Richard Hammond short Ducati film

[guzziownr]

Cinema verite 

https://drivetribe.com/p/eOI4GKrcQzuFMMxCkS43Yg?iid=XJjFxdYEQDinoNry4pfR4g

[LowRyter]

my buddy Phil's bevel Duc.

[coastdude]

My wife bought me my V7II after having to come and pick up my classic Ducati and I a few too many times with the trailer. Sometimes a long way from home.

[Rough Edge racing]

 Around 1977 I was riding my 650 Triumph past a large multi brand bike dealer and saw 74 Ducati 750 GT for sale out in front of shop...I looked a it...the salesmen asked if I wanted to ride it...Holy crap these are the things Cook Nielson raved about in Cycle   magazine...It was totally different than any bike I had ridden up to then, like it was a solid piece of billet aluminum...I bought it on the spot and spent the next few days digging up cash to pay for it.....it broke down almost immediately and rewired the whole bike....After that it was very reliable for the next few years...

[guzziownr]

My first bike was a 1972 Eldorado that needed a lot of attention.  As a neophyte I was taken under the wing of local eccentric Lefferts Brown who had a small shop in the West village of Manhattan yclept "Triumph of the Damned".

When we had faced adversity and failed or been frustrated too many times Lefferts would say "Let's warm up the Ducati!"  He would wheel out a bike similar to the one in the video, give it a few kicks and let the Conti pipes remind the neighbors that there was a motorcycle shop in their quiet neighborhood.

A beautiful sound... 

Lefferts kept an 850 T3 tagged and inspected.  "I need something reliable to get parts for the other bikes".

[jas67]

my buddy Phil's bevel Duc.

It's a rare 860GTS/RS!

(BMW R100RS fairing).

[Rough Edge racing]

  They ask silly money for these things even with valve springs...

       http://www.ebay.com/itm/1974-Ducati-750-sport-/192187271136?hash=item2cbf4107e0:g:jAQAAOSwH09ZFSpa&vxp=mtr


     

[coastdude]

I cant complain too much the Pantah is 35 years old, a rewire would fix most issues. Too many good memories to let it go I bought it in 83 when I was about 24.

[LowRyter]

I cant complain too much the Pantah is 35 years old, a rewire would fix most issues. Too many good memories to let it go I bought it in 83 when I was about 24.

Rewiring is why the red one in the photo is in the shop.  The owner tried to rewire and upgrade and afterwards I recommended the mechanic that rebuilt my Greenie.

He went from "barely" to "no go".   No spark, not even smoke.

[Arizona Wayne]

Around 1977 I was riding my 650 Triumph past a large multi brand bike dealer and saw 74 Ducati 750 GT for sale out in front of shop...I looked a it...the salesmen asked if I wanted to ride it...Holy crap these are the things Cook Nielson raved about in Cycle   magazine...It was totally different than any bike I had ridden up to then, like it was a solid piece of billet aluminum...I bought it on the spot and spent the next few days digging up cash to pay for it.....


That's how I felt buying my 1st Guzzi, `81 CX100 my wife told me about.  It rode like no Yamaha I'd ridden up to then.  Still have it 30+ years later.

In Portland, Or. I rode with 2 Rivelli brothers on my Yamahas at the time.  1 had a black/gold Ducati 860GT and the other a BMW R90S.  That Duck was BEAUTIFULL but don't know how reliable it was or not.  The few times I rode with it it never broke down.  Neither did the BMW.