motorcycles, midgets and mayhem

50 mph gusts tomorrow made me re-think my weekend plans: it will be f#*%ing mayhem when i tell the wife we are going to a motorcycle show for date night this week...the midgets wont make matters better.

the lone ranger rides a ducati

one lone ranger in australia may succeed in having ALL speeding tickets for the last seven years overturned in his home town if he wins today's (tomorrow's) court case. arguing that the police's speed detection cameras are not calibrated correctly AND cause cancer, the 57-year old motorcyclist hopes to stop the harrassment by the man he has suffered for riding his ducati 1198 at or under the speed limit...gotta feel for the brother!

motorcycle show

usually when the winter motorcycle shows rolls through, one has a feeling that spring is around the corner and bikes will be ridden shortly...not this year: i just want to hide inside! if you feel that way too and live near minnesota, go to the international motorcycle show in minneapolis. its way more fun then scraping ice of your wheels.

ducati dream: done and done

i took a trip to yorktown and this is all i brought back! my new ducati 1198 is a super bike for sure: cant wait for the ice to thaw!

i have been obsessed with the ducati for a while, but once i sat on one at the bike show, i knew i had to have it, stat! i scoured the internet and located only one...in new jersey...with credit card at the ready, i inquired about the bike only to find it sold several weeks ago: annoying! so, last weekend i found two had just arrived at redline motor sports in the tidewater region of virginia.

saturday i loaded up the trailer and trudged through our snow to pick it up:

someone else came by to pick up the black one: he was cool...

 im back home in the snow and ice, but i couldnt be happier! 

i saw this aprilia there...

riding on ice

we had a lot of melting of last week's snow: now it's all ice!

made reservations for florida today.