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my first ST trip - may 2001

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prolixly

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ducati nut:1998 916 track config, 2000 900 SS, 2002 ST4S
it was a tour, 1200+ miles in 2 days. and it was sporty. so i guess it was sport touring, right? looking back i find it a little amusing that i did it. hope you do too.

sorry for the image quality, it was a disposable 'panorama' printed at the drugstore. bad then, and already fading a bit before i scanned them.

in may 2001 i bought a 1998 916 over the internet from a guy in phoenix arizona, and rode it home. here it is in sedona...

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the first day was phoenix-sedona-flagstaff-kingman-hoover dam-las vegas-barstow-china lake. the second day i rode up 395 on the eastern side of the sierras. here it is in the antelope valley...

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:wow Great Stuff! Let me see if I got that right? You did 1200 miles in two day on a 916? Isn't the nickname for that bike the 'Torture Rack'? Pics look great despite being a little blurry- Panoramics are great when travelling. Any more? Done trips since? :thumbup
 
yeah phoenix to san francisco in two days on a stock ducati superbike. and not exactly the shortest route possible either. that little tank bag was the extent of my "gear".

the 916 is a track-only bike now, but i often do 500+ mile one day rides on the SuperSport. SF-Santa Barbara-SF along the coast. or SF-Red Bluff-Eureka-SF. here are two pages i made for my SO who lives back east so she could associate images with my stories...

http://www.apricor.com/southbay_ride.html
(thumbnails linked to large digitals)

http://www.apricor.com/northbay_ride.html
(not modem friendly---large images embedded in page)

yesterday i was up in the sierras again on my "real" ST...

http://suzuki.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=50300&pagenumber=2
 
Pro- you're webpages look good! Especially like this pic of Pescadero Road:

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Added link on thePescadero Road webpage . I also have a webpage started for the Marin Headlands, but not finished or uploaded yet- added link there too! Do any more webpages let me know!
 
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