Ducati.Net Photo Gallery - Vicki's View
If you are a lover of Italian motorcycles you know that historically, this is the week the industry gathers to show off it's best efforts. To the Italian way of thinking all new product introductions of note must be introduced on Italian soil and the Milan show is the big beneficiary of that. The 10,000 pound gorilla of motorcycle shows, EICMA takes place in a series of giant halls that take days of walking to cover. Most booths have warrens of offices in the centers behind closed doors with models making appointments and giant wheels of parmesian and bottles of Prosecco lined up to snack on while you wait for your appointment with a CEO. It's another world, where business, design and horsepower collide. We wouldn't miss it for the world and now you won't either....
Pictures and captions by Vicki Smith
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Pictures and captions by Vicki Smith
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Upscale Scarabeo's, Aprilia's long running winner of the best scooter ever award (according to Vicki)
In the US, this is a Piaggio MP3
Don't lie, you want one right? I saw this, dropped all my camera's and jumped in. They dragged me out just as I was starting to make vrooom, vrooom noises. :-) It's just adorable
This is a design study. I suspect it's not going to make it to market
Some of the girls work every year, you might remember her from 2006
That's a Verlicchi BMW frame. Seems like an odd combination but the bike looks pretty good
Each manufacturer has a track like this outside the buildings.
That's a Bimota Tesi
