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I bought a Ducati Streetfighter, and love it for what it does. I thought I couldn't justify owning two great bikes until I rode 280 mile on the Ducati (100 of it on the track) by the end of the day I was nackered. Need a long bath and 3 aspirin. I've put 400 miles in a day on my R and felt wonderful. Moral of my story is each tool has its place, and if I have a long road ahead make sure I'm on my beemer.

Nice looking bike Josh...Got to be a keeper.

I spent hours cleaning mine on Sunday but it rained yesterday and snowed today. Looks worse for wear again already.

Sean

Seamus wrote:Nice looking bike Josh...Got to be a keeper.

I spent hours cleaning mine on Sunday but it rained yesterday and snowed today. Looks worse for wear again already.

Sean

Nothing like washing your bike to guarantee bad weather.

Those darn seductive Italian ladies will get ya in trouble every time !

My wife calls her Lola, my Italian mistress. Shhhhhh, don't tell my R1200R.

I was at the Ducati factory in Bologna and the tour guide, at one point, stopped the group and wistfully looked up saying, "I don't own a Ducati right now, but I think i might get the new Streetfighter, but it is a big decision." She was obviously smitten.

I have a Ducati Multistrada, and a R1200R, would'nt part with either one.

Ken G.

Josh_S wrote:I bought a Ducati Streetfighter, and love it for what it does. I thought I couldn't justify owning two great bikes until I rode 280 mile on the Ducati (100 of it on the track) by the end of the day I was nackered. Need a long bath and 3 aspirin. I've put 400 miles in a day on my R and felt wonderful. Moral of my story is each tool has its place, and if I have a long road ahead make sure I'm on my beemer.

Beautiful Ducati. I, myself, have my eye on a mistress in the form of a MV Agusta Brutale. I totally understand your point about each bike having it's purpose. For a romp around town or hours down the highway, I love the R for what it is.

A little off topic, but I love the lids you have on your system cases. Care to share some info on them? Any additional pictures?

I got the city lids from my mechanic, he had customer who brought them in from Europe and then didn't want them. I think I saw a thread about city lids here.

Thanks for posting them up. I'll start a search for the thread that you might have saw. I'd be interested in learning more.

Nothing like washing your bike to guarantee bad weather.

Indeed.

Seamus wrote:

Nothing like washing your bike to guarantee bad weather.

Indeed.

I washed my RR on Superbowl Sunday and it proceeded to snow in south Louisiana. Yikes ! Hell really did freeze over, and flying pigs have been reported

Josh_S wrote:I bought a Ducati Streetfighter, and love it for what it does. I thought I couldn't justify owning two great bikes until I rode 280 mile on the Ducati (100 of it on the track) by the end of the day I was nackered. Need a long bath and 3 aspirin. I've put 400 miles in a day on my R and felt wonderful. Moral of my story is each tool has its place, and if I have a long road ahead make sure I'm on my beemer.

That is a beautiful bike . A beautiful sense of style in the way you set it up. Good for you. What kind of fairing is that?
Also a very lustworthy Ducati. My oh my.

Mark

Thank you. The fairing is wunderlich

http://www.wunderlichamerica.com/mm5/me ... e=R1200R-O

The insperations is 1977 R100S

So does this mean the f/S ad over on ADV Rider on the flea market is not valid?

LostViking wrote:So does this mean the f/S ad over on ADV Rider on the flea market is not valid?

The only offer I got was for a few of the parts. I will delete the add there when I figure out how. For now she stays with me.

ka5ysy wrote:

Seamus wrote:

Nothing like washing your bike to guarantee bad weather.

Indeed.

I washed my RR on Superbowl Sunday and it proceeded to snow in south Louisiana. Yikes ! Hell really did freeze over, and flying pigs have been reported

That sounds about right.

Sean

Sure wish I could get those saddlebags.