851 888 CORSA SECTION

THERE IS ONLY ONE OXFORD PRODUCTS DUCATI CORSA LEFT .....

WE HAVE IT HERE AT REDMAX DUCATI !

HAD IT SINCE 1995 , BOUGHT DIRECT FROM DEVIMEAD RACE TEAM WHEN THEY CLOSED DOWN .

RACED IT A BIT MYSELF MAINLY IN SUPERTWIN / SOUND OF THUNDER AND SPRINTING IN THE UK UNTIL @YR 2005 ISH .

KEPT HER AND SLOWLY RETURNED TO THE OXFORD LIVERY YOU SEE HERE -

AS RIDDEN BY T.NATION 1992 (TT , BSB ) , S.EMMET ( BSB) , R.DUNLOP 1993 ( TT , NW200 ) , S.HISLOP (1993 DAYTONA), R.STRINGER 1994 ( BSB)

AND MORE ....

THE BIKE HILLIER IS RIDING THIS YEARS MANX IS A MODIFIED ROAD BIKE WITH OXFORD PAINT , WE WISH HIM AND THE TEAM GOOD LUCK .

LINK HERE FOR ALL THE PICS AND VIDEOS OF THE ORIGINAL OXFORD BIKE HISTORY AND BUILD -

OUR SECOND 1990 851 CORSA HERE IS A EX FALAPPA CHASSIS BOUGHT FROM THE FACTORY ,

WITH EX WORKS BIMOTA TESI 888 CORSA MOTOR FROM SAME YEAR !

BUILT UP WITH PERIOD SPARES COLLECTED OVER YEARS OF RACING 888'S HERE IN THE UK .

THIS IS THE FRAME GIANCARLO FALAPPA CRASHED AT THE ZELTWEG CIRCUIT IN 1990 WORLD SUPERBIKE ROUND .

THIS EARLY 1990 BIKE RAN THE NO6 PLATE .

GIANCARLO SIGNED THE FRAME PERSONALLY FOR ME WHEN I BOUGHT IT FROM THE FACTORY IN BOLOGNA .

LINK HERE TO THE FLICKR PHOTO PAGE -

Our Third 888 Corsa here is in fact a late 926 Corsa , BSB bike new ex Moto-Cinelli 1993 .

This is my tribute to Grahame Richie , built from his chassis used up till his death at Brand Hatch WSB round .

I had the pleasure of racing against it in the 97 event Forza Italia at Lydden ! ( on my Oxford Corsa ).

He was i believe the last person to Qualify in a WSB race on a 888 - that says something about the man in my book .

I'd Known him and Claire his wife for a while , and was watching the race with her when it all went very wrong .

Claire and Alec ( Grahame's mechanic ) gave me the chassis later when they stripped the bike for parts , and i made a supermono replica out of it !

( more of that later ....)

Recently i decided to rebuild it as a 926 and started collecting parts .....

Here's where we are with it now .

Any other period pics would be greatfully recieved to go with it's history file !

link here to see this build progress -