For three days this place rivals the Ducati Factory as the center of the Ducati universe and a destination for Ducati fans worldwide. This year Ducati Island also hosted the second round of the Ducati Superbike Concorso. The results were spectacular.
Photos and captions by Vicki Smith
The level of preperation the entrants went to was impressive. These Motion bikes were a perfect example of over the top attention to detail
Finally the tent was ready for visitors
This Bostrom had lots of custom modifications but the paint was the big crowd pleaser.
This 1098 was built for the contest by it's owner. It was literally being finished at the track
The Island hosts many vendors with tie-ins to Ducati. This is the frame of a very pricey Ducati Corse bicycle. It weighs absolutely nothing
California is famous for it's lovely ladies and Ducati Island is as well. That's one of the Ducati Hotties checking out race control
Tom Tasso had this Doug Polen race bike in the Superbike Concorso. It took home the "Best Moodified" prize
The bike on the left is a championship Carl Fogerty Corse, the one next to it a factory Pascal Picotte. Stiff compitition made it tough for the judges
NCR had a display and this New Blue got it's photo snapped all weekend
That's Ducati's PR person. His job is to hang out with the team this weekend. He looks happy. Things are going well in the garage