I first read this on another site, it's a a brilliant piece on Ducati's iconic 916.Perfect form, perfect functionEVERY once in a while a true classic comes along: James Joyce's Ulysses, The Beatles' Revolver, Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs. Greats one

's go tour Europe by motorcycle," I said to Red, my unflappable red-headed wife.She smiled at me. "Let's go tour Europe by camper van instead, " she said.She had a point. There were places in Europe I wanted to see -- Paris, Venice, Rome -- in which I

from the museum entrance and for a moment his attention shifts furtively to them. After a few tense seconds, finally satisfied they aren't going to try and eat him or his ludicrously small dog, the great head turns back to the bike perched on its side

and handed the bag over with other spares when I collected the bikes. Could have saved me £200 had I checked what I had bought. Dropped the front forks off this morning at Whitecross Motorcycles in Bristol to be rebuilt, so that's going to be another few quid

dog with a prime steak. I passed through numerous small towns, some consisting of no more than huge grain silo with a few small houses nearby. Most stretches of road where lined with narrow hedgerows and small pockets of native bush with golden wattles