[Ducati] Australia Post Strikes Deal with Ducati

[phil hitchcock]

> >>From the Canberra District Ducati Club newsletter.
> >
> > Rumours in the motorcycling community are that a
> deal has been struck
> > between Australia Post and Ducati. As most readers
> would know, for many
> > years Honda has had a deal to supply Australia
> Post with CT110 postie
> > bikes. Well after further investigation it has
> been revealed that Ducati
> > will be supplying Australia Post with excess
> stocks of 749/999 exhaust
> > mufflers to use as letterboxes in hi-rise
> developments. According to a
> > spokesperson from Australia Post these mufflers
> make perfect letterboxes
> > due to their compact size, letterbox shape, and
> the fact they have been
> > purchased for next to nothing. A Spokesperson for
> Ducati responded by
> > saying that the company is also very happy as
> prior to this deal these
> > mufflers were only worth scrap value and appear to
> work better as a
> > letterbox than as a muffler! The spokesperson also
> added, "to us in
> > Bologna the 749/999 range is the modern day
> parallel twin Ugly and
> > Unloved"!
just passing it on

phil hitchcock
www.roadandrace.com.au
roadrace at cci.net.au


 
____________________________________________________________________________________
Finding fabulous fares is fun.  
Let Yahoo! FareChase search your favorite travel sites to find flight and hotel bargains.
http://farechase.yahoo.com/promo-generic-14795097