Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

e.M How the Ugly Duck met .'" '" Q. M .... Cl NEW PRODUCTS .... N ;;; ::;; ~ W and soon thereafter became known as 'bitchen.' Z W ..J U >U Bits of wo od c rate la y scatte red about as th e last o f a gro up o f An a tidae 450s eme rge d from their wo od an d pl as tic co verings t o tak e for m as m oto rcy cles. "A t last ," sai d th e p rop rietor. " Buy m y Lord, th is last o ne is so ra tty lookin g. Bu t what th e heck, I'll give th em all a try. " A fte r a few lo ops ar o und th e field back o f th e shop on each bike, the p roprieto r m ov ed the m all in to hi s showroom for di spl a y. A ll the b ik es received a warm recep tion by hi s custome rs, ex ce p t fo r the Ugly Du cati th at is. Everyon e was q uit e put o ff b y it. " Look, th e cy linder head d o esn ' t lo ok right , the e xh aust pipe do esn't lo ok right, wh at kind of Ducati is this ?" Even th e MOIOIslo 100 in th e c orn e r lau ghed at him. . O ne ni ght th e ugly Du cati becam e fed up with all th is and sn uck o u t th e b ack d o or of th e shop . T he nex t m orn in g the proprie tor wa s miffed at fir st , but th en he d ecided that a t w orst some on e ha d sa ved him the trouble o f j u n king it. Th e ugl y Duck wandered ab ou t aim less ly unitl he cam e across tw o Yamahas. Maybe the y would let him run with them. But be fore th e d uck lin g co uld ge t started th e two Yamah as t o o k off, with a grea t scream fr om their ex haust pipes. S tar tled, th e ugly Du cati fe n into a pu c ke rbush , an d th en he sa w th e re ason for th e co mmotion. T he BLM h eli cop te r was closing in on th e Yamahas and th ey hadn' t any Green S tic k les , Th e heli copte r ca ugh t o ne Yam ah a, and th e Ducati huddled in th e bush . But he had little to fear, for eve n wh en a BLM office r fo und h im in the bush, he j us t passed th e Du cati off as " old pi ece o f j u nk some on e ab an d one d." T hat . nigh t the BLM officer sat wit h h is fa mily at th e" dinner ta ble an d related th e ta le of the old j u nk m otorcy cle. T ho ugh n o o ne . n oticed, th e officer's so n 's ears perked up a fair bit , a nd low an d beh old , th e ne xt ni ght that o ld Duck found i ts wa y in t o the bo y ' s cl ub house in the woods. Like anyone with a fir st motorcycle th e boy lavish ed ove r the Ducati, p olishing and cleaning. And Ducat i th o ugh t , " Th ank good ness, I' ve finall y found a home . The bo y eve n t o ok a sp ecial file th at he fo u nd in h is d ad ' s t o ol box an d repaired the thre ads on th e Du ck's axl e , wh ich had been damaged falling into the puck e r bush . Woman ." No w , for th at mailer an ything with o bsce ne lo oking guys lying o n waterbeds might be nasty in an y one 's family. Ne vertheless, the "Dirt Bike Bu yer's Guide" found it s wa y o u t t o the club house and into a pl ast ic b ag . a) T h e b o y co uld only rid e the Du cati aro und in the woods wh en hi s p ar en ts w er e go ne , fo r fe ar th at they might hear the o le' thu mpe r. So the b oy d ecided to ge t a special mu ffler fo r the bike so his p ar ents . couldn't hear it. Sin ce the nearest shop happend to be a Norton d eale r, su re e no ugh , the bo y en ded up with a Dunst all Decibel Sile n cer. an c) b) When th e bo y p ut th e silence r on the bike, it w asn' t much quiete r . it didn 't run to go o d , an d th e so un d was pretty h o rrible, but a t least it was shiney . By no w th e b o y was ge tting reall y in te re sted in accessories , so he we n t o ut a n d bought himsel f a cop y o f the "Dirt Bike Buy er's Guide." Now, in his house a DB BG was some thin g like having a co py of "Man and FIRST ANNUAL Supe r indestructible materi al de vel. a pe d for Hemi dragsters . c hromed for maximum perform anc e . Special ly designed to outflow stock valves . Overs ize head dia met ers ava ilable . • -GRIZZL Y - - - - . When th e Ducati started t o run Iow an o il he ran d own to th e n earest gas station and go t a quart of Ch evron Super Red, ca use th ey said it was good fo r motorcy cles . "Yeah, and we won 't have it much longer on ac coun ta' the fact that so me place cal led Pa cifi c Customs is gonn a b e seIling it ." Miraculously en ough, the Ducati loved th e Super Red and ran so much beller th an on the Mohawk lOW-gO. INT AKE • $42.00 se t - over s ize (33.Sm) or Std. (32m) EXHAUST $36.00 set - overs ize (28. 5m) or Std. (28m) 8 12 MISSOURI, WATERFORO, CA 9S386 . 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