"Howdy, why's your Ducati got Suzuki on the tank?"

**98tls** · 7th July 2010, 18:26

Was approached by a bandanna wearing fella at a gas station today and asked above question,i replied "your either American (pretty obvious he was) or just plain stupid"

A bit of laughter later he introduced himself and his wife,indeed they were American and having the time of there lives doing the campervan thing round NZ,a long time Harley rider back home and thought that all Jap "sporty"(as he called them) bikes were 4 cylinders.He said that he heard me pull into the garage took a look and remarked to his wife "clever guys Kiwis this guys put a Ducati motor into that Suzuki"

I told him i had long since done the Ducati thing and the only one likely to ever grace my garage again would be a Bevel drive,he looked at me blankly so i just left it at that.

Lovely people and i could have listened to that accent all day.

**ajturbo** · 7th July 2010, 19:10

shit .. you meet the most interesting people...!!!

lol

**Taz** · 7th July 2010, 19:12

So why has your ducati got a suzuki tank??

**slofox** · 7th July 2010, 19:13

They live in their own little world, don't they...

**98tls** · 7th July 2010, 19:20

Originally Posted by slofox

They live in their own little world, don't they...

Possibly mate they just live in a world a whole lot bigger than ours,nice bloke all the same.

**98tls** · 7th July 2010, 19:32

Originally Posted by Anthrax

So why has your ducati got a suzuki tank??

So i can recognize it amongst the ocean of them parked outside the Latte shop,after an afternoon of bullshit and to much caffeine not to mention sweating 7 litres of fluids into the blimp suit things get a little confusing come time to leave.

**Headbanger** · 7th July 2010, 19:59

You should have told him all modern Ducatis are manufactured by Suzuki, and that they simply don't bother with re-branding them in NZ as we are so arse backwards no one important would ever notice, But Jesus fuck there would be hell to pay if the purists ever found out.

**98tls** · 7th July 2010, 20:04

Originally Posted by Headbanger

You should have told him all modern Ducatis are manufactured by Suzuki, and that they simply don't bother with re-branding them in NZ as we are so arse backwards no one important would ever notice, But Jesus fuck there would be hell to pay if the purists ever found out.

The purists wouldnt care,there busy with there Bevel drives.

**pzkpfw** · 7th July 2010, 20:14

Sorry to be such a train spotter: your posts are always good reading, but geez you've made my eyes hurt.

Originally Posted by 98tls

i replied "your either American ....

"I replied "you're either American ...."

Originally Posted by 98tls

The purists wouldnt care,there busy with there Bevel drives.

"The purists wouldn't care, they're busy with their bevel drives."

(Someone else posted a similar comment in the last few months - Americans thinking bikes were either HD or Ducati. Weird.)

**White trash** · 7th July 2010, 20:23

Someone once said to me, "There's any number of motorcycle manufacturers in the world, but only two true brands. Harley-Davidson and Ducati."

There's quite a bit of truth to that. Talk to someone who knows NOTHING about bikes and they'll invariably ask if you ride a Harley first and when you reply "No, I'm more into sports bikes" they'll hit you with the "Wow those Ducatis are beautifull". Tried it myself at a few parties, awesome entertainment.

**98tls** · 7th July 2010, 20:24

Originally Posted by pzkpfw

Sorry to be such a train spotter: your posts are always good reading, but geez you've made my eyes hurt.

"I replied "you're either American ...."

"The purists wouldn't care, they're busy with their bevel drives."

(Someone else posted a similar comment in the last few months - Americans thinking bikes were either HD or Ducati. Weird.)

Cheers fella,after 38 years on bikes ive always felt that i would have enjoyed em more if only i had bothered to spell properly.Sadly its to late and i can only live each day with regret.

**98tls** · 7th July 2010, 20:30

Originally Posted by White trash

Someone once said to me, "There's any number of motorcycle manufacturers in the world, but only two true brands. Harley-Davidson and Ducati."

There's quite a bit of truth to that. Talk to someone who knows NOTHING about bikes and they'll invariably ask if you ride a Harley first and when you reply "No, I'm more into sports bikes" they'll hit you with the "Wow those Ducatis are beautifull". Tried it myself at a few parties, awesome entertainment.

I guess it would be,To be honest mate the thought of going to a party wheres theres nothing but motorcyclists leaves me a bit cold.needless to say the Mrs and i generally have very seperate social lives,thankfully shes somewhat tolerant of such anti-social behaviour.

**Malcolm** · 7th July 2010, 21:22

Originally Posted by 98tls

Cheers fella,after 38 years on bikes ive always felt that i would have enjoyed em more if only i had bothered to spell properly.Sadly its to late and i can only live each day with regret.

Actually it's too late