I glimpsed one of these at a local dealers the other day:
I went back a few days later for a closer look, but it wasn't to be seen. I asked a salesman if they still had it and it ended up with him taking it out of the workshop for me to look at. It was a couple of years old but had only done 175 miles
This hadn't stopped the owner fitting an eye-wateringly expensive exhaust (and associated electronics) and various other little goodies. The asking price was a reasonable(!) £8,500, which given my current financial status is about £8,400 more than I can afford. However I was smitten.
The salesman saw my lust and started being very oily indeed and that's when I made a misjudged contribution to the discussion. When I sat on the bike I found the seating position a lot more radical than I expected. I said "this is almost as radical as my Harris". His eyes lit up and he started talking about finance and credit cards and I had to conceal my amusement. True, most Harris owners are well-heeled, but not this one
However, it is a lovely looking motorcycle and it has just leapfrogged onto the top of my christmas list.
As for the number 16, that was the number that Paul Smart and the other fella used at Imola when they won that famous race (and began Ducati's dalliance with big capacity sportsbikes).
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