A friend on Ducati.ms recommended this forum and thank you for the welcome message. Attached is a photo of my long time love. As you can see she is no museum piece, we give each other as good as we get on track days. She is in for superficial repairs and then I'll be looking for a new front if I can afford it while I'm waiting for the shoulder to mend. Anyway, nice to be here!
Welcome, beautiful roads up there in the Bay Area. Only driven a car in the Marin sadly, I’d love to hire a bike next time I’m over
Thanks for all the messages. Really appreciate it. I have friends who collect Ducatis and that's cool, some of them are beautiful bikes just to look at. But I've always ridden whatever I have and the 851 and I have just kinda stuck. She can be a real pig when the setup is off, but when you get it fairly right she can be a little less of a pig. It's basically an arm-wrestle on two wheels but for some reason the challenge just gets me. Sorry I don't know a Dennis, if he kinda knows what he's doing then he's oughtta my league!
Where in CA? SF/Bay Area or San Diego or Orange County? Lots of clubs out that way and people I know!
