{"id":25634,"date":"2012-02-24T15:19:07","date_gmt":"2012-02-24T15:19:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.influx.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=25634"},"modified":"2022-06-21T12:53:12","modified_gmt":"2022-06-21T11:53:12","slug":"ducati-orgy-monaco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/blog\/ducati-orgy-monaco\/","title":{"rendered":"Ducati Orgy @ Monaco!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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all images courtesy RM Auctions<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Now there’s always a brilliant reason to go to Monaco, but if you actually needed an excuse to get there and you’re a classic bike fan, then this collection up for auction will surely tip you over the edge this coming May.<\/p>\n

The Saltarelli Ducati Collection represents one of the largest private collections of Ducati motorcycles ever to be offered at auction. Spanning the marque\u2019s full history from road to racing machines, the 100-bike garage was carefully selected over the past 30 years by lifelong enthusiast Carlo Saltarelli, an ex-Ducati factory test rider, racer and owner of a Ducati dealership.<\/p>\n

Among a long list of highlights on offer is a terrific series of racing bikes, headlined by an immensely-desirable works 1972 Ducati 750SS 200 Miles Imola Racer, otherwise known as the \u2018Green Frame,\u2019 built and prepared in 1972 as a reserve bike for the world-famous 200 Miles of Imola race and sister bike to the winning entry that year (Estimate: \u20ac150,000 – \u20ac200,000).<\/p>\n

Other highlights include a rare, factory-entry 1990 Ducati 888 SBK from the golden era of Ducati racing (Estimate: \u20ac80,000- \u20ac100,000) and a 1974 Ducati 750SS Racer Number 23, which boasts an illustrious racing history, having scored a number of victories and podium finishes during the 1974 and 1975 seasons, often in the hands of Carlo Saltarelli himself (Estimate: \u20ac40,000-\u20ac60,000).<\/p>\n

But the gallery below reflects our own personal penchent, if purely from the point of view of the simple carnal beauty of these machines.<\/p>\n\n\t\t