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Title: Ducati Diana Post by: IZ on August 02, 2009, 09:14:29 AM This was kind of cool. :)
As I took the bike out to get the mail, I was flagged down by the new neighbors. They just moved here from Kalamazoo. Older gentleman: Ducati, eh?! I could hear you coming from the other end of the complex! Me: Oh yeah..love those aftermarket pipes! [evil] OG: They sure have changed since I bought my first one..a 1962 Ducati Diana. Me: "Diana"? ??? OG: I'll have to show you later. She's packed up. I went back after they unloaded the truck. The guy opened the garage to unveil a beautiful Red/black & chrome '62 Diana. [thumbsup] He told me that he bought at a garage sale back in the 70's. It was in a box and in pieces. The owner said it didn't run so he was just going to sell it for parts. He ended up getting it for $10!! The gentlemen, who is a bit of a backyard mechanic, took it home, put it together and found all it needed was a new battery, front tire and a couple of spokes replaced. After seeing it, I remembered that I had a picture of me standing with one at the factory/museum but I'd never seen one the street. Cool bike and a really nice guy. He also had a black '69 Camaro (I believe 500Cu" engine), a few H-D's and a Honda. I didn't get a pic of the bike yet but this is very similar: (http://motorbike-search-engine.co.uk/classic_bikes/DUCATI_250_DIANA.JPG) Title: Re: Ducati Diana Post by: Porsche Monkey on August 02, 2009, 09:25:40 AM Very very cool. [thumbsup]
Title: Re: Ducati Diana Post by: kopfjäger on August 02, 2009, 02:29:42 PM Title: Re: Ducati Diana Post by: teddy037.2 on August 02, 2009, 02:35:31 PM ??? mailboxes are on one end of the shire... it's a long walk Title: Re: Ducati Diana Post by: NAKID on August 02, 2009, 02:45:49 PM mailboxes are on one end of the shire... Bilbo IZ? [laugh] Title: Re: Ducati Diana Post by: IZ on August 02, 2009, 03:21:41 PM Ok..that was really funny! :p
Kop..I live in an apt complex. The mail boxes are on the other side of the place. I haven't been able to ride the bike lately since I need a few parts so had to break it out yesterday..even if it was only a quick ride down the way. Title: Re: Ducati Diana Post by: mitt on August 02, 2009, 03:53:28 PM I didn't get a pic of the bike yet but this is very similar: (http://motorbike-search-engine.co.uk/classic_bikes/DUCATI_250_DIANA.JPG) Thanks for posting up a clear picture instead of taking one ;D Cool story mitt Title: Re: Ducati Diana Post by: redxblack on August 02, 2009, 05:48:26 PM I think the crew at Crooked River are going to restore a Diana next. They did a Sebring last winter and it was beautiful.
Title: Re: Ducati Diana Post by: ducatiz on August 02, 2009, 07:08:10 PM fk me, that's a beautiful little bike. 250ccs of luvvv.
depends on which model, but some were desmo and some were springhead. the Mk1 was desmo, but that one looks like an early springhead. (just noticed that's not the actual bike) the Mk1 had a mono seat, not a touring seat. very cool.. Title: Re: Ducati Diana Post by: psycledelic on August 02, 2009, 08:00:43 PM 10 freakin dollars. Tell the old guy that he sucks! Oh, and nice bike.
