Hi All Myself and some colleagues are attending an event with Ducati in Bologna followed by a day at WDW on Friday 22nd July, it'll be my first time there and looking forward to it! Anybody else going and any tips to getting the most out of the day? Cheers Mark
Having been to WDW three times already, I would say first off, avoid the hottest part of the day if at all possible, it can get unbearably warm if you are riding to and from the track each day, especially if you don't succumb to a t-shirt, flip flops and shorts as most of the Italians will be wearing on their bikes. You can pretty much comfortably see all there is to see there in a day. If they are running their 'Curve E Tornati' ride-outs then take the chance to go on one, as they involve some great routes up in the mountains with a stop for lunch thrown in. Aside from the usual rider appearances, paddock walkabouts, track action and club events and the evening concerts, I always found it better to dip in and out of the event and the odd soak in the pool back at the hotel before heading back in for late afternoon. The one must do event for me has always been the "Parata" which is a mass ride out on the first night, starting out on the Misano track then onto the streets through Riccione and Cattolica usually ending up at the Water Park towards Rimini. It's bonkers but a lot of fun. I ended up at an Egyptian themed beach party one year hosted by Frankie Chilli and his wife. Brilliant fun. Wish I was going again this year, but definitely plan on visiting again in 2024.
I'm with Topolino on that. After 2 days I was Ducati'd out and spent the third day riding in the mountains. I did the Parata on a Panigale and tbh I did get a tad warm; great fun though.
I’m going for a day with a mate, but we’re going to drop the bikes off at our Airbnb in the morning, and walk in, as we’re not that far. We’ve booked 3 days as I had a free pass, but tbh we’ll probably just go for a day, maybe pop back in the following morning for a bit, before we go to Rossi’s museum down the road. I’m not interested in walking around in my gear all day, or a ride out with hundreds of other bikes, but it’ll be fun to watch. With a cold beer!
Will either hire bikes there, or my dealer has mentioned the possibility of sending some customers bikes over on a truck. I quite like the idea of just hiring something there though tbh.
You can’t send bikes out now to Italy on a truck then meet them there because of Brexit. You can however send them by truck to Switzerland then ride to Italy from the Swiss logistics depot.
why? presume cos you need to be with them when travelling? We've taken our bikes loads of times over to france/germany etc with them in the back of the van. and how do the guys sending track bikes out to spain etc manage it then?
Staying anywhere in Cattolica is good. Stayed once at Hotel Luxor beach for Motogp. This has an underground car park. Once at Hotel Torretta Residence for WDW.
Isn't that what the carnet is for, mine's being shipped to Laguna seca , with no limits, and I don't have to be with it, but have to do a Carnet, same as when my row boat went to Lanzarote, the carnet let's you bring it back in to the UK
Yep.... But you can do it is the point, when no limits are shipping 100 bikes the cost doesn't matter so much, my carnet for my boat was £450 or so as it does depend on the value of the ' goods'
