Funny thing happened at the Albuquerque BikeShow
....so i decided to enter my Ducati 998 Matrix in the 3rd Annual Albuquerque, NM Bike SuperShow this past weekend. Thought I might meet cool people, hot chicks and generally hang out.
Well, it took all afternoon Friday and the judges could not decide what category to put the bike in... Saturday afternoon, the judges finally put me in the general "sport bike" group along with 4 other bikes.
I spend most of the time at the bike show educating at least 80% of the people that stopped by... I had one old harley guy (u could tell he had been riding since 1968) ask me if Ducati was a new company making bikes!!! I had to explain that they started in 1926 and are almost as old as Harley-Davidson! A few people did not know what country they where made in. I didn't think people here in Abq,NM where so ignorant.
Where it gets interesting is when the judges voted... I walked around and saw the other 4 bikes:
1996 Suzuki 750 w/race decals
1993 Kawasaki ZX-11 w/chrome and lime green paint
2004 Yamaha R1 w/custom flame paint
Nothing special about these bikes. So the trophy time came around and it turned out my bike finished LAST!!! WOW!!! I don't think these judges could spell Ducati if it was not on the fairings!!!
1st Place 1993 Kawasaki
2nd Place 2004 Yamaha R1
3rd Place 1996 Suzuki 750
4th Place Ducati 998
To add insult to injury, I didn't even get to meet any women... Man this city sucks for singles! The whole weekend was a complete disaster!!!
Anyways, here are a few pics of last place bike....
....so i decided to enter my Ducati 998 Matrix in the 3rd Annual Albuquerque, NM Bike SuperShow this past weekend. Thought I might meet cool people, hot chicks and generally hang out.
Well, it took all afternoon Friday and the judges could not decide what category to put the bike in... Saturday afternoon, the judges finally put me in the general "sport bike" group along with 4 other bikes.
I spend most of the time at the bike show educating at least 80% of the people that stopped by... I had one old harley guy (u could tell he had been riding since 1968) ask me if Ducati was a new company making bikes!!! I had to explain that they started in 1926 and are almost as old as Harley-Davidson! A few people did not know what country they where made in. I didn't think people here in Abq,NM where so ignorant.
Where it gets interesting is when the judges voted... I walked around and saw the other 4 bikes:
1996 Suzuki 750 w/race decals
1993 Kawasaki ZX-11 w/chrome and lime green paint
2004 Yamaha R1 w/custom flame paint
Nothing special about these bikes. So the trophy time came around and it turned out my bike finished LAST!!! WOW!!! I don't think these judges could spell Ducati if it was not on the fairings!!!
1st Place 1993 Kawasaki
2nd Place 2004 Yamaha R1
3rd Place 1996 Suzuki 750
4th Place Ducati 998
To add insult to injury, I didn't even get to meet any women... Man this city sucks for singles! The whole weekend was a complete disaster!!!
Anyways, here are a few pics of last place bike....