[Ducati] getting blown off by a BMW

[mike major]

Steve of BMW fame.  I'm 62 and was talking with one of my best friends about what we will do when we admit that we are really too old to be cranking around on sportie bikes.....Buy a Beemer of course.  Later, Mike D Bike

mo+omille <info at motomille.com> wrote:  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 
> To: Ducati Owners Group 
> 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 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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