Some Beautiful Pics - 550 Anniversary #317

[Oldcarguy]

Originally Posted by 10/10ths

...Tilley hat.

I ride, also. RC51, Ducati Monster, and Suzuki GSX1250FA for trips.

Cheers.

I thought so, love my Tilleys I rode my restored R75/5 on the Skyline Drive trip. My current bike pride & joy is my 2004 BMW R1100S, but it's no competition for your RC51 or Duc.

[10/10ths]

....different machines for different purposes.

I'd love to ride your R75!!!

The R1100 is a future classic!

The Monster is just a little old cafe racer machine I put together, and the RC51 was bought on a lark.

I wanted to own a sport bike before I was too old, fat, and bald to ride one. During the "Great Recession" an engineer in Baltimore got laid off and put his Nicky Hayden Edition RC51 up for sale on the Ducati forum I use to troll. I got her cheap.

I attended Colin Edwards's "Texas Tornado" boot camp and he autographed the solo seat cowl for me. He beat Ducati on the RC51 in World Superbike while Hayden was winning USA Superbike on one. So my RC51 has BOTH of their signatures on her. I went nuts and put a full Ohlins suspension, Carbon fiber wheels, and other tasty bits on her. I just ride her on pretty Sunday mornings.

[Oldcarguy]

Originally Posted by 10/10ths

....different machines for different purposes.

I'd love to ride your R75!!!

The R1100 is a future classic!. . .

Hi 310, great history on the RC51! Here's a pic of my R1100S. Flew out to Georgia to buy it, rode it back to Texas, then rode it from TX to NY when we retired in 2015. I'll post a pic of the R75 as soon as I have time.