It seems that back in July of this year journalist Michael Martinez of the San Jose Mercury News — one of the left coasts better newspapers imho — wrote a flattering bit about his experience touring the Ducati Factory in Bologna with his wife…
My wife and I had come a long way to find this place, and even though it was not some famously impressive landmark, it felt as if we had come upon Red Square, or Big Ben.
To most visitors of northern Italy, a trip to the Ducati motorcycle factory wouldn’t elicit more than a shrug - but it was near the top of our itinerary. We had planned our pilgrimage for some time, ever since we purchased a 750cc Ducati Monster in 2003. It was my first bike - a reward for having completed the motorcycle training and safety course earlier that summer - and from the moment I straddled it, I wanted to see the factory where it was born.
Ducati owners consider their bikes to be works of art - sleek, exotic Italian machines with unique styling and incomparable speed, if you dare to push them.
After personally taking several trips - er, pilgrimages?!? - to the factory, articles like this one always make me smile. So if you’re looking for some inspiration head over to the Merc News and enjoy.
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