The new guy on the board..

[JimF]

Another new guy is on-board, Nathan in Australia (user-name Octane) is a new Forum member having just bought a Mach 1. I've copied some of his post to here because it might otherwise go unnoticed for a while in the "for sale" area of the forum where he posted about his recent acquisition.

We've been lucky to get a dozen or so new members in the last couple of months - though some have yet to post.

richo12
Antoine
mikexlx64
hasletjoe
250DucBob

... new since John Jupiter joined.

Welcome all!

Jim

Post by Octane » Fri May 20, 2011 1:55 pm
Hi all,
I've just found this forum.

I've bought that M1 listed in the first post. I used the same logic as Kev has mentioned above with regards to my max bid. I'm located in Sydney, Australia and plan on shipping it out. With the weak USD at the moment, I think it was a pretty good price. I spoke with Ian Gowanlock and Phil Hitchcock (both friends of my dad) who both said the value of these was around $18-$22,000AUD ($19-24,000USD) in the local market here. I'll have it landed for a touch over $18,000AUD after shipping and taxes etc. My uncle has an M1 stored at my parents place with my dads 71' 750GT and 160 Monza, although its not been started since my uncle restored it in the late 1980's. Will be nice to have a running one in the family!
This is my first Ducati (although my dad and uncle have had many) and I plan on registering it on historic club rego and enjoying it on social club rides etc. Personally, I think this is THE Ducati single to own (with the exception of a Sliver Shotgun maybe) and I think the value of these will continue to rise in the future.

Octane