Okay, I am a little behind the times. I plan to make the pilgrimage with wife, van and dog. I will be a the races and checkin' out Ducati Island.
Les

well, if you're going, and you haven't registered to park on the island, forget it. there are more ducatis than space on the island (!).

No bike. We stay in Marina (used to stay in Pacific Grove), I catch the bus in Seaside and then hoof it around the track. Sometimes on Saturday I will drive to the track. This year I think I will take the bus. I will spend a little more time looking around Ducati Island.

Les

However you get to Monterey, please come to Ducati Island sometime once you get to the track. Besides all the usual good stuff, you can check your helmet and gear so you don;t have to carry it around, you can sit in the DOC tent and watch the races/practice/qualifing etc on the TV if you get too cooked in the sun, have some water or coffee and more.

Last year I was able to assemble a pretty nice collection of early Ducati bikes for the Ducati Island Museo, but unfortunately, I couldn;t find a PASO to show.... Well I didn;t know about this site either. Nice. Next year I will post my all call over here as well as we will most likely have a general museo once more.

Anyways, this year I have gathered some very interesting Ducati racebikes to display in the museo. Please come in and check them out when you find some time. It will be worth your while.



Steve Allen

first off, I want to mention that once again Steve did a great job with the museo on the island... seeing Doug Polen's bike's clothed and naked, and doug himself reunited with one of his racebikes was amazing.

that said, here's some pix from the island











some paddock stuff (yes, there were lots of girls)











and finally, some on track action











what a great weekend. all of the pix can be seen at: http://forums.ducatipaso.org/viewtopic.php?set_a ... _album.php

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Brilliant stuff, Mike!

I would even say some of them are good enough to go in Apex!

skins - YOU pick a set for the apex. I want to see what other people like of what I do, and why.

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Great! I'd LOVE to do that, Mike, and I will as soon as I can give the task the attention it deserves. Dad's just gone into hospital - it's serious - and besides that, I can only do simple stuff at the moment. So give me a few days.

Skins, our thoughts are with you & your dad mate, I hope all turns out good

Mike, excellant shots once again, thanks for sharing them :thumbup:

skins, take your time. family is #1. take care of your dad, and best wishes.

Skins,

I hope your dad is doing OK. I'm sure he has the old "Afrikaaner fighting spirit".

Paul