What Started You On Your Ducati Journey?

the Apprilia salesman was a butt hole. one hour later i owned a ducati.

 

Yep, I was 17, rode a Fantic Cabalero and one day walked past a garage and saw a petrol tank sitting in a box in the showroom. It was blue with golden insert and had Ducati written on the tank. I popped my head round the door and said where is the rest of it? I borrowed £30 of lawn mowing money from my Dad, threw in my £20 and bought a 250 Mk III in several boxes. A year later I had it up and running. All my mates had LCs and Superdreams. Forty years later and I have bought loads of them and still have four in the garage.

 

I was fed up with reliable bikes

 

Foggy started my journey. A 2000 my 748e the bike owning journey

And never had one I regretted or didn’t enjoy since.

 

This puppy.

 

Was into British bikes until my 30’s but always liked Ducati’s owned by friends.

Couldn’t afford but loved the 851 888 and then 916.

My first Ducati was a 916 bought for me by my wife for my 40th birthday.

 

I'm not surprised, He couldn't even spell Aprilia. The Ducati salesman looks no better mind, not knowing that a name should start with a capital.

 

I've posted my story before, but to condense it.......

My mate bought a 916 , I said "What do you want one of them for?", I did half the riding of it back from Birmingham for him, put my Fireblade up for sale the next day, bought a 916, have never looked at much else but Ducatis ever since, the end.

 

Ducati’s are my favorite, but you’re missing out!

 

On what?

 

Wagging school and daydreaming at Sports Motorcycles in town. It was an education all of its own.

 

Stuff

 

Stuff other stuff. I like Ducatis.

 

You've been red and angry ever since that first one

 

Always been into trail bikes. Did loads of overlanding. Kids mean I can't take too much time off anymore so treated myself to a mint Superduke 990 for the commute. Found I like a decent V Twins so thought I'd better get a Ducati before they went the way of the dinosaur. Happy with my Panigale. Lovely bike.

 

I also had an RD250LC in 1981 as my first bike at 17 - but went a different route, Z1000 on passing my test in '81, turbocharged it a year later, many years playing with Kawasaki's. Bought a 998 about 7 years ago (a proper one in yellow)

 

I always loved the 916 shape of bikes as I was growing up then passed my bike test and that was it had to get one, along came my 748r.