Ducati Sport Classic Open House Event!!

Ducati Sport Classic Demo Event

September 1st – 8th


The new Ducati Sport Classic models have proven to be an awesome success. They offer unique, classic style combined with modern performance. Each model has visual attributes that can stir deep motorcycle emotions, and the technical packages and components yield refined, pure Ducati handling and performance.

Ducati is making an initiative, The Ducati Sport Classic Demo Event, to get the word out about these truly awesome motorcycles. We will be hosting the event at Great Bay Ducati during the first week of September, just when the best riding of the year begins. You can expect long demo rides all week, giveaways, refreshments, and food courtesy of Great Bay and Ducati USA. The week should prove to be fun and exciting for all Ducati enthusiasts.

At Great Bay we also feel, why wait? We will offer you a demo ride on a Sport Classic model today, and if you love it as much as we think you will, you could be riding your own weeks before the event. We promise to give you a great deal, and a perfectly set up motorcycle, that we know you will love.

Just a bit about the Sport Classics.

We have had a GT in our demo fleet and it has become a beloved motorcycle. It is smooth, comfortable and a fine two up machine. Last year, after a romantic ride up the coast with his wife, our dealer principal came in to the shop the next day and ordered one. He felt that it was the perfect two up bike for anything less than full on distance touring. The seat is super comfortable, the handlebars provide a nice neutral body position and the foot controls place the riders feet directly below.

From this comfortable perch controlling the GT is effortless. The bike is equipped with the absolutely dreamy 1000 DS motor. If you have not had the pleasure of riding a Ducati equipped with one of these power plants, you are missing out on experiencing one of the best motorcycle engines ever created. Yes, that sounds like an over statement, but if you do a little homework, you will find that every motorcycle magazine that has tested any of the following motorcycles equipped with the 1000 DS engine has praised the motor with heaping superlatives. From the venerable, do it all Multistrada to the quintessential naked sport bike the Monster S2R 1000 and onto the entire range of Sport Classic models. Why? Because Ducati got it right.

This powerplant and its descendent, the 1100 (now in the Hypermotard and Multistrada), offer all the attributes of a perfect motorcycle engine. It is smooth and balanced, and offers massive torque across the rev range. It pulls like a tractor and hits hard if you want it to, but if driven mildly feels like the most controllable and tractable motor ever made. What an awesome motor!

In 2006 the Sport Classic range was one of our top sellers. Sure, we sold many GT’s, but we also sold a bunch of the Sport 1000’s. This bike is just about as cool as any motorcycle can look, and with the revised handlebars and dual seating for some of the Sport 1000 models this year, you can choose the bike that is perfect for your riding style. 2007 also saw the introduction of the Sport 1000 mono-posto LE, a limited edition run of 100 units in traditional black and gold straight out of the seventies. We have number 97 in stock and ready to go home with a lucky new owner.

Following on the heels of the fabulous Paul Smart was the introduction of the Sport 1000S model. It carries forward the fantastic fairing, now in red with a center white stripe and black pin striping. The bike is now a Biposto and dual shock equipped, so taking along a passenger is easy of you want it to be. We can’t tell you exactly why, but this complete package seems to be much, much greater than the sum of its parts. Simply, the models we have ridden and sold are among the sweetest Ducatis ever.

So, across the Sport Classic range you get great Brembo brakes with full floating rotors, six speed transmissions, classic spoked wheels, the awesome 1000 cc dual spark, fuel injected motor, and a look and feel that could only be Ducati.

Finally, if you tend to like your bike to be more individualized you can check out the Ducati performance offerings for each model. These special accessories will allow you to turn any Sport Classic model into the bike you want it to be. From luggage and touring accessories to Termigoni performance exhaust kits, Ducati offers it all. If you haven’t heard a Ducati performance pipe equipped Sport Classic model, stop by and check one out. Can you say intoxicating? Whoa.

We encourage you to come by Great Bay Ducati and ride a Sport Classic. It might just be the perfect motorcycle for you too.

Hope to see you soon.