Does Formula 1 racing and high end audio go together for anyone else?

@tablejockey  that's a cool video! I love Rossi's persona. The Ducati mechanic here in KC was a riding buddy of mine years ago when I used to ride, I can only imagine what it would be like to ride with Valentino casually. It would be so cool if he made it into the Formula one scene.

@chetatkins I tried to get into that netflix series about F1 last year when I started getting way into the sport as a hobby and I was kind of amused because when I tried to watch it I literally couldn't understand all the drama. I was like, what is this sh*t?lol My impression was that they were just trying to spin drama around racing to attract an audience. No racing? lol 

@sns which model Ducati did you get? I used to ride an ST2 years ago, which is the sport touring model. I used to love to travel on my bike. But retired from the hobby after a lil fall down go boom. I have some seriously cool memories, because I was about as avid about my interest in riding as my love of music.

Mario, the Ducati mechanic here in KC did a custom job for me and made a four valve motor from an ST4S, which is a much more powerful motor, fit in the ST2 frame. It was a really cool bike.

The two valve motor was actually more fun, in a sense, b/c it had so much low end torque. That made it really fun to ride on the twisties, especially with the sound of the dry clutch. The clatter of the dry clutch sounded so cool. I don't know how to post pictures here but it would be fun for some of us to share pictures of our old rides, 

Can anyone else get that ball rolling?

And is anybody willing to post some simple instructions to make it easier for others to share pictures of their sexy Italian motorcycles? 

Nice. I'm thinking you're not an isolated case : )  Would be great to have some race oriented threads going during this season!      

I used to ride (travel on) a Ducati ST and also used to follow GP racing. Valentino Rossi was my fav rider. At the time, nobody could catch him! I gave up riding, and watching GP. Had to because it made my heart ache that I couldn't ride ... I made a conscious choice to stop riding. Not the least out of fear, it was out of clarity.

I've heard I've heard Valentino Rossi's somehow connected to F1 nowadays, but haven't dug for information on that yet. Would be great to see him make it onto the grid in F1.

@larryro2 Your post reminds me of 2 things:

the exhaust note from my bike. My pipes were hand tuned, by Mario who was the Ducati mechanic who serviced my bike and not only a dear friend, but a seriously fun riding buddy. 

I'd go hang out w/ him in the shop on Saturday, while he was working on bikes and then he and I would go riding when he got off in the afternoon.

My bike took 1st Place one year in what we used to call the Duc Bark, which was a contest held at the annual BBQ picnic the Ducati dealership here in KC used to put on every year. Awards are given based on applause. 

The other thing your post reminded me of is:

One time I was at a motorcycle event here in KC called Ralph Wayne's Backyard Invitatinals. I was standing, talking to a couple of motorcycle buddies, and I heard this beautiful noise! like right behind me. I turned around, and this guy had just kick started a 1952 Vincent Lightning Black Shadow. And then he just putt putted right by me onto a waiting trailer. I almost fainted, it was so cool. Lol

Oh, the memories.        : )

@sofaman How cool, that your wife will now enjoy an F1 race with you.

Is that something to be grateful for, or what?        : )

You apparently stumbled upon one of the first threads I ever started and apparently I didn't put it in the correct category.

It turned out to be a pretty accurate assumption ... are you into F1?