Zero to 999 - Passion In Motion exhibit, 2005

Ohio, July 2005. Funny place for Ducati history but there we all were, knee deep in the "most complete Ducati historical display ever assembled in Ducati's world History" . Not my words, Gianluigi Mengoli's - Ducati SpA's Director of Research and Development and President of the Ducati Foundation, Ducati's World Historical Documentation branch. It started as a Ducati Owners Club project, then Ducati North America signed on and suddenly there we were, in a position to create something really important. Four years of emails, phone calls, research and a whole bunch of begging culminated in what truly was "The Holy Desmodromic Church" , 70 Ducati's, one of every significant model ever made, only the best, rarest examples in the country, from a 1946 Siata "Cucciolo" to the current MotoGP racer, all brought from every corner of North America at each owners expense, were now gathered together in a tent big enough to see from space. Major players from all walks of US Ducati history were here as well with a few from around the world thrown in for good measure - Cook Neilson AND Old Blue, Reno Leone, Paul Smart AND the Spaggiari Imola racer, Frank Scurria, Gary Eagan, the tent was full all weekend long, history both living and mechanical. As each bike arrived it was rolled into a tent (in the rain) for documentation photos. I was the museum curator, working with Rich Lambrechts and Rodger Harrison to bring it all together. Welcome to Ducati History. Zero to 999, Passion In Motion, Mid Ohio Vintage Motorcycle Days, 2005