I love The Quail! I had planned to go this year and then my oldest nephew decided to get married on the date. When I reached my mid-50s, I realized I was only doing 1 big ride a year and at that rate and if I rode till my mid-70s I would only have 20 more big rides. After a lifetime of subordinating riding to family responsibilities with an empty nest I decided to fix the situation. Built a workshop and began collecting motorcycles so I'd have something to do as my riding capacity declined with age and made plans for many rides. I'm 65 now with 38 motorcycles. This year I've gone to or will go to 5 MotoGP rounds, HD Homecoming, Springfield Mile, and Barber Vintage. I've ridden or will ride the Pyrenees, Thailand, Texas Hill Country, NorCal, Ozarks, Kentucky and Driftless region. Collecting has resulted in me discussing bikes I own with Kevin Scwantz, Cook Neilson and Pecco Bagnaia's chief mechanic. As I see friends pass away or leave motorcycling due to health problems, I've adopted the attitude that the time for dreaming is over, it's now or never for motorcycling. On Thu, Aug 8, 2024 at 6:25 AM <ducati-request@list.ducati.net> wrote: > From: TomD <tbrduc@gmail.com> > To: Ducati Owners Group <ducati@list.ducati.net> > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2024 07:24:15 -0400 > Subject: [Ducati] Re: Dream ride (Could be Ducati content) (stephen > abramson) > Indeed! > Ray’s details… motivating! > Thanks for the inspiration. > > Now, The Quail. > We generally have a bike display at the Motorsport Gathering. > 2 years ago we had a Paul Smart backup race bike, among others. > Last year we had 2 Wayne Rainey race bikes, with him, but, yes, the August > event is primarily cars, albeit nice ones! > I’ve been going since 2016. > [image: image0.jpeg] > ....tom > > >