Title: Re: Ducati Diana Post by: Desmo Demon on August 03, 2009, 04:05:52 AM 10 freakin dollars. Tell the old guy that he sucks! But this was in the 70's and it was a box-o-bike when he got it. To put it in perspective, my parents built a new 2200 sq ft home in 1970....for $32,000, and the average price of a brand new car was around $3000. My aunt bought a 1972 Yamaha LS-2 100 motorcycle, brand new, for something like $600. Heck, in 1983 a new Honda XR-200R was only around $1100 and I recall a early-80's Honda CB-200 being under $800 brand new. Title: Re: Ducati Diana Post by: IZ on August 03, 2009, 04:16:16 AM But this was in the 70's and it was a box-o-bike when he got it. To put it in perspective, my parents built a new 2200 sq ft home in 1970....for $32,000, and the average price of a brand new car was around $3000. My aunt bought a 1972 Yamaha LS-2 100 motorcycle, brand new, for something like $600. Heck, in 1983 a new Honda XR-200R was only around $1100 and I recall a early-80's Honda CB-200 being under $800 brand new. Right. One of my patients was a teacher at the Univ. of Texas. She bought a big 3 story house across the street from campus back in the 60's for $12,000. She sold it a couple years ago for $2 Million. :o Unfortunately, the only stories I have of being at the right place at the right time involve my vehicles tires and foreign metal objects. >:( Title: Re: Ducati Diana Post by: ducatiz on August 03, 2009, 04:24:03 AM Unfortunately, the only stories I have of being at the right place at the right time involve my ass and foreign metal objects. >:( Fixed for perspective (i.e. "be glad that...") Title: Re: Ducati Diana Post by: fastwin on August 03, 2009, 04:55:14 AM Bilbo IZ? [laugh] Stop making fun of people named Bilbo... and yes I have read the Tolkein books. :P I went to UT in the early 70s and even then everything near campus was already $2 million bucks! She must have bought at the right time. Maybe the property was cheap back then because it was within rifle range of the campus. There I go dating myself. [laugh] [bang] Title: Re: Ducati Diana Post by: teddy037.2 on August 03, 2009, 07:03:48 AM Stop making fun of people named Bilbo... and yes I have read the Tolkein books. :P whoshotwhointhewhatnow? we're making fun of adam Title: Re: Ducati Diana Post by: KnightofNi on August 03, 2009, 07:25:16 AM whoshotwhointhewhatnow? we're making fun of fyp Title: Re: Ducati Diana Post by: teddy037.2 on August 03, 2009, 07:28:00 AM Title: Re: Ducati Diana Post by: Blackout on August 03, 2009, 08:14:22 AM Good thing it wasn't an InDiana:
(http://www.dankelman.nl/images/Modellen/Ducati_Indiana_650.jpg) (http://www.thespeedtriple.com/Forums/Smileys/default/big_barf.gif) Title: Re: Ducati Diana Post by: IZ on August 03, 2009, 12:41:00 PM Good thing it wasn't an InDiana: (http://www.dankelman.nl/images/Modellen/Ducati_Indiana_650.jpg) (http://www.thespeedtriple.com/Forums/Smileys/default/big_barf.gif) Funny! I do like the pipe in that Indian though! Title: Re: Ducati Diana Post by: Mash on August 03, 2009, 12:42:32 PM But this was in the 70's and it was a box-o-bike when he got it. To put it in perspective, my parents built a new 2200 sq ft home in 1970....for $32,000, and the average price of a brand new car was around $3000. My aunt bought a 1972 Yamaha LS-2 100 motorcycle, brand new, for something like $600. Heck, in 1983 a new Honda XR-200R was only around $1100 and I recall a early-80's Honda CB-200 being under $800 brand new. The VW in my avatar was my Mom's. She bought it brand new in 1964 for $1,170. It cost a little more than the others because she got the pop-out rear windows and AM/FM radio. Title: Re: Ducati Diana Post by: ducatiz on August 03, 2009, 03:24:22 PM Good thing it wasn't an InDiana: (http://www.dankelman.nl/images/Modellen/Ducati_Indiana_650.jpg) (http://www.thespeedtriple.com/Forums/Smileys/default/big_barf.gif) the indiana got a bad rap for no reason. it was a good bike, it just didn't answer a need. back then, anyone who would ride a cruiser wouldn't buy a ducati, and anyone who rode ducati wouldn't have a cruiser. it was a good bike otherwise. |