On Mon, 13 Aug 2007 10:11:59 -0700, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote > On Aug 12, 2007, at 9:18 AM, John Whittingham wrote: > > > Just a quick shot with the Sigma 10-20, lazy Sunday afternoon here > > in the UK. > > Can't stop playing with this lens, had it over a week now. > > > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6300183&size=lg > > I knew I liked you. ;-) Lovely bike.
Thanks > > I rode Ducati motorcycles for nearly 20 years. 250 Mark III, 750GT, > 750 Sport, 907IE, 900SS, E900 ... the desmoquattro models were a > little beyond what I wanted, although I had the pleasure of riding > several of them. I had three of the 750GTs, all told, and put 75,000 > miles on one of them. The last of them I built up from a neglected > rust heap, it remains one of my all time favorite motorcycles. Oh now we're talking. First bike was a 750 Sport back in 1975, bought a 900SS in 1980, new. I've had a couple of 860 GT's (ugly, but comfortable) and a Darmah. The 750 is/was a rolling piece of automotive sculpture.........beautiful!! Do you by any chance know Tom Rolland then? The Desmoquattro can be a little daunting to service but I rely on 30+ years of servicing the older Desmos. I'm looking for a spare pair of cylinder heads at present so I can change heads for a freshened set at the belt change interval (2 years). > > In the last decade of my riding history, I switched to Moto Guzzis > as the modern Ducatis became a little more narrowly focused than I > preferred. But I still love the Bolognese Bikes, and was quite taken > with the latest Sport Classic when I saw one a few weeks ago... Now > that's my kind of ride. Yep, lovely piece of kit, wish I could afford one. Regards, John ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information transmitted is intended only for the person to whom it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. If you have received an email in error please notify Carmel College on [EMAIL PROTECTED] then delete all copies of it from your systems. Although Carmel College scans incoming and outgoing emails and email attachments for viruses we cannot guarantee a communication to be free of all viruses nor accept any responsibility for viruses. Although Carmel College monitors incoming and outgoing emails for inappropriate content, the college cannot be held responsible for the views or expressions of the author. The views expressed may not necessarily be those of Carmel College and Carmel College cannot be held responsible for any loss or injury resulting from the contents of a message. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
