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

Lordy miss Molly! What can possibly be said about this scooter that has not already been published in hundreds of books, thousands of articles, and then slobbered over by millions of fans world wide? Well for one, standing near it you come to realize that it is quite a bit smaller than one would suspect, even for a 500cc single cylinder scoot, and thus your imagination runs wild with fever at the thought of burning backroads to cinders. Width wise it is actually comparable in size to the 500cc bikes racing Grand Prix, though it looks about as wide as me turned sideways. And most significantly, the deadpan look that I possess in the picture is what happens after you are overcome with delusional delight in the off chance that you can sit on it when others have left the room, that you end up turning into a vegetable (potato most likely) at the mere sight of such elegant craftsmanship, design synthesis, and sheer boldness for producing such a one off. If one looks closely enough, you can see that I have taken root just standing there like a tree stump. Jimi appropriately started asking for the back end of a shovel to move me. Sigh.
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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