Honest Opinion Of Ducatisti's before you owned a Ducati ?

Brian said he does remember doing some pickups for a guy.... Could it be you all those years ago....lol

 

At a corner house in Ware, in the man cave? I live in stevenage and that was when i had a Bevel Darmah. Perhaps the 900ss Soo long ago.

 

I worked at shokks in early 80s in shop on Malvern road nw6

 

Never gave Ducati a second thought until one day in 2013 a mate, who's never had a bike said he liked the Ducati Monster. I had a look at the range and fell for an 848EVO. Finally went to look at one and walked passed a second hand 1199S in the showroom. Well I said walked passed, that didn't actually happen. The rest is history.

 

JerryXt
”I've been lucky then. I've never found Ducati people to be jerks. Perhaps one, but I like to think he's just trying to provoke a response, so I largely ignore him.”
Oh him!, yes he’s a total double dicker, I swap between tolerating and ignoring, but as they say “there’s always one!”

 

I must admit that I don't have much time for the typical Ducati owners. The brand seems to promote that pretentious type and was one of the main reasons that I sold up and went a different route with my bikes, that and the fact that I believe that there are better bikes out there. That being said, this place is great and probably the best forum I use or have ever used.
I'm a member on other forums as I've got a few different brands of bikes and to be honest, you get the same types everywhere. I hated the stick I used to get off folk and I still get annoyed at folk that try to slag Ducati's with stupid shit like they're unreliable and shit etc. I never had one breakdown or issue with either my 1299S or 899 track bike. Most of that comes from people that have never owned a Ducati.
Although I think the Ducati brand promotes a certain type, the majority of Ducati owners I've met have been great which isn't always the case with other bike owners.

 

I've not had the misfortune to meet a stereotypical Ducatisti (i.e. knob) as I'm the only one I know (I may be setting myself a trap here?). The only other Ducati owners I've known personally (2) were good blokes.
Most non-Ducati owners will suggest reliability issues but that is water off a ducks back

 

Have to say I would have agreed to the typical Ducati owner pre conception myself , but any dealings I have had on here with other owners has been great . Now don't get me started about another forum I rarely visit which serves old yams, which aren't liquid cooled lol .
Puddy

 

I think the Ducati brand is aspirational for a number of reasons:
1. They’re expensive so can’t be afforded by everyone
2. There isn’t an entry level range so it’s a bike that you build up to
3. They are all fantastically stylish, they all look great as a rule (with one or two exceptions down the years)
4. They’re red & Italian, the obvious link is a Ferrari & they're unquestionably aspirational.
None of this makes a Ducati rider better than anyone else & for me, other individual bikes have been much loved but I don’t think I’ve ever got the same buzz from the act of owning a bike as I have from my Dukes.

 

Hi Dude
Dont know if we ever met and would not recognise anyone now anyway. But thanks either way for a brilliant place. Shame about what happened to the man himself, very sad.
I used to love blatting down there from stevenage and asking for whatever seconhand treasure i needed at the time. I dont think there was a time when i didn't find what i needed.
I think it was even you guys that had a stall at Donington park in '86 when i crashed a goddards on the big track day they had. "Italian festival " it was called.

 

Ass-less chaps

still stands