Art of motorcycle... MV Agusta

This year MV had a decent showroom (last year was smaller than the popcorn stall), with several motorbike on display and my beloved F4 1000. She is still the most beautiful motorcycle in the world. Many visitors, and I am sure most Americans do not know this historic brand.
To be honest with you I prefer my F4.







The F3 is in my modest opinion the best sport bike available on the market for common rider like me, she is gorgeous.
That Gatorade bottle is not mine. Looks like a urine sample, yaks!

Ducati won Race 2 also!

Fantastic weekend for Ducati and me. Davis won Race 2 as well, leading from turn 1 to the checker flag. Ducati did not score a double since 2012 (Imola with Checa, if I recall all right). Way to go Pompone!

In the pic, Canepa (another of my favorite riders) dragging the elbow on Turn 2. How do they do that? In a best day with perfect road, I can barely touch with my knee?!?

Ducati won Race 1

Finally! After coming down here to Laguna for so long, I enjoyed a Ducati victory. With Davies, I hope next time is Giuliano.
Here, Davis leading the pack of "scatenati" on Turn 2.

Giuliano going full trottle on the downhill of Corkscrew Turn

Turning with this thing

Turning with these things couldn't be any harder...

Or with this one

Il pompone

This is so beautiful that it looks like a trophy cup. It belong to an old Ducati

The queen of the weekend

This blog is about two wheels, but for the Alfa 4C I can make an exception.

Alfa Romeo 4C, if only I have the money. However, for the same money I can buy a Ducati Desmosedici, so I prefer the Ducati

Or convertible, very beautiful besides the acidella sitting in the car

Need tires?

Look at this, there are thousands and thousands of dollars of tires in this truck. And there are thre of them, full bottom to top. All these tires will be gone by the end of the weekend. Puff...

 Installing tires

A tire after use

WSBK Laguna Seca (Sunday) Piove!

Rain! Never happened in twenty years here at Laguna Seca. Che sfiga...

I woke up this morning with 1/2 cm of water in the tend and red fishes swimming in my helmet. California is in a drought, really? My tend was not very Seca, but more Laguna...

So I show a few pics from yesterday, because today there is nothing show yet, it is all dump and wet.
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Kawa today

Kawa yesterday

Yamaha R1 front

R1 Rear

Monterey for dinner

As custom, Saturday night is in Monterey for dinner. Cannary Row is closed to traffic and truned into a giant parking lot (motorcycle only).

Wait a minute. the hobbits are in town

 

Ducati pole!

Ducati 1st and 2nd, Davis and Giuliano. Here at the press conference after the superpole session. Giuliano and Torres are super funny!

Their English however has room for improvements,  but Davis helped them out

Another day of work at the office

It is really cool to watch the mechanics working on the bike

Here few pics, starting with Yamaha team

Ducati team

Honda team

Aprilia team

WSBK Laguna Seca (Saturday)

A classic. It is always a lot of fun to come down here. This year there are a lot more people than last year and weather is warm and sunny for a change...

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First thing first, set up camp. Same spot, I am really a creature of habbit

A must stop at Ducati Island to enjoy a cup of coffee

Lots of people!

And then watch the bullets riding

COTA Austin MotoGP

During my business trip to Houston, I was lucky to be there when the MotoGP was there too.

So a little hop of 200 miles and I was in Austin

Bellissimo, got lucky with the weather. It rain like crazy during the night, but Saturday practice and Sunday race were clear of rain.

Ducati logo logo logo logo...

WSBK 2014 Laguna Seca

As usual every year I go to Laguna Seca to see WSBK race. Always hoping for Ducati to win.

It is always a great fun. Lots of friendly riders and a great atmosphere.

However, WSBK does not draw the number of people of MotoGP, but I am afraid we won't see MotoGP on this side of US any time soon. Ridiculously there are no sponsors to cover the costs. With all the big corporation in the Bay Area, it looks like none of them is interested on promoting such an important event follow all over he worlds.

The only thing I do not like is the cold night, this year it has been very cold indeed. See the tend covers of fog condense.

I saw two of the motorcycles I like the best. The Kawasaki 750, this one is a jewel, she looks like just out of the dealer door.











And the Honda 750 Four. I always wanted to have one, but sadly it did not happen.

 

WSBK 2013 Laguna Seca

For the WSBK round of Laguna Seca I went with the my beauty the MV...

But never again, too many people watching her, asking questions, taking pics. Of course, I was proud of her, but a bit concern








The Saturday night at Monterey is amazing, lots of bikes.