Likewise I thought the waybackmachine might have been a way to retrieve some stored pages but even that failed and is supposed to be the biggest Internet snapshot ever.

The loss of a great resource.

As of a few days ago there's a new website/forum for all Uk Ducati owners:
http://www.ducatiforum.co.uk/


Andy
www.MTS1200.info
http://facebook.com/UK.MTS1200.Owners

I still have the site bookmarked and I just clicked on it and it took my to the Ducati Coventry website.
Good move on their part I would have thought.

A fairly lengthy discussion on the topic here ;-)
http://ducatiforum.co.uk/f16/ducatis...-coventry-800/