[Ducati] Ducati Donates Gary Eagan Record Bike toBarber Motorsports Museum

[Grant Tommy (sbc)]

You should have stopped over at BCM this past Saturday and you could have
spoken to the man himself. At the end of the day they had a slide show as
well. Very friendly and approachable person. A lot of people came by to
visit and talk with him.

He was heading back to Salt Lake on his bike he said after his visit to the
North East.

Grant 

-----Original Message-----
From: ducati-bounces at ducati.net [mailto:ducati-bounces at ducati.net] On Behalf
Of Thurmans
Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2007 3:28 AM
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Subject: Re: [Ducati] Ducati Donates Gary Eagan Record Bike toBarber
Motorsports Museum

Can someone retell the story of the fellow that went from Alaska to the 
Keys on a Ducati in an amazingly short time?
Didn't he make that ride last year?

Darrel

Veloce916 at aol.com wrote:

> 
>
>
>Cupertino, CA (April 21, 2007) - Ducati North America announces today  the 
>official donation to the Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum of the "Iron
Butt" 
>ST4, ridden by Gary Eagan from 2000-2002 to several endurance records.  
>
>The ST4 was originally delivered to Gary Eagan by Ducati North America  in 
>2000 as a brand new motorcycle with zero miles. It was viewed as an ideal  
>platform for Gary to use for his record setting long distance endurance
rides.  
>
>The most prestigious record Gary set on this motorcycle was a ride from
San 
>Francisco to New York City, which he did in an astonishing 36 hours and 57

>minutes. After accomplishing that monumental task, Gary used the ST4 to
compete  
>in approximately 10 endurance competitions of 24 hours or longer, winning 
>nine  of them.
>
>
>
>When asked about the durability of his Ducati, Gary  stated, "The bike had 
>one mechanical problem, a broken engine bolt when 92,000  miles rolled
around. 
>It was ridden hard and performed far better than one might  imagine, 
>considering the abuse I gave it. I also rode the bike throughout  Alaska,
parts of the 
>Haul Road and Top of the World Highway (all dirt), down  through Chicken
and on 
>to Tok. That is the machine that really popped my  eyeballs out of my skull

>when it came to enjoying long distance  riding."
>
>Ducati chose the Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum as an ideal  home for
this 
>motorcycle due to its prestigious collection and appreciation of  the
Ducati 
>brand. A presentation to hand over the keys will be held at the  museum
this 
>Saturday, April 21st, during the lunch break from the AMA Superbike  races.
>
>
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