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29, which is another year closer to 30... ( :( ) so i'll take that as a compliment (old man :p).
 
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Having a long weekend in Rome. It's my second time in Italty in the last 6 months and I've realised something. They love their scooters but not so much their motorcycles. I've seen 2 Ducati's (The 996 sounded INCREDIBLE. I am definitely thinking of getting a 899 Panigale in a few years) several Hornets, a K4 GSXR and a Triumph Bonneville but that's it. And I've probably seen hundreds of not thousands mopeds/scooters. Very odd.

When I was in Bolonga a few months ago I saw a Brutale but haven't seen one this time :(
 
JunglistE said:
Having a long weekend in Rome. It's my second time in Italty in the last 6 months and I've realised something. They love their scooters but not so much their motorcycles. I've seen 2 Ducati's (The 996 sounded INCREDIBLE. I am definitely thinking of getting a 899 Panigale in a few years) several Hornets, a K4 GSXR and a Triumph Bonneville but that's it. And I've probably seen hundreds of not thousands mopeds/scooters. Very odd.

When I was in Bolonga a few months ago I saw a Brutale but haven't seen one this time :(
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We're going to Bologna in August for holiday and to visit Rossi's town, anywhere bike related you would recommend we should visit? So far we're planning:

Bologna (flying into here) and will visit Ducati, is there anything there? factory tour etc?
Tavullia (Rossi)
Coriano - Simocilli birth place
Modena (Ferrari)
Imola
Rimini

Thanks :)
 
JunglistE said:
Having a long weekend in Rome. It's my second time in Italty in the last 6 months and I've realised something. They love their scooters but not so much their motorcycles. I've seen 2 Ducati's (The 996 sounded INCREDIBLE. I am definitely thinking of getting a 899 Panigale in a few years) several Hornets, a K4 GSXR and a Triumph Bonneville but that's it. And I've probably seen hundreds of not thousands mopeds/scooters. Very odd.

When I was in Bolonga a few months ago I saw a Brutale but haven't seen one this time :(
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All the bikers (thousands and thousands of them!) are in the mountains. You don't take a motorbike into the crowded cities.

They love biking in Italy, more so than almost any other country I've been to.
 
edd1e said:
We're going to Bologna in August for holiday and to visit Rossi's town, anywhere bike related you would recommend we should visit? So far we're planning:

Bologna (flying into here) and will visit Ducati, is there anything there? factory tour etc?
Tavullia (Rossi)
Coriano - Simocilli birth place
Modena (Ferrari)
Imola
Rimini

Thanks :)
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Bolonga is ace provided all you want is to eat(seriously, their food is second to none. Haven't had a meal here in Rome even half as good. There is an alley(it'll make sense) where one shop has tens of hanging Parma Ham joints. Opposite that is a little eatery. Best lasagne ever), drink coffee and chill out. Not that much going for it other than its a good hub to get to Venice and Modena. My girlfriend isn't really a fan of bikes but I did get her to go to the Ferrari museum at Modena which was fun.



Kreeeee said:
All the bikers (thousands and thousands of them!) are in the mountains. You don't take a motorbike into the crowded cities.

They love biking in Italy, more so than almost any other country I've been to.
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I was thinking that might be the case but I'm surprised I haven't seen more of them. I guess all the cobbled roads is a deciding factor too. But that being said I've seen all ages on their Vespas up to a lady who looked in her 80s. I think the car drivers are far more courteous to those on scooters than they are back home
 
Go to the North Italy passes (e.g. Centovalli) on a weekend and you get thousands of very exotic bikes scraping their pegs around the curves.
 
Haha, yeah it's not all black - but the previous factory paintjobs were mostly white so it was a bit of a change. That paint was the last year of the Factory model before they discontinued it.


Although as I'm a sucker for white bikes I actually think I prefer the earlier white paintjob,even though the black model is rarer.
 
TallPaul_S said:
Haha, yeah it's not all black - but the previous factory paintjobs were mostly white so it was a bit of a change. That paint was the last year of the Factory model before they discontinued it.


Although as I'm a sucker for white bikes I actually think I prefer the earlier white paintjob,even though the black model is rarer.
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It's nice looking but that frame colour reminds me of a beige hearing aid:eek::D
 
Which one - the white one I posted or the black one? Funnily enough, they did change the frame colour from a bronze on the white one to a more gold colour, only a subtle change but noticeable.
 
It would have looked better if they had done the seat/subframe in bronze aswell,but it looks a bit odd just the main frame
 
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