[Ducati] first bike and next dream bike

[mike major]

Awwwww.....Does she have an older sister?   Moonbeam

On 5/11/08, Colin Mackintosh <st2cmack at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>
> My first ride was a a spanking new  burgundy RD350 purchased in April
> '75.  Needless to say, it was an exciting bike to learn on.  I got married
> that May and Susan decided she wanted her MC licence, in which she
> succeeded,  I cleaned a lot of spark plugs that summer.  Wanted something a
> little larger so I moved on to the Yamaha 500 DOHC twin which I rode for a
> coupla seasons(Susan decided the 500 was too much weight for her, so I had
> it to myself).  Moved on to a Honda 400SS which was a sweet little ride.  I
> didn't choose the bike, Susan did-I was away for a couple of weeks at work
> on a tug, came home and she presented me with the registration and keys for
> Father's Day(wasn't even a father yet!).  We'd sold the 500 the previous
> fall when we taken off for a 4 month travel adventure.  Rode that for a few
> seasons before parting ways cause of fatherhood, jobs, no time or money to
> support the MC habit.....18 year hiatus, then Susan does it again.  I'd
> mentioned a pristine Honda
> CB900 Custom I'd seen in a local small engine shop.  She said why don't I
> buy it and I said that it wasn't licenced and that I wasn't going to buy a
> 15 year old bike without riding it.  You can guess what happened, she phoned
> my friend that owned the shop and said that she wanted to buy it for me
> Father's day.  I had completely put the bike out of my mind and when
> presented with the keys and registration was completely gobsmacked.  She
> didn't realize what she'd started...Bought my ST2 2 years later and it's
> been Ducati love ever since.  Oh yeah, 2 Christmases ago she bought me
> a  mostly restored '75 Honda 500SS that I'd seen at a local Honda dealer
> while buying oil for the Duc...whatta woman!
>
> As for my current fantasy bike, I'd love a Hypermotard.  Got to spend a
> couple of hours on a couple earlier this week, one stock regular HM and an
> 1100S with full Termi system...wow is all I can say.  Rode the Okanagan Lake
> Westside Rd.(about 60km of twisties) on the regular version, talk about a
> confidence building bike.  I just kept on going faster and faster around
> corners-- man, a guy can lean that thing over a long ways!  I think I was
> probably about 30% faster than I would have been on the ST.  As others have
> mentioned, the riding position is great and the seat was relatively
> comfortable.  Ear to ear grins
>
> Colin
> 00ST2
> 98ST2(now parts bike)
> Honda 500SS
>
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