[Ducati] Identity crisis

[Peter Bonner]

If you buy a new Husqvarna, is it a Husky or a BMW?  Perhaps if BMW designed
the motor, frame, everything, it might properly be called a BMW, but that is
not the case at present, so its still a Husky.

Same for Elefant, Paso and so forth. There were real Cagiva's that weren't
Ducati at all, two stroke MXer types, but they did not use the Ducati two
stroke motors nor anything else from Ducati.

Just to show you what is in a name, Ducati themselves still refer to two
valve rubber band motors as Pantahs, but on Pantaheads list, we don't
consider them them to be because the Dual Spark for instance seems an
evolution down the line. On Pantaheads, we happily consider Elefants as part
of our bikes, and in fact there was a great discussion of Elefants back when
World's Fastest Indian came out, because they used Elefant motors and frames
for the speedliner that was enclosed.

Two Ducs, therefore is your answer, but why stop now, buy some more!


Peter


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "MS&F" <thebrowns at domaccess.com>
To: "Ducati Owners Group" <ducati at ducati.net>
Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2007 1:39 PM
Subject: [Ducati] Identity crisis


> Dear List
>
> I'd like some opinions.  I'm very happily a Duc owner with my Darmah -
> but what is the consensus about my Elefant?  Or other Duc engined
> Cagivas out there.  The Elefant is very firmly a Cagiva in Europe but
> was marketed as a Ducati e900 in the US.  Would you guys say I own one
> or two Ducs?
>
> Stuart
>
> PS - Ive already been accused of running a zoo with the Darmah
> (translates as tiger), Elefant and a Husky.
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