Lyle Lovett (and yes, there's Moto Content)

[triangleforge]

Another good reason to listen to Lyle Lovett (as if I needed one):



A link to the photo turned up on the ST-Owners listserve earlier today -- it's on Lovett's MySpace page at http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=159319959&albumID=1062210&imageID=11609095#a=1062210&i=11609095 -- and some of the ensuing chatter  there indicates he's been a long-time customer & sometime group rider at the Austin Ducati shop, and was (is?) a part owner of a Duc dealer in Houston.

That, and when I was searching to see if this had been posted before I found a couple of Raux' comments noting that he'd had a custom water-cooled Monster built before the factory ones came out...

OK, so I'm too old to be a total fanboy...

[1313]

There used to be Lyle Lovett Motorsports here in Houston but it closed years ago. IIRC it was a Yamaha dealership. There's only two Duc dealers here. One is actually a Honda dealership. I doubt he has any stake in ExImport, the other dealer. But I could be wrong.

[Raux]

i can't find references to that first 916 motored Monster but i remember seeing it about a year before the first S4 came out. it was maybe eximports that did it. i can't remember... i'm old

[Duck-Stew]

& he's got a M944 too! 

[gregrnel]

His monsters are  [moto]

[orangelion03]

Cool, but how does he get his hair inside  a helmet?

[triangleforge]

Now I find out that "The Road to Ensendada" is about recovering from a dirt bike accident that broke his collarbone.

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/14/travel/driving-on-the-road-to-bandera-lyle-lovett-rides-again.html

As well as lots more info about that 944:

http://www.motorcyclistonline.com/flashback/122_9611_lyle_lovett_racing_story/index.html

[Travman]

& he's got a M944 too! 

Very tasteful bike.  It still looks good after several years.  I love the red on the wheel spokes only.  I wonder if those are CF wheels.  Sometimes all red wheels overpower the rest of the bike.  This is just a little more subtle.  Looks like they lowered the gauges and headlight too.  I also love the skinny CF mufflers. 

[Duck-Stew]

He didn't 'do' any of it (as far as I know of).  The bike was built by Pro-Italia in Glendale, CA and looked exactly like that when it left there (as far as I could research).

But yeah....Nicely done bike fo shizzle.

[Travman]

He didn't 'do' any of it (as far as I know of).  The bike was built by Pro-Italia in Glendale, CA and looked exactly like that when it left there (as far as I could research).

Fixed it for you.  He definitely has nice tastes. 

It looks like the front end is anodized or maybe it is from a sport bike.

[jmoth79]

Seems a viable replacement for Julia Roberts snizz.



....the bike, not the horse.

[BastrdHK]

Those look like the old magnesium spoked  wheels.  I think they were an aftermarket option for 851s,888s, or early Super Sports.  The tell tale sign is the two bolts that connect each magnesium spoke to the aluminum rim.

[The Architect]

http://www.motorcyclistonline.com/flashback/122_9611_lyle_lovett_racing_story/photo_01.html

The bike looks good.  I like the oil cooler.

[Travman]

Those look like the old magnesium spoked  wheels.  I think they were an aftermarket option for 851s,888s, or early Super Sports.  The tell tale sign is the two bolts that connect each magnesium spoke to the aluminum rim.

I do see the two bolts that connect the magnesium spokes to the rim.  However, it looks like the rims are carbon fiber. 

[fastwin]

Cool, but how does he get his hair inside  a helmet?

He took lessons from Simoncelli!