth on if the bike was repainted or not. Of course, I was told, never wrecked, never been down, always garaged, never abused, etc.
I've pulled off the fairings and tank and they all appear to have the Ducati part numbers and stamps on them with black heat shield (not tinfoil), which makes me think they're legit (do chinese fairings fake stamps?).
Primary question I have is: on the upper fairings, are the "996 desmoquattro" stickers sealed from factory under clearcoat? From my honda cbr bikes, I've learned that clear coat over stickers mean it's been repainted or aren't factory fairings. But I've seen "new" oem fairings on ebay that appear to have clearcoat over the 996 stickers. Also, were there some factory overspray on the fairings onto the back of the fairings? Like light clearcoat overspray?
Lots of questions, and I know I should just get over it and ride, but it's been in the garage on a stand while I've slowly done full maintenance on it lol.
Thanks ahead of time!