On Sat, 27 Dec 2003 06:15:54 GMT, Joseph Oberlander
wrote:

Scott Gardner wrote:

The only vehicle I've ever bought brand-new was a 2000 Ducati Monster
motorcycle, because that was the first year for the fuel-injected
engine, and that was a feature I really wanted.

(sound of drooling)

Okay - I have a weak spot for screaming edge tech-filled sportbikes.


Lol- the Ducatis are a lot of things, but "screaming edge tech-filled
sportbikes" they ain't. Half of their models are air-cooled, and
they're all 90-degree twins, in a time when most sportbikes have gone
the inline-four route. And it's only been in the last four years or
so that a significant number of their models have been fuel-injected.
But I loved mine like you wouldn't believe. The sound of an
air-cooled 90-degree twin exhausting through Termignoni carbon-fiber
mufflers still gives me goosebumps.

Unfortunately, I totalled the bike in a rather serious accident in
August. As soon as I'm able to ride again, I'm buying another one
just like it. Same year, same model. It's the only vehicle I've ever
owned that I want to replace with the exact same thing - that's how
much I liked it.

Scott Gardner