[Ducati] Classic Bike of the Year voting

[Ronald Betts]

Thanks for the info Miss Vicki. Cool bike. Is your's a two stroke ?



Peace...Ron"Desmohead"Betts 95 900 SP
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>From: Veloce916 at aol.com
>Reply-To: Ducati Owners Group <ducati at ducati.net>
>To: ducati at ducati.net
>Subject: Re: [Ducati] Classic Bike of the Year voting
>Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 14:18:04 EST
>
>
>That particular Motobi is a twin but a whole lot of them were singles. The
>singles were known as "egg motors" it's obvious how they came to be called 
>that
>  when you look at the motor - the one in the voting is a twin, and looks
>just like two singles together side by side.  That one is referred to  as a
>Spring Lasting and they are really rare, I only know of one in the  states.
>Motobi's were Benelli's - the Benelli brothers got in a  fight and they 
>split up for
>a while,one brother calling his bikes Moto "B" for  Benelli and the rest of
>the family still producing the same basic bikes as  Benelli's.  After a few
>years peace broke out and they all became Benelli's  again.  They are 
>incredibly
>tough bikes, no babying required, they can take  a serious caning and they 
>are
>really fast as well.  I have two of  them, both singles I use to train for
>the Motogiro on and I believe they  are faster than the equivalent cc 
>Ducati.  I
>rode one in the first of the 6  Motogiro's I have ridden in and will remain
>an undying fan as a result.
>But I still voted for the Ducati. :-)  What can I say, it's a classic
>machine.
>Vicki
>
>In a message dated 1/10/2007 12:03:04 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
>georgeg at ezazz.co.uk writes:
>
>Yeah,  fairly sure they were two puffers  :)
>Wasn't Motobli was an offshoot  of Benelli ?
>
>But what would I know I was only aged 2 in 1954   -
>Had the stabilizer wheels off my Trike by then though   LOL
>
>Drifter.
>
>
>On 10 Jan 2007, at 16:03, Ronald Betts  wrote:
>
> > Oh ,I kind of like the Motobi....now that is  different.  Actually it's
> > a toss up between the Triton and the  Duc. By the way , is the Motobi a
> > two puffer  ?
>
>
>
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