Everyone call's them Duke's; use that.... I call my a Mutley...Pee Pee.... mainly 'cause other Pikes Peak riders hate it!
VAG group have in recent years become very over-protective of their brands... I'm falling a bit out of love with modern Ducati I think. All these marketing words about "passion" while crushing individuals who have passion for their brand. I doubt very much whether there was any confusion about if Ducati John was officially franchised, and they're making it hard for even existing franchised dealers to keep the faith. The older bikes are great, long may the spares be available... the newer bikes are increasingly meh.
Smacks of Corporate bollox to me! I have no connection with John, have never used him or spoken to him but he has been around with that name and a good reputation for many years, surely he's been a positive factor for Ducati ownership and better than some dealerships they've had! Presumably the Ducati powers that be would not be able to see the positive, only a reaction of 'he's using our name' Another nail in the coffin! and yet another reason for me not to buy a new Ducati
I'd better tell the dog that he's infringing upon a trademark of Ducati Motor Holding S.p.A... told Hattie we should have called him EXUP.
Why has nobody ever started a parts company called Wopspeed? That's genius! These idiots might object I suppose...
agree, I can understand "Ducati" but trying to restrict the use of Desmo is ludicrous. Maybe just go for full-blown Desmodromic John then and see how the Gustav Mees estate feels about it, regardless of lapsed patents.
As long as they don't chase down people with titled threads, my fecking ducati has broken down again, we should be safe
