[Ducati] Giorgio Nepoti, RIP

[Veloce916 at aol.com]

The last time I saw Giorgio Nepoti was at a party in Rimini to celebrate  the 
end of the Motogiro d'Italia 2006.  Giorgio was at a table with Rino  
Caracchi, the other half of NCR, the most famous tuning duo in Ducati's history  
watching an Italian comedian who had at least the Italian half of the room in  
stitches.  We were all still buzzing from 5 great days of riding, Giorgio  on the 
exquisite Ducati single he ride every year. The night before Giorgio had  
been the center of attention, telling stories about his pre-NCR days when he  
worked for Provimi, the Mondial factory GP team all brought on by a Beautiful  
Mondial single we had rolled over to lock to the 175 Rino had brought for me to  
compete on. It was a thing to watch, the living history of Ducati, both 
Giorgio  and the men he was entertaining. Ducati royalty all. It want on for hours, 
the  group of them all out in the parking lot but Giorgio was at it's center, 
clearly  King of this group. As long as Giorgio was talking, they all would 
stay and  listen. That's the kind of man this was. I am always struck, at 
moments like  these how lucky I am to witness this, that one by one these people 
and this  history will be lost.
 
So I am very sad to tell you that this giant piece of Ducati's  history 
passed away yesterday.  
 
Giorgio Nepoti of NCR and his wife were killed in a car crash on the way to  
a vacation. Rino Caracchi's wife is organizing some sort of motorcycle 
gathering  in his honor in Borno Panagale, probably on Wednesday.  The funeral will 
be  on Thursday. 
 
Vicki