MY00 996 and MY01 748 and 996s
the 996 is such an analogue bike in comparison to the panigale etc,
very rewarding when the roads, weather, moons align etc, a pain when not.. many of the bikes for sale now will need a rebuild in the near future as rubber, plastic parts start to decompose.
I have Prepped 2 748 for sale over the last few months for friends, and there was a lot of rubber degeneration on hoses, electrical connections, and also corrosion on connectors, surface plating's and also welds.
if I was to buy a 996 now I would want to see some kind of evidence of strip and rebuild ( or price adjusted accordingly)
the 996s I had was a great bike, but still managed to throw a gearbox output bearing on me on the track, but its starting to get harder to find good technical support, i have had to look at friends 999 where the dealer completely messed up his slipper clutch due to not knowing the build format etc,
we have to remember that a most are now 20 years + and in comparison to a modern superbike with 180hp, the gap is huge ( 996/1098 conversion ongoing
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