the DUCATI factory and museum VISIT!!!!!!!!!

Ever since reading and watching Doug Polen obliterate the field on an 888, they have been an object of my desire, second only to getting a rolling model of Fogerty's rocket (of which I believe an acceptable example now resides in my barn)! Further more, WEBsite's like Archie's have kept this scoot in my path of pursuit and consciousness for some time now. Though quite a bit bulkier and not as well sculpted as the 916, the 888 is never the less an object of brute beauty which must take it's rightful place in Ducati design, manufacturing, and racing history. In this pic, we see the third line of the Ducs continuing the cascade around the lit parabolic curve of the museum. Starting on the left is a 1991 888 SBK (that had a digital tach the size of a breadbox!), to an 888 Endurance with a set of white analog clocks wrapped in carbon within the front fairing (also housed this fantastic sculpt of a single almost pencil beam head light which is obscured by my arse), to a 1992 888 SBK with a smaller digital tach, and finally finishing the row with a 1994 example of the 916 SBK bespeckled with an analog tach (another tempting white clock face with black text!!! arrrrg!) all wrapped in carbon. Though the high courts might rule that I am embellishing the truth by saying that this floor light seemed to shine that much brighter than the rest, it is perhaps an apt application of metaphoric license for an era that turned the company about, and spawned a new generation of Ducati enthusiasts.
photographer: Jimi Meuse
in view
		The road less traveled (much less at low speeds) does not exist in Italy. Note the white striped line in the middle of the Autostrada coming back from Bologne. Finally figured out that it really meant, "drive as you need to"! Gottah love those Italians. Fantastico. Click on the thumbnail image to do the dance.

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