Howdy from the UK
Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2014 1:07 pm
Hello all! ^>^
Great to be here after finally finding another Ducati to own and ride. Back in 1984 I bought my first Duke, the 860GTS which wasn't running but only took a day to fix (dodgy wiring around the transducer, if I remember correctly). What a brilliant bike that I loved throwing around any corner I could find, happy days indeed.
Sold it a year later and it wasn't until around 1986 that I then found an 860GT which, again, was a good experience. Sold it a year later (er, I was going through mucho bikes in those days )!
Finally had to have another Ducati so in 1986 I bought my 3rd, a 900SSD with black and gold Mike Hailwood type fairing. Had brilliant sounding straight through Contis and this one I kept for three years, which was very unusual for me:
A couple of weeks ago finally found another Ducati, an 860GTE this time. A bit of a "basket case" which hasn't been run for at least 15 years, by the looks of it, and is going to need a lot of TLC to get her back on the road but we'll get there! Looking forward to the forum.
Great to be here after finally finding another Ducati to own and ride. Back in 1984 I bought my first Duke, the 860GTS which wasn't running but only took a day to fix (dodgy wiring around the transducer, if I remember correctly). What a brilliant bike that I loved throwing around any corner I could find, happy days indeed.
Sold it a year later and it wasn't until around 1986 that I then found an 860GT which, again, was a good experience. Sold it a year later (er, I was going through mucho bikes in those days )!
Finally had to have another Ducati so in 1986 I bought my 3rd, a 900SSD with black and gold Mike Hailwood type fairing. Had brilliant sounding straight through Contis and this one I kept for three years, which was very unusual for me:
A couple of weeks ago finally found another Ducati, an 860GTE this time. A bit of a "basket case" which hasn't been run for at least 15 years, by the looks of it, and is going to need a lot of TLC to get her back on the road but we'll get there! Looking forward to the forum.