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[nelly]

Originally Posted by WeeJohnyB

Is that you on the back or the front Rob?????

WeeJohnyB

Sal's gonna kick your arse all the way back to John o'Groats for that mate

[WeeJohnyB]

LOL. oh dear, what have I been and gone and done now!?!

No chance of digging my way out then? Maybe it's you thinking the worst Nelly - I was only commenting that if it was him on the back, then he must have lost lots of weight....ok, I'll stop digging

WeeJohnyB

[skidlids]

Originally Posted by WeeJohnyB

I think that's an excellent idea Kev, be a good article reading about your love affair with the brand and all the bikes and bits and fettling you do. I always imagined your garage to look like a 1950's spares shop with hundreds of bits n pieces everywhere and only you know exactly where everything is....."yes I've got a left handed dopple flange you can borrow, it's here somewhere, oh yes, there it is"

WeeJohnyB

Bit like locating The Corse header tank for Dave998, the one I took off the 998R when making it road legal again, Its probably in one of the big plastic storage crates under the stairs.

Due to this topic I have thought about doing a article or seven for Pronto
based on my years of ducati ownership, 2001 to now, all through that time I have continued with my club racing as well including DD from its inception.
In 2002, 2003 and 2004 I also assisted Adrian Crossan at the TT. attended a few Trackdays, Mega Meets, BMF rallies, Dinners Rideouts etc and even watched some idiot race a TZ250 at Silverstone and Pembrey, well racing it at Pembrey may be a bit of a reach
and over those years I seem to have aquired numerous types of Ducati

Chaperter 1 - 2001/2002 My First Ducati (916Bp and 916 Strada racebike)
Chaperter 2 - 2003/2004 The TT years (955 Corse & 996)
Chaperter 3 - 2005/2006 The DD 583 Years (998 Hybrid, M600 & MiniTwin)
Chaperter 4 - 2007/2008 The DD 620 Years (998R , S2R and 1989 project bike)
Chaperter 5 - 2009 An Update

[Steve GD]

Originally Posted by skidlids

Bit like locating The Corse header tank for Dave998, the one I took off the 998R when making it road legal again, Its probably in one of the big plastic storage crates under the stairs.

Due to this topic I have thought about doing a article or seven for Pronto
based on my years of ducati ownership, 2001 to now, all through that time I have continued with my club racing as well including DD from its inception.
In 2002, 2003 and 2004 I also assisted Adrian Crossan at the TT. attended a few Trackdays, Mega Meets, BMF rallies, Dinners Rideouts etc and even watched some idiot race a TZ250 at Silverstone and Pembrey, well racing it at Pembrey may be a bit of a reach
and over those years I seem to have aquired numerous types of Ducati

Chaperter 1 - 2001/2002 My First Ducati (916Bp and 916 Strada racebike)
Chaperter 2 - 2003/2004 The TT years (955 Corse & 996)
Chaperter 3 - 2005/2006 The DD 583 Years (998 Hybrid, M600 & MiniTwin)
Chaperter 4 - 2007/2008 The DD 620 Years (998R , S2R and 1989 project bike)
Chaperter 5 - 2009 An Update

Hope Jools is making notes for Pronto #42!
Btw, was it not Crossan who sponsored Robert Dunlop in some of his 125cc campaigns at the IoM? Any relation?

[Jools]

Originally Posted by Steve GD

Hope Jools is making notes for Pronto #42!

Yep

[Dukerob]

Originally Posted by nelly

Sal's gonna kick your arse all the way back to John o'Groats for that mate

she's more likely to get pi**ed off if I tell you about her boots, they were ex Rocket Ron Haslam and had holes scraped through to the toes! Of course there was still plenty of wear left in em after I applied liberal amounts of gaffer tape and some black polish

nice bikes guys

[skidlids]

Originally Posted by Steve GD

Hope Jools is making notes for Pronto #42!
Btw, was it not Crossan who sponsored Robert Dunlop in some of his 125cc campaigns at the IoM? Any relation?

Steve that'll be Pronto 42, 43, 44 and 45, take me a month or two to write each chapter.

Crossan racing did indeed sponsor Robert Dunlop but sadly Adrian isn't related to Crossan Racing.
I did here the Irish lads comment that it was called Crossan Racing as the boss was always crossan the road back and forth to the Pub

[Dementor]

My early ones....

750ss


916


996

[Nattyboy]

Originally Posted by Dukerob

A mate of mine found this old photo of my first Ducati - an 851ds from 1990, what a top bike that was, one of those 'wished I'd kept it' but it had to go to make way for a 996 of course.
Anyway what was your first Duke and was it a good experience? Has to be better than my first set of 1-piece leathers!!

Bet that 851 cost a few bob back then mate..Still got the receipt for my 888...a 1098s is cheaper now !!!!

[KeefyB]

Here's my first Ducati.Its a 1990 900SS.Pic is from Cadwell '91 at a round of the New Era clubs 'Battle of the Twins'.