Ducati.Net Photo Gallery - Vicki's View
Sicily. If places bring to mind colors, than this place is bright sea blue with some deep orange thrown in for highlight. In May Sicily is in full bloom - wildflowers and wildly flavorful fruit are everywhere you turn. Toss in some Italian motorcycles and you have the recipe for this years Motogiro d'Italia which returned to the island at the tip of Italy for the second time this year. The highlight of this years route was Mount Etna, a must see place if there ever was one. Currently active it was kind enough to misbehave on the other side of the mountain, leaving our route and viewing pleasure uninterupted. The 2007 event began for us at the NCR workshop (see the gallery here: http://ducati.smugmug.com/gallery/2835303 ) with a story that began two years ago. It's about a man, a dream and one fast little bike.........
Photos by Vicki Smith
Photos by Vicki Smith
View from the square where we start the day
Sometimes creativity is required to make the finish. This guy had a problem that kept oil from getting to the head so he just pulled the valvecover off and manually oiled the valves every 50km or so
It's running in this photo
Mount Etna. A highlight of the route (that's lava in the background) My bike broke early so I rented a scooter and kept riding with my group. Everybody knows scooters just make you feel like you are on vacation! :-)
You never know what you will come across on the road......
You could see Etna from the hotel, in the morning it was in the mist but by afternoon you could see it puffing away
Mother Nature calling!!! I woke up each morning to this incredible bird symphony just outside my window. You could set your watch by these guys. Love it or hate it, I had never heard anything like it. (I loved it). Click on the video to see what I mean......
umbrella reflections in one of the many hotel pools
That's where you caught the ferry to the square. 1 euro and to come back you stood on the hill and waived your arms to signal the man to put down his bierra and bring the boat
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