Greetings from Kansas
Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2009 9:37 pm
Hi all,
I've been a Ducati fan since the 70's when I would visit Kitchen Cycle in Hays, KS and drool over the new 750 Sport and 850 Guzzi. Don lived down the street and his kids and I played together. In my high school years I found a '74 Sport for sale at a used car dealer in La Crosse, KS for $700. I later traded it for a bicycle and 50 bucks, a long, depressing story, and something one can never comletely recover from.
Fast forward to 1990 when I found a basket case 450 R/T for $200 which I restored in my laundry room over a five year period.
About five years ago I bought an '81 Darmah on Ebay. Kind of Mad Max looking with drag bars, universal cafe fairing, black painted pipes, blue tank, tail and front SS fender, and grey wheels. Someone put VHB29AS's on it also. But it runs fine and has 18,000 KM on it. It's a Euro model.
Anyway I'm tired of riding an ugly Darmah so I'm cleaning out my shop to roll it in this winter for a restoration, back to its original black-and-gold glory.
I'm looking for a set of PHF's and a few other goodies but it's pretty much all there otherwise.
Thanks for the outstanding forum and if anyone has some carbs or is looking for VHB's or an SS fairing let me know.
Dave
I've been a Ducati fan since the 70's when I would visit Kitchen Cycle in Hays, KS and drool over the new 750 Sport and 850 Guzzi. Don lived down the street and his kids and I played together. In my high school years I found a '74 Sport for sale at a used car dealer in La Crosse, KS for $700. I later traded it for a bicycle and 50 bucks, a long, depressing story, and something one can never comletely recover from.
Fast forward to 1990 when I found a basket case 450 R/T for $200 which I restored in my laundry room over a five year period.
About five years ago I bought an '81 Darmah on Ebay. Kind of Mad Max looking with drag bars, universal cafe fairing, black painted pipes, blue tank, tail and front SS fender, and grey wheels. Someone put VHB29AS's on it also. But it runs fine and has 18,000 KM on it. It's a Euro model.
Anyway I'm tired of riding an ugly Darmah so I'm cleaning out my shop to roll it in this winter for a restoration, back to its original black-and-gold glory.
I'm looking for a set of PHF's and a few other goodies but it's pretty much all there otherwise.
Thanks for the outstanding forum and if anyone has some carbs or is looking for VHB's or an SS fairing let me know.
Dave
