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Nor Cal Ducati owners are garage queens
I've noticed a drop off in interest starting way back. Its frustrating but if I could blame something I would blame the lack of interest in riding. The majority of Ducati owners aren't avid riders, group riders that is. I interact on another site and they are much more social and interactive because their main interest is riding and many of them are racers too. If you are a rider then it seems you are more active on sites that support your activity. If you just stare at your bike in the garage, what have you to talk about? The inactivity of this site caused me to move on to another site where riding is the primary activity. It seems on the Ducati sight the primary activity is talking about broken parts and poor running machines. Almost like what old people talk about when they get together. In a way, I'm caught in the lack of riding cycle too. Buyers of Ducatis seem to want machines that are older and with low miles on the speedo. It seems putting miles on the clock devalues the bike or somehow harms the bike. That is one of the reasons why I bought my Honda; to put as many riding miles on it as I wanted to and do so without fear of the bike breaking down.
I've noticed a drop off in interest starting way back. Its frustrating but if I could blame something I would blame the lack of interest in riding. The majority of Ducati owners aren't avid riders, group riders that is. I interact on another site and they are much more social and interactive because their main interest is riding and many of them are racers too. If you are a rider then it seems you are more active on sites that support your activity. If you just stare at your bike in the garage, what have you to talk about? The inactivity of this site caused me to move on to another site where riding is the primary activity. It seems on the Ducati sight the primary activity is talking about broken parts and poor running machines. Almost like what old people talk about when they get together. In a way, I'm caught in the lack of riding cycle too. Buyers of Ducatis seem to want machines that are older and with low miles on the speedo. It seems putting miles on the clock devalues the bike or somehow harms the bike. That is one of the reasons why I bought my Honda; to put as many riding miles on it as I wanted to and do so without fear of the bike breaking down.