Next year my Ducati will be 50 years old...
It's been with me for 40 of those years and I'm planning to ride it back to the factory to mark the occasion.
I live in Devon, on the South coast of the Disunited Kingdom so the Plymouth Ferry to Spain is close by. The route will be a bit like this.
My son, Jamie, will be tagging along on his Ducati Monsterous(!) - his first trip abroad on a bike.
My main concern is oil, As you all know, a bevel drive 750 likes a monograde and, since there's no real filter, it has to be changed every 1k (and a bit) miles - that's 5 litres each time and 2 changes.
Can anybody advise how difficult it is to source SAE50 monograde in Europe? If any Euro Bevelheads were willing to help me in this enterprise and live somewhere near the route, perhaps I could order some and have it delivered to your address???
Buying it online here is no problem but you never see it in a garage.
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He also knows a thing or two about our old lumps (he used to work at Motoddd Laverda in Croydon), a rare thing in today's Ducati world. There's even a few beveldrives on display amongst all the modern, eye-wateringly expensive bling.