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== | == How this bike came to me == | ||
(warning, 5 mile story) | |||
When I was 16, a friend showed up one day with a Ducati. This was the first time I had ever seen a Ducati, or heard a Ducati and from the first of each, I was hooked and hooked in a really bad way. His name was Sergei Sikorsky and he was the grandson of the famed Igor who invented the helicopter. Sergei was a German Russian and had jumped all over the globe before landing in Newport due to his love to sailing and when he landed so did his love for 2 wheels. | |||
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How this bike came to me
(warning, 5 mile story)
When I was 16, a friend showed up one day with a Ducati. This was the first time I had ever seen a Ducati, or heard a Ducati and from the first of each, I was hooked and hooked in a really bad way. His name was Sergei Sikorsky and he was the grandson of the famed Igor who invented the helicopter. Sergei was a German Russian and had jumped all over the globe before landing in Newport due to his love to sailing and when he landed so did his love for 2 wheels.