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Originally Posted by RAMMIUS
RC45 I`am curios , have you owned a Ducati ?  |
No - and there is a bloody good reason why.
I was seduced by the 851 when I was but a wee lad... but thankfully had a chance to ride one.
They looked so romantic circulating on videos of races and magazine articles full of colourful prose... one particular article about a Ron Haslem hosted Ducati day at Donington had be desiring one so bad.
Then the 888 stormed onto the world stage, and the owner of a specialist bike store I used to visit as a teenager added an RC30 to his collection of 1969 CB750, CB1000's VF750's and K1000ELR etc .
I saw the RC30 and we all knew what the perfect hand crafted motorcycle can be. But still ahd an eye on a Duc.
Then the day came and I was offered a ride on his 888SP3. I almost pissed my pants... here I am a sitting astride my dream bike.
Well - what a ride. Thrilling as no other, scalpel handling, grunt to spare - and as uncomfortable as getting an enema through your nose.
It was a brutal unforgiving bike ti ride. Everything I imagined a factory race bike to be. Oh - and it broke down 2 days that first weekend
In typical Italian fashion.
I have had various rides on Ducs over the years - including a much desired 851 and other than a throbbing ride of giant jackhammer dildo like proportions, they are really nothing special. They have the same poser value as F-Cars..
They demand constant and expensive maintenance and attention - and they are not that robust - or reliable
Ducati make some of the greatest race bikes the world has ever known, but their road bikes are just over priced coffee shop decorations...
