[Ducati] fix or part out '93 900ss

[Dan Bockmier]

I could not agree with Kevin more about riding, though I would not 
necessarily categorize collecting and restoring as activities that are 
in conflict with riding as the prime directive.

I happen to know the SP in that auction covered over 4000 miles last 
year after being rescued from garage rot. Among other journeys it 
covered most of the state of California on Hiway 1 and brushed the candy 
stripes at both Sears Point and Laguna Seca. It was the one modern bike 
owned by the seller who has a tiny collection of classic motorcycles 
that are regularly ridden and cover 15,000 miles in a typical year. I 
know because I am the seller.

To be sure, it all begins and ends at the handlebars, yet for me 
motorcycles are also kinetic art work. Are we not all in love with our 
Ducatis in some part due to their good looks? So since I cannot afford 
Bernini's Apollo and Daphne for my garage, I turn to classic motorcycles 
whose beauty I can enjoy as much as the excitement I get from riding 
them.

Dan Bockmier

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Harlyn Jenkins" <harlyn at jenkins.org>
To: "'Ducati Owners Group'" <ducati at ducati.net>
Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2007 8:42 AM
Subject: RE: [Ducati] fix or part out '93 900ss


> Amen!
>
> H
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ducati-bounces at ducati.net [mailto:ducati-bounces at ducati.net] On 
> Behalf
> Of Kevin Kachadourian
> Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2007 11:40 PM
> To: ducati at ducati.net
> Subject: RE: [Ducati] fix or part out '93 900ss
>
> I saw the 900 for sale in San Francisco (actually, Daly City). It is a 
> fine,
> pristine, collectable example of a 900SS SP, much prettier than mine. 
> And,
> after spending some time talking with the seller, and looking at the 
> other
> bikes and projects in his garage, I'm convinced the SP had the best 
> care and
> maintenance. But, I'm quite confident that mine is a much more 
> exhillarating
> ride (what with the Termi, the Marchesinis, and the Keihins). For some 
> of
> us, Ducatis are the apex of what motorcycling is about - and it is not 
> about
> collecting, restoring and polishing; it is about riding. It's one 
> thing to
> look at a motorbike and think about how pretty it is. It's quite 
> another to
> look at it and think about what a great time you'd have blasting down 
> those
> twisties and thrashing the nuts off the damn thing. How much is my 
> bike
> worth? Ask me how much I could get for it - maybe half what I've put 
> into
> it. Ask me what I'd sell it for - don't even ask, it's not for sale. 
> It's
> waiting for the next run down Redwood Rd. (which, BTW, is being 
> resurfaced,
> so is covered with gravel - so, watch out, you East Bay riders).
>
> Kevin Kachadourian
> '96 900SS SP (words can't describe)
> '85 650 Alazzurra (new tire and she's back on the road)
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