Spinning Wheels. 4/8/2004
As most of my readers would have gathered by now, my life is very involved in motorcycles. I have been riding motorcycles for the best part of 24 years, and in that time have ridden almost every type of motorcycle ever made. I went through a dirt bike phase, a cruiser phase, a streetbike phase. I now find myself, at the halfway mark of my riding life, caught up with Italian exotica. Specifically Ducati, an Italian motorcycle which is now apparently considered ‘trendy’ to own. The marque has a proud racing history dating back to the 1950s, and their zenith was reached with 4 time back to back World Superbike Championships with a certain C. Fogarty.
The engines for these bikes are designed rather differently from the norm, utilising Desmodromic actuation for the valve train. The current incarnation of the bike is the Desmosedici, currently fastest bike in testing at Catalunya this year. Ducati intend to mount serious effort in contesting the MotoGP and taking some of the wins away from Honda, who are currently dominating the racing.
At my level, I participate in many track days at the circuit, and spend a lot of time blasting down canyons and up hills. On any given Sunday, I can be found either at the track, or up the mountains, striving to acheive that perfect balance of speed, lean angle and adrenaline.
One of the people in this picture is me.
- Posted in : General
- Author : thesnark
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