Hi all! Just signed up, bought my 900 nearly 5 years ago but for some reason only just found this forum. My name's Mick, I live in an Essex village, work in IT in London, commute every day on a Honda VFR and am currently getting my Ducati back on the road. The last time it ran was when we moved house in October 2011 and I rode it across from our old place. It's been sitting SORNed under a dust cover since then while most of the spare time and money went on doing things to the new house and keeping the VTEC in top form to get me to work every day. As things have calmed down a bit, the sun was out, and I'm getting tired of Mrs Bloke's enquiries about "what's happening with that old one in the garage?" I threw off the covers, wheeled it out, turned the key and it started first time! Big up for Optimate and MotoBatt, and so much for the frailty of Italian bikes. Check over for MoT, then a service and belts change, then get it taxed and I'll have my pretty Sunday toy back for the 'summer'.
The bike is a 98 reg so one of the first ie's and I think the black Brembo wheels are standard on the early ones. I've been toying with the idea of red pinstripe tapes to break the black up a bit. What do you think?
Hello and welcome! For the cost of a roll of tape give it a try, you can always take it off if you don't like it!
Hello from Brentwood. Got red tape on my 999 black wheels, looks good, go for it. Where in Essex are you?
Come along to the DSC meet at the Angel Pub in Chelmsford (follow the signs to Broomfield Hospital) every 3rd Monday of the month from 8pm - next one is this Monday 17th June. Quite a few of us go from around the area and have a chin-wag in the pub. We also take the occasional trip out to the Dick Turpin on the A127 when the weather is nice!
My mate Dave with half fairing ST4s lives there. I'll let him know there's another Ducati in the hood.
