Riding a Ducati for the first time on the way to the Bol. A friend let me ride his 748SP - one of the first in the country. It was loud, achingly beautiful, fast as f**k, full-on in the face and a real man's bike....I had to have one. I've never looked back since.
1972 riding allnight two up with my mate on my Suzuki 500 Titan to Bathurst races.Seeing Ducati 750 GT's racing for the first time, fell in love and bought one six months later.A great weekend.
Don't know if this is the best moment, but it'll be one I'll remember forever.
Leaving Newcastle, Australia to ride over the mountains to Bathurst, where my sister lived, to watch the weekend's races (thought I'd post this straight after Italian888's).
It was August and winter was supposed to be over (southern hemisphere you see) and I was on my Yamaha Virago 250 (I know, the horror! the horror!).
Anyway, I had to stop at Lithgow in the mountains to put on every additional piece of clothing in my backpack because of the cold.
Rode into Bathurst, surely suffering hypothermia, with ice formed all down the front of my jacket, helmet, gloves, trousers etc.
Into the first bar where, without having to be asked, the barman simply handed me a Bundy (dark rum) and coke.
I had promised myself one after I had heard them racing and rumbling past the rented room I lived in after I was divorced. I had no money, but formed a plan to own one; so when I did, that first ride back from OYB in Aylesbury on my 996 was priceless.
I have many... My very first trip to Scotland on my cbr6 Buying Max Cadwell DD Oct 05 Mallory trackday June 05 Riding 3843 miles all the way around the UK in 2 weeks - Sept 02
02-Jul-2006, 13:55 
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