Hi everyone -
Long time Ducati owner, first time poster, thanks for taking my call!
It all started in 2002, well it started before then, but it happened in 2002. I got my first official "big boy" job here in Colorado after being a wilderness guide for about a decade. I had motorcycles, but never super nice ones, and certainly not new ones, so after the first paycheck I called the shop I had worked with on my most recent "used" bike purchase (they were a Ducati dealer) and said - I want a new bike.
The guy there knew me and went down the usual list of nice used bikes they had and I stopped him. No, a NEW bike, I said.
Shortly thereafter in the conversation we had ruled out the recently introduced 749 / 999 bikes and the Aprilia RSV, they were just more than I could actually afford, and honestly I hadn't come to like the look of the "new" Ducati. I loved the classic 916 look. So he dug around a bit and came up with a leftover 748 (base) that we agreed was the right bike. It arrived and I was instantly hooked.
A very short while later I caught wind on the local forums that Aprilia and Sportbike Track Time were coming to Colorado for a track "demo" day that also included instruction. It seemed like a mighty good idea to use the motorcycle for what is was made for and with 602 miles on the clock and the initial service complete I took out some fuses, taped over some lights, bought a suit and headed to the racetrack.
The rest of the story is fairly predictable. Within an hour of wrapping up my first track day I was on the racing forums looking for a track specific bike and within a month I had a race license, a dedicated racebike and a new addiction.
Fast forward to 2014 and we reach the second time in my life that I have purchased a brand new motor vehicle. Again, a Ducati, again the "little brother" of the full superbike. I've since pretty much quit riding on the road, so this time it's going to be a racebike from the start.
I can't wait!
Thanks for putting this forum together, I suspect I'll be a frequent contributor!
Scott
Long time Ducati owner, first time poster, thanks for taking my call!
It all started in 2002, well it started before then, but it happened in 2002. I got my first official "big boy" job here in Colorado after being a wilderness guide for about a decade. I had motorcycles, but never super nice ones, and certainly not new ones, so after the first paycheck I called the shop I had worked with on my most recent "used" bike purchase (they were a Ducati dealer) and said - I want a new bike.
The guy there knew me and went down the usual list of nice used bikes they had and I stopped him. No, a NEW bike, I said.
Shortly thereafter in the conversation we had ruled out the recently introduced 749 / 999 bikes and the Aprilia RSV, they were just more than I could actually afford, and honestly I hadn't come to like the look of the "new" Ducati. I loved the classic 916 look. So he dug around a bit and came up with a leftover 748 (base) that we agreed was the right bike. It arrived and I was instantly hooked.
A very short while later I caught wind on the local forums that Aprilia and Sportbike Track Time were coming to Colorado for a track "demo" day that also included instruction. It seemed like a mighty good idea to use the motorcycle for what is was made for and with 602 miles on the clock and the initial service complete I took out some fuses, taped over some lights, bought a suit and headed to the racetrack.
The rest of the story is fairly predictable. Within an hour of wrapping up my first track day I was on the racing forums looking for a track specific bike and within a month I had a race license, a dedicated racebike and a new addiction.
Fast forward to 2014 and we reach the second time in my life that I have purchased a brand new motor vehicle. Again, a Ducati, again the "little brother" of the full superbike. I've since pretty much quit riding on the road, so this time it's going to be a racebike from the start.
I can't wait!
Thanks for putting this forum together, I suspect I'll be a frequent contributor!
Scott
