[Ducati] New Years Ride!

[Ducman]

I was thinking the same Peter but my wife and I had socked our duc's  
away for the winter, I did go for a long bicycle ride and enjoyed the  
day on two wheels at least :)
I live just south of you in western NY.

Paul M

On Jan 1, 2007, at 6:06 PM, Peter Balfour wrote:

> Today I just experienced a first...taking the Ducati out for a ride  
> on New Years day....in Ontario Canada!  When I stuck my nose out  
> the front door this morning it was amazingly warm out which of  
> course means... time to wake up the Ducati.  My wife Lynn also  
> agreed it was time for a New Year coffee run so I unwrapped her  
> little 883 Harley (which of course was adorned in new "Bling" that  
> Santa Clause brought her...and installed) and my '94 900SS and they  
> both woke up with a charming array of mechanical music,doing an odd  
> duet in our garage.
>
> We boogied down our favorite twisty roads to the local Timmies  
> coffee shop where we met a bunch of local motorcycle enthusiast who  
> had the same idea.  The roads were dry and all the salt had been  
> washed away by days of rain so this was a rare occurrence indeed.  
> It felt great to get on the bike and it was like the first ride in  
> spring, I can't get over how quick my old 900SS feels when I've not  
> been on it for a while.  Anyhow, it was a great way to start of the  
> New Year if you ask me, plus I got to test ride my new Ducati  
> leather riding pants I got for Christmas.  This global warming  
> thing is not all that bad :)!
>
> Peter Balfour
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