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How many of you red guzzi owners get ducati all the time?

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Doppelgaenger:
Now that I've gotten the Breva 1100 out into the motorcycling scene some more, it's been surprising the amount of people that take one look at it, see a red italian bike and just assume it's a ducati and ignore it.

And then it either happens on it's own or I have to say it's not a ducati, but people suddenly see the bike for what it is and not a duc, and they trip out when they actually start to see how, well... Guzzi it is. I have to say I do love watching people trying to figure out what exactly it is they're looking at, this is one of the fun parts of guzzi ownership :)

So the question is: How many of you guys get ducati? And what bike do you ride that makes them say that?

normzone:
My Bassa does not bring the Ducati content but there are two classes of responses it gets.

The first is when people come up and ask you what the hell it is - even though it says Moto Guzzi all over it.

I find those boring. The other response it draws is the one that makes me laugh.

You're going down a city street and a bicyclist going the other way about falls off his bike trying to get a better look at it as you go by. Or the person at the bus stop cranes his neck as you pass. I had a homeless guy crossing the street in front of me at a stoplight give me a knowing look and a nod with a big grin as he went by. Didn't have to tell him...

Doppelgaenger:

--- Quote from: normzone on March 02, 2015, 12:04:53 AM ---You're going down a city street and a bicyclist going the other way about falls off his bike trying to get a better look at it as you go by. Or the person at the bus stop cranes his neck as you pass. I had a homeless guy crossing the street in front of me at a stoplight give me a knowing look and a nod with a big grin as he went by. Didn't have to tell him...

--- End quote ---

Yeah I like those moments. Too bad it's always men that look at you that way...

Sanders:
Doesn't have to be red, I have a black Griso and get the "nice Ducati" comment often.  I also have an old Buell thunderbolt that gets mistaken for a Ducati.  I never thought Buells looked Italian.  Although my wife thinks all bikes look the same, so...there's that.

Two Checks:
I like the people who call it a "Jap bike" because it's a MOTO Guzzi.

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