[Ducati] getting blown off by a BMW

[Izaak]

Was it a BMW or a Ural?  The Urals are old Beemer copies.  They 
currently make a liine of sidecar bikes, several of which are 2-wheel 
drive (switchable) and are meant for light-offroad use.  Very 
intriguing line of bikes

www.imz-ural.com

At 02:59 PM 7/5/2006, you wrote:
>Gotta watch those Beemers.  Years ago a friend and I were riding 
>dirt bikes up the old stagecoach road out of Calastoga, paused to 
>cool off and let the testrone levels drop a bit, when we noted a 
>funny throbbing sound coming up the trail behind us.  Sure enough, 
>it was a Beemer, with side car and rider, chugging up the trail we 
>had just conquered with all our manly skills.  Bummer, I mean 
>Beemer.  Later, Mike