I took the plunge and have acquired the basis for a Classic TT race machine. It's the most I have ever spent on a bike... by a long way. I'm still whincing... thank god for credit :-)
On Saturday I picked up a new Italiano beauty fro John at Made in Italy Motorcycles. A 1992 Ducati 851 SP3 - #507 or around 600 made. It's taken a month or two of learning about these bikes, searching, kicking tyres, deliberation and some anguish... but there is some method to this seeming madness of pressing a so-called 'Collectors' bike into service on the isle of Man.
Took her out for a blast on Saturday evening.
Hard to believe this gal is 20 years old... handling is so sweet... must have been an incredible machine in her day.
... she looks like a Ducati...
...she feels like a Ducati...
...she sounds like a Ducati...
...she's made like a Ducati.
Now... with the help of some friends we're gonna turn this road-going lovely into a sweet-handling, Manx road devouring, super-strong, stone-wall booming, rosso-flash of nostalgia at the Classic TT in August.
Oh shit... wtf have I got myself into now!
I have got to handed it to you you're committed ,there are too many of those sweet bikes in collections gathering dust it will be good to see one fly,,,
ReplyDeletelook forward to see her in her race clothes!!.
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