[Ducati] Motogiro D'Italia 2008?

[Scott Cloninger]

Yesterday I was talking to George Betzhold and we thought it would be a great idea to attend next year's Motogiro.  "You only live once" and "You can't take it with you" were bantied about, but when it comes down to it we both want to experience riding in Italy sometime before we shuffle off this mortal coil.

To that end, we had questions.

1)  When should we begin planning this trip in earnest?
2)  How much time off (from work) would be required for the trip?  I'd have a difficult time with more than a week (that's nine contiguous days including bookend weekends)
3)  How much money is involved to ride in the touring class including airfare, transportation, food, motorcycle rental, fuel, Motogiro entry, incidentals, and mememtos?  Basically, how much should I budget?
4)  Is lodging included in the Motogiro price?  Is rooming individual or in pairs?  
5)  Where is next year's Motogiro?  I hope northern Italy, but I'm not real picky!
6)  When are any sorts of deposits due?
7)  How much Italian should I learn before I head that way?  Do any, some, most of the people understand any, basic, most English?  What's Italian for toilet?
8)  How can I have NCR build me a shiny new bike and call it Ms. Scotty...or Mr. Scotty...or something cool like that?  OK...this part was a joke, but I couldn't resist asking it!

Basically, what's the scoop on the Motogiro?!?

All help is greatly appreciated.

Scott Cloninger
Chattanooga, TN....transferring the flag to Albuquerque, NM in August!
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