[Ducati] getting blown off by a BMW

[mo+omille]

The story goes - when the russians came in and helped defeat the  
Nazis the stole a bunch of BMW tooling and plans and continued to  
make BMWs in Russia... as time progressed they later purchased old  
tooling from BMW.

Pete

On Jul 6, 2006, at 1:48 AM, desmosteve at aol.com wrote:

> I must admit to parting company with the 916 a few yrs ago and now  
> have a BMW 1150GS
> and yes they do go very well indeed I have put a Remus can on and  
> its even better I know
> this is a Ducati site so I will shut up now Oh by the way I am  
> hankering after another 916 at the
> moment and if all goes to plan then hopefully will have a garage  
> friend for the 1150 see i am not lost
> to the germans quite yet and still have the Italian flair still.
> Steve
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mike major <textike at yahoo.com>
> To: Ducati Owners Group <ducati at ducati.net>
> Sent: Wed, 5 Jul 2006 16:16:30 -0700 (PDT)
> Subject: Re: [Ducati] getting blown off by a BMW
>
>
> definatly a Beemer....and a large serving of crow for me.   Later,  
> Mike
>
> Izaak <ducnet at livnay.com> wrote:  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
>
>
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