[Ducati] Bud Turner

[Kathleen Corgan]

I never got to meet Charles "Bud" in person...but we did exchange  
emails some years back regarding trips on the 900SS and how my SO and  
I should try to make it down his way where we would be welcomed by  
the Intrepid Cafe Racers group...and perhaps even catch a track day  
to top it off.

Somewhere I'm hoping I still have a copy of the map he sent back  
then...a memento of how Bud was one of those true assets to the  
Ducati community who wanted to share with others the things that gave  
him enjoyment in life.

Vicki, hearing that story is just proof that what comes around goes  
around and it's so great to hear that the hospitality Bud seemed to  
extend to members of the list was reciprocated by the Italians to  
help him fulfill a lifelong dream.  And once again, as list muse, you  
found just the right story to capture it all.

Thanks for that.

Kath

Kath Corgan
kathis at mindspring.com
Hell's Kitchen, NYC
'03 999 Mono
STT/REDUC #199, NESBA #199


On Nov 29, 2006, at 9:16 AM, Veloce916 at aol.com wrote:

>
> In this sad story there is a very nice story that might inspire  
> somebody so
> I'll share it.  I didn't live near Bud so I only saw him at events  
> and in
> passing but one night sitting around a campfire some years ago (it  
> must  have
> been 2002) I was speaking to Bud at a Ducati.net event. While  
> swapping  stories,
> he told me how he had been in the military in Italy and seen the   
> fantastic
> roads out a train window (this must have been in the 50's -  Bud  
> was about 70
> when he told me this) and how it had been his lifelong dream to   
> ride the roads
> he had seen but now, living on his retirement pension with this   
> unexpected
> expense or another, the dream would never come true. So instead  he  
> looked
> forward to my photos and story of the Motogiro each year and  
> dreamed  when he read
> them that he had been there himself. Bud would have NEVER  asked  
> for a favor,
> but I passed this story on to the club folks at  Ducati in Italy,  
> you never
> know, right? Back then there weren't that many  clubs,not like now,  
> and
> sometimes it was possible to get some help if the  situation made  
> sense.  ...