Sales guy whispers, “better take it for a ride Bub”.
..and so I did. There is a rumour that in third gear at 150 KPH and gentle application of more throttle will spin the back wheel. I am sure it is just a rumour.
For those less informed, that is a 2009 Ducati Street Fighter – the latest model of the Ducati naked street machine.
19 Jun 2009 at 08:30 pm | #
nice bike did you drop it to hahaha isnt pei great!!!!
19 Jun 2009 at 08:36 pm | #
Sweet mercy - I live in a fish bowl. I did not drop it. Lost it mid turn in the hair pin turn when the speedo passed 200!
20 Jun 2009 at 08:44 am | #
Wicked Troy.
20 Jun 2009 at 09:31 am | #
Wicked indeed. More accurately, clever. Remember, he knows what is in our garages.
20 Jun 2009 at 01:57 pm | #
I will be waiting with bated breath for this lovely piece of machinery to motor by my mansion.
Might it have a sidecar attachment?
Also, does it have a governor that shuts it down at 199 km per hour?
Because anything faster than 199 km an hour makes my hat blow off.
20 Jun 2009 at 06:28 pm | #
Alas, if it passed Chez CG it shall be piloted by another. My garage runneth over and my wallet is gasping.
Oh dear, a sidecar on a Ducati. Eeeeuuuu. A Ducati is like hot sweaty sex - and office affair that makes the heart beat fast - exciting for a while and then perhaps regretted in time. Whereas a sidecar is much more refined - tea and cucumber sandwiches on the West lawn.
21 Jun 2009 at 08:15 am | #
“Whereas a sidecar is much more refined - tea and cucumber sandwiches on the West lawn.”
What have you been smoking, Bub? Ivan is much more like a bowl of cold borscht in the the back 40 during a half gale in October. Or a brat on rye with a dollop of sauerkraut in a field a kilometer or two inside the Polish border.
And we learn that the lovely CG likes to keep her hat on. Be still, my heart.
22 Jun 2009 at 07:03 pm | #
Bub, I think you will enjoy this story on two levels.
My son phoned me today in need of immediate counsel.
First, he has inherited a life insurance policy on his own life. Apparently, his father had a life insurance policy on him, and the premiums are life insured. His father passed away earlier this year. His dilemma: Should he cash out the policy now, and take the cash value, or let a life insurance company pay premiums on it for him, for the rest of his life.
Also, his second dilemma: Would I kindly visit Red Rock Harley Davidson with him and help him pick out a new Harley Davidson.
My response: Keep the life insurance.
And: Have you considered a Ducati?
22 Jun 2009 at 07:28 pm | #
Sound advice on both accounts. If he is really interested in a Ducati rather than (I won’t say it) tell him to call me (I am serious). I know where there is a very nice very low mileage Ducati that is for sale. Don’t let him shave his head or get a tattoo until he considers a Ducati!
22 Jun 2009 at 07:36 pm | #
He actually said he would like a Ducati.
At least I think that’s what he was trying to say. I was too busy gnashing my teeth in trauma to fully understand all of his rationale for any purchase of a two wheeled testosterone transporter.
He kind of justified it by saying: At least a (the name you despise) is not a crotch rocket.
I perked up a bit, however, when he offered to teach me how to drive whatever machine he gets.
So yes, he has considered a Ducati and I will advise him to call you.
22 Jun 2009 at 07:39 pm | #
I further perked up when I learned that I am the beneficiary of the life insurance policy he is keeping.
And, he plans to install me as his live-in nanny to help raise his children, when he becomes a millionaire.
“That way you’ll have a second chance to be a good mother,” he said.
22 Jun 2009 at 07:51 pm | #
I think I like the boy!
23 Jun 2009 at 09:49 am | #
You only like The Boy because he wants to learn me how to drive a motorcycle!
Sorry I was late responding. I was out buying leather chaps.
23 Jun 2009 at 10:04 am | #
Far be it from me to discourage CG from wearing leather, but chaps are much more in keeping with Harleys than Ducatis. BUb has been muttering about butter soft Dainese riding leathers, but I haven’t seen him in them yet… BTW, one of their women’s lines is Domina.
23 Jun 2009 at 10:15 am | #
And tattoos? What do they go with?
I need to know the answer before 2 a.m. tonight.
23 Jun 2009 at 10:20 am | #
Male or female tattoos?
23 Jun 2009 at 10:36 am | #
Depends on the body part being branded.
23 Jun 2009 at 02:03 pm | #
I am sorry. In all seriousness here, I could never brand myself. I would feel like a cow.
Also, what would the nurses say in the assisted living facility that someone will send me to, eventually?
But mostly, what if in ten years, I don’t agree with what I said, permanently, on my body?
No thanks.
I have enough real scars that tell the story of my life.
I don’t need fake ones.