There was an unofficial DSC trip to the factory earlier this year, where 33 of us flew out in the morning and came back the same day.
We all had a great time and the factory is certainly very, very interesting if you're into your Ducatis or just like the mechanical side of it.
The factory tour is free and lasts about an hour. You'll go round the factory first then end up in the museum above the factory which has loads of both classic and modern race bikes in there.
Make sure you pre-book. You need to speak to Alex Corazza who runs the tours - he's a really nice chap and very, very friendly so just drop him an email. Details are on the Ducati site:
http://www.ducati.com/company/direction_byplane.jhtml We were lucky enough to be invited to lunch with the workers and also go access to the staff factory shop, where prices were unbelieveable! Upto 75% off brand new leathers (a new set of Dainese leathers for 275 quid!), clothing and tons of other cheap stuff. It was a great day and well worth the 52p flights from Stansted!
There are some pics here:
http://public.fotki.com/DucatiRacer/ and here:
http://uk.f2.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/....com/my_photos Of course, if you were a DSC member then you'd be able to read the full story in the latest edition of Pronto...