Ducati Sporting Club UK > DesmoDue Race Series > DesmoDue - General Questions and Chat > the biggest thing in DD right now............

[dickieducati]

RESPECT.

after the best round ever and one of the best biking weekends ive had, the thing that has really struck me is how much respect all the DD riders/team owners have for each other.

for their riding skill
for their sheer guts to get out there
for their committment to get back out after an off
for their total determination to do 'their' best.

many of us were chatting and commenting that if DD folded we would be unlikely to race in another series.

the 'family' feeling is that strong and im glad to be part of it.

[domski]

I respect you for raising that point Dickie

Nice one

[ericthered40]

Good init,

Not that I have any respect for you now you've beat me. you git

[domski]

Originally posted by ericthered40
Not that I have any respect for you now you've beat me.

At least narrow it down a bit, who are you addressing?

:P

[ericthered40]

Originally posted by domski

At least narrow it down a bit, who are you addressing?

:P

All 14 of you

[butch890]

a wonderfull weekend,and i agree 100% Dickie the best group of racers around,in fact "proberbly the best race series in the world"!
Butch

[weeksy2]

Couple of questions then.....

*gets ready for the abuse....

Should you REALLY respect and like one another THAT much ?
Why would you not race in any other series ?
Do you feel you as a group are a little 'insular' in the paddock ?
Don't you think you're missing out in a lot of ways in not mixing so much with the rest of New Era. ?
How do you think a rider who finished 10th for example (i have no idea who that was by the way) would do in a Novice 600 race with BEMSEE on a bike of their choice... (no, not a 1000cc )

[Tonio600]

Message original : weeksy2
Should you REALLY respect and like one another THAT much ?

YES

Message original : weeksy2
Why would you not race in any other series ?

Because I wouldn't be racing a small and cheap Ducati in a series organised by a friendly Ducati Club. It's all what matters to me.

Message original : weeksy2
Do you feel you as a group are a little 'insular' in the paddock ?

Say it again?

Message original : weeksy2
Don't you think you're missing out in a lot of ways in not mixing so much with the rest of New Era. ?

NO
I've got so many things to learn from the DDers and DSCers, that's more than enough to me. Furthermore I can't really appreciate a bike when it's not written Ducati on it, don't you say love makes you blind in English? (we do in French)

Message original : weeksy2
How do you think a rider who finished 10th for example (i have no idea who that was by the way) would do in a Novice 600 race with BEMSEE on a bike of their choice... (no, not a 1000cc )

Who cares?

That series is brilliant and nobody will make me think the opposite. That's about the bikes I like with the people I like. What else may I want? More sunny rounds

[dickieducati]

Originally posted by weeksy2
Couple of questions then.....

*gets ready for the abuse....

Should you REALLY respect and like one another THAT much ?


yes when in the paddock why not? on the track everyone gives 100% and does everything to get one place higher up there is no quarter given in the racing thats for sure.


Why would you not race in any other series ?


for me the DD paddock atmosphere makes the series and it would be a massive come down. to know a cuple of dozen people really well and know they would all helpyou is a great feeling


Do you feel you as a group are a little 'insular' in the paddock ?


not really, im sure most individual series stick together to a certain extent, its only natural whendiscussing your own races etc

Don't you think you're missing out in a lot of ways in not mixing so much with the rest of New Era. ?


not too much, race days are by their nature quite frantic affairs so there is not too much spare time anyway. i dont always get time to see all the DD'ers let alone anyone else.



How do you think a rider who finished 10th for example (i have no idea who that was by the way) would do in a Novice 600 race with BEMSEE on a bike of their choice... (no, not a 1000cc


10th that'll be me again. very difficult to say but i would say the standard of racing in DD is actually quite high and getting better all the time. im sure anyone watching at assen wouldn't have thought most out there were still novice racers.

)

[weeksy2]

nice replies mate... and more constructive than i expected

thank you.