A modern Ducati

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Ducati drivers are extremely dynamic. I was about to notice that. For the true motorcyclist, every ride is a fight on the borders between asphalt and rubber. That is why I relentlessly gave my 750 cc machine a pass at the turn. The engine roared furiously the long straight. In the distance I saw a multicolor fluor tip.

That had to be another motorcyclist. The enemy. It had to be humbly humiliated! The counter needle climbed up line by line ... 60. 70, 80 kilometers per hour. Fat 80… Almost 85 kilometers per hour though. Maybe 90. On the counter then. Well, there is simply not much more speed in a sixty + year old side valve with a heavy sidecar attached to it.

The colored dot gradually became larger. It turned out to be a Ducati pilot who propelled his Diavel autopetically.

He was wearing such a race overall with hump plus all sorts of other safe clothing. Stepping on a cycle path cannot be aerodynamic enough. I placed my combination a few meters in front of him on the road between road and cycle path. Took off my helmet. "And do you like such an Italian thing?"

The Ducati stepper took the matter well

His link had broken down, was compensated by the WW through an emergency provision and a dose of improvisation and broke down again. Something with electronics and Italian craftsmanship or something. He still had about fourteen miles ahead and was now approaching the boiling point. The amount of on-board tools of my KMZ also includes a greasy communist ball of frayed sisal rope of an inch or two thick. Large rusty snap hooks are split at the ends. But roadside repairs are of course not enough for such an Italian bella donna.

But dragging motorcycles is more fun

The rope went around the front fork of the Ducati and the bottom crossbar of the tricycle. Between them was twenty meters of greasy cable from the days when the red flags in Russia were only used for official purposes and were not used to mark tow ropes. We agreed that I would drive and he would brake and hit the road. When the road went uphill, the side valve hummed menacingly darker, but it didn't budge. Then you see that 23 horsepower is really enough to get to Velp with a speed of eighty or so just the two of you.

In the built-up area we threw things loose

You can also make life too exciting. The Ducatist now had a few hundred meters to push and thanked me warmly. Whether I wanted something for the proven services? “No, I can now tell everyone that there was a very thick Duc behind me between De Steeg and Velp that I couldn't possibly pass by. That is priceless. "

I went right

Just like planning a chat with a comrade. He had a BMW GS who had stolen the heart of someone whose brother died in a double and who wanted to adopt the machine in memory. We talked about renovating motorcycles and toasting at the grand prize for the blue and white roar.

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7 comments

  1. Fantastic humor in this series!
    Stories like this can't go out enough, I personally look forward to it every time. AMK: Congratulations with your scribes!

  2. Dolf again a nice story something like that does not happen to me now unfortunately. But yes, if you stay in the garages for the entire day, you will not be on the road :-).

    • Just play outside more! Because everything happens there. Or sometimes nothing. But a tidy garage is also a valuable thing. The mess in my garage is so big that it can look after itself

  3. Suckling with the AWO-with-sidecar, I also once saw a lump pilot on a Honda CBR on a deserted road in twentieth beauty.
    Run dry, apparently the gas light or something was broken.
    I offered to take him either on the back or in the team to a gas station, but he thanked for the honor ...
    “On that ?? Not really!"
    If I just wanted to get some gas myself and come back.
    You understand that after that fantastic compliment I gave him an uplifting thumbs-up with the words: “still pushing man, it's not far anymore!”.

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