Click on the small photos below for larger images. Up top are just a few teaser photos from the event. Under the story below, there are 5 major photo galleries containing more than 250 photos in all which you can view by clicking each gallery intro photo. | |||||
Inside the museo |
Racers Doug Polen & Frank Scurria |
Harley guy & Matt's old school chopper 13choppers.com |
13 Choppers display |
4 greenframes inside the museo |
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Inside the museo |
Inside the museo |
Click Images for larger photos | Greg Peterson & his winning Pantah |
Duffy, Frank, Steve, Larry |
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For the 3rd year running, Steve Allen organized a museo on the island for Ducati North America. DNA and BevelHeaven.com sponsored the event. The Bevelheads and The Pantaheads provided most of the 39 bikes this year and DNA gave us a huge 30' x 60' tent to display them in. The Ducati Museo was THE hit of the island! I think Ducati had THE nicest display of any manufacturer at the racetrack once again. Good Job! I have posted more than 250 photos of the week's activities, all separated out into 5 categories, please click on the larger photos below to view them. The previous years were good, but this year, the quality of the bikes along with the fact that I managed to find such a broad cross section of models made this an epic gathering of vintage Ducati bikes. I doubt that there are too many places around the world showcasing the Italian Iron on display here.... Thank you Eng Fabio Taglioni for designing and building these bikes. Many thanks to Ducati North America for providing the venue & sponsorship for our museo, especially Michael Lock, John Porter, Sarah Bagosian, Kristina Snyder, Danny Carson, Kristi Blanchard & Michael Paratore. They stepped up HUGE this year and also provided 4 OLD TIMER leather jackets to our class winners in the vintage concorso! HUGE kudos to Mr Frank Scurria, who hung around all weekend, sharing stories about racing Ducati bikes back in the 60s etc. What a true gentleman this man is. The racebike below in the "Concorso" photo is actually the last Ducati he ever raced, Franco Farne won Sebring on this little 350cc bike, and it is still being raced today, with a top speed of over 130 mph!!! It is the first grand prix bike Ducati built, serial #001. Thanks Frank, you are a gem - EVERYONE enjoyed your presence on the island! But I couldn't have done it without the owners of the bikes getting them here for everyone to enjoy..... For that I wish to thank; Peter Bonner, Larry Feece, Ted Henry, Kurt Weir, Brian Larrabure, Jo Wimmer, John Goldman, George Betzhold, Brad Turner, Peter Richardson, Gil Garcia, Keith Hale, Hans Mellberg, Tod Rafferty, Tim Keys, Vaughn Andrako, Tim O'Mahony, Darrell Nealon, Steve Allen, Greg Nealon, David Puente, Greg Peterson, Robert Carr, Brian Damkroger, Gary Patton, Greg Reuter, Tom Pillsbury & Steve Emery..... Did I miss anyone? Please advise. These guys came from all over California as well as Washington, Oregon, New Mexico and Ontario Canada! |
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Click on each photo below to go to that photo gallery..... Enjoy! |
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Ducati Island Concorso Gallery - click HERE - |
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Ducati Island Museo Gallery - click HERE - |
Ducati Island Happenings Gallery - click HERE - |
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Cannery Row Gallery - click HERE - |
Ducati/DOC Dinner Gallery - click HERE - |
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Here
is the list of what was there [that I can remember]. We also had
several folks just show up with their bikes, who may not be listed
below.
Brio
Scooter |
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