Anyone Been Abroad On A Ducati...
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Want to do a European Moto GP round on my bike but seriously worried about the comfort thing and storage, my plan at the mo is to ride from Oxford to Plymouth Ferry across to Satander, then ride to Catalunya, Barcelona for the Spanish round on the 08 June.
Anyone used their Duke for this? Was it a nightmare!
Anyone used their Duke for this? Was it a nightmare!
I've been a bit quiet here for a while . . .
I took my 996 to Europe two summers ago and it was amazing! I had Ventura luggage which doesn't look great but is an excellent system, in my view. I travelled from the Midlands to South of France, across to the West then back up again. I was away for a fortnight, had no aches or pains, the bike performed flawlessly (including 3 days on track at Ledenon circuit doing seven 30-min sessions on each of the days!), returned an average of 45 mpg (err - not on track though!) and I would highly recommend it to anyone!
As has been said before, you can tour on anything if you're up for it! Go for it I say!
I took my 996 to Europe two summers ago and it was amazing! I had Ventura luggage which doesn't look great but is an excellent system, in my view. I travelled from the Midlands to South of France, across to the West then back up again. I was away for a fortnight, had no aches or pains, the bike performed flawlessly (including 3 days on track at Ledenon circuit doing seven 30-min sessions on each of the days!), returned an average of 45 mpg (err - not on track though!) and I would highly recommend it to anyone!
As has been said before, you can tour on anything if you're up for it! Go for it I say!
Several years ago I did a trip down to Spain with a group of other bikers. It was a 18 day trip, taking 4 days to get to Northern Spain from Calais and 4 days to get back. The group consisted of the usual collection (at the time) of touring and sports touring bikes with BMW’s, some Pan Europeans and a ZZR1100. There was also a person on a Ducati 888 who everyone else thought would suffer terribly. We were very wrong!
He had no problems with the miles we were doing as most of the route was out of town (Thus his wrists/arms/shoulders didn’t suffer) and he was always the one who, having just travelled 250 to 300 miles would arrive at the hotel, leave his luggage, and go out for 50 to 100 mile blast. He certainly didn’t have any problems with touring on a Ducati.
He had no problems with the miles we were doing as most of the route was out of town (Thus his wrists/arms/shoulders didn’t suffer) and he was always the one who, having just travelled 250 to 300 miles would arrive at the hotel, leave his luggage, and go out for 50 to 100 mile blast. He certainly didn’t have any problems with touring on a Ducati.
French Moto GP and Le Mans 24hr on 1993 900ss. Absolutely fine.
Bordeaux and back plus a number of Le Mans 24hr, on 900ss on 1999 model.
1200ml in 3 days on Multistrada in France, including 480 miles in one go in bloody awful weather. Never missed a beat.
Can second the opinion on Ventura luggage, very good and very easy to use.
Bordeaux and back plus a number of Le Mans 24hr, on 900ss on 1999 model.
1200ml in 3 days on Multistrada in France, including 480 miles in one go in bloody awful weather. Never missed a beat.
Can second the opinion on Ventura luggage, very good and very easy to use.
clarkey said:
A friend of mine did the Ducati factory and back on a 748 with no problems at all, so it can be done...
How did he manage that? I went out for a 2-3 hour ride on saturday and only had room to carry my wallet, phone and some cigs and only found space for that lot if I left the tool kit at home 
dern said:
clarkey said:
A friend of mine did the Ducati factory and back on a 748 with no problems at all, so it can be done...
How did he manage that? I went out for a 2-3 hour ride on saturday and only had room to carry my wallet, phone and some cigs and only found space for that lot if I left the tool kit at home 
Ballon said:
dern said:
clarkey said:
A friend of mine did the Ducati factory and back on a 748 with no problems at all, so it can be done...
How did he manage that? I went out for a 2-3 hour ride on saturday and only had room to carry my wallet, phone and some cigs and only found space for that lot if I left the tool kit at home .dern said:
clarkey said:
A friend of mine did the Ducati factory and back on a 748 with no problems at all, so it can be done...
How did he manage that? I went out for a 2-3 hour ride on saturday and only had room to carry my wallet, phone and some cigs and only found space for that lot if I left the tool kit at home I'm pretty sure it was there in back in about 10 days too. Nutter. Anyway, it didn't break down once, and he seemed to be able to walk OK when he got back. I used to have a 999R and was very happy for 90 or 100 mile tank range.
A mate of mine has been to the south of france and to Scotland with his camping gear!!! He uses a Ventura bag on his 748.
http://www.ducatitech.com/4v/aftermarket/ventura/i...
http://www.ducatitech.com/4v/aftermarket/ventura/i...
Edited by rsv gone! on Wednesday 20th February 16:46
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