Just bought a 2010 Ducati Monster 696. Last few months' shelter in place left me depressed so I decided to buy a bike.
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Just bought a 2010 Ducati Monster 696. Last few months' shelter in place left me depressed so I decided to buy a bike.
couldn't resist a ride on a friend's 42 BSA today - has some agricultural character like a lanz bulldog
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Thursday/300miles/10hours/85degrees/WhiteMts.
Nice John
40 years apart , your R69S and the 1100S's
Yes Ron, it was a good day.
Only times I feel vintage is when I need to accelerate, or brake - or when I look in a mirror.
Your [older bike] would have fit in nicely.
If anyone has a story on importing a bike...that can lend any advice, expertise.
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good this thread came up again...almost forgot
i did spend Erwin a new toy...
a motorcycle trailer,
built 12.19.1958
by the police workshop Osnabrueck -
hence the german police coloring - green/white -
for towing the BMW motorbikes,
250kg empty weight,
Hahn axle with torsion bar damping,
5.6x15“ VW/Porsche 356 rims,
the top with the ramp can be fully removed and switched to another frame for different use...
Nice trailer Haul - quite substantial for a single bike
Had a few motor bikes through the years, started with a hand me down Whizzer as a kid. Currently have a 72 Kawasaki 500 H1, 92 Harley Fatboy, and 77 Honda Express. Been to Sturgis and Laconia on the Harley.
I've been riding since I was a kid and I'll always have a bike or two. I haven't been riding on the street lately but I have been doing quite a few trackdays which is by far more rewarding.
Presently I have a 2000 Ducati 996 for the track and a 2001 Ducati S4 Monster that I've owned since new.