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motorcycle touring holiday Germany Europe classic Ducati Bimota Superbike experience
A standard Laverda SFC1000 (main picture) and a modified version for racing waiting to join the next track session. SFC stands for Super Freni Competizione or in English: super brakes competition. Indeed the Brembo gold line calipers and floating discs are really super.
A BSA Rocket 3 engine in a Rob North racing chassis along the entry lane to the track session.
A Ducati 900 Supersport modified for track use, particularly 17" wheels with 320mm front brake discs from a later Ducati model.
The Ducati 750 TT2 from the MF Aldente team, this model uses the rocker operated rear suspension not seen on a road Ducati until the 1988 851.
A great way to modify a GTV500, go racing.
An Egli Honda about to join the circuit.
Honda Superbike to be riden by Freddie Spencer together with a Ducati 851 on their way to the track.
Honda CB1100R without the fairing, waiting to join the circuit.
A Laverda SFC750 leads other competitors onto the circuit.
A 1986 Suzuki GSXR750 Limited edition but without the dry clutch and RG500 brake discs that distinguished this model made only 1000 times.
A Gus Kuhn Suzuki GS1000 entered by the Silver surfer team. Clearly Suzuki GS1000 engines were the main choice for participation in the 4 hour race this year, however in a wide variety of chassis.
T5net team Orange Rob North Triumph Trident is attractive Gulf colours.
The Goldwing Classic racing team Godier Genoud Kawasaki.
Another pit garage filled with Kawasakis, 
four strokes and 2 strokes, fours and triples.
The CSR team Moriwaki Monster Kawasaki.
This Kawasaki Z1300, although with a lot of tuning parts was not actually entered in the race.
A classic Rickman framed Kawasaki Z1 in the garage. Very attractive 4 in 4 exhausts.
Team HB Suzuki GSXR, still with front brake calipers in front of the forks.
The TT racing Suzuki GS1000 suffered a crash not far from the pits and was very quickly recovered to start on the repairs for the evenings qualifying.
The team Guzzi Nerd Moto Guzzi Le mans.
supported by a Mk1 Le mans in the garage.
Also sporting a Moto Guzzi front fairing was this 196 Ducati 900SS from the ACR 3 endurance GmbH team. Notice the cool air ram pipe leading to the rear cylinder head.
A beautifully prepared and painted endurance tank with the volume carefully noted on the clear strip.
The second team bike with quite a lot of frame bracing and a Forcella drop cap endurance fork.
Very clean engine with twin spark plug heads.
An NCR Ducati 900SS from AMS Moto team.
Also from AMS Moto,
another 1978 NCR 900SS.
with NCR frame, Mario Sassi dry clutch conversion and improved oil feed routing.
Which brings us to the original NCR racer in the Ducati exhibition in the village area just outside of the circuit. This was a real feast for me as I have not yet been to the Ducati museum, so they have brought the bikes to us.
The 24 hours of Montjuich bike was also there,
sandwiching a team Spaggiari round case racer.
First up though is the 1972 Imola winning Paul Smart 750SS which started Ducatis twin cylinder race successes.
Bikes right up to the 1098 on display.
Here is Neil Hodgsons 999 Superbike.
Carl Fogartys 916
and the first 8 valve Ducati, the 851.
CLICK HERE for a 7 minutes 20 second look around at the bikes on display
Marco Lucchinellis 750 TT2.
Ducati TT.
And the two wheel classics stand, where you can buy a replica TT or TT2.
Among at least 2 other vendors supplying replica Ducati racing frames, here you can get an NCR or a Daspa or a TT frame.
Also in the village area, besides the auto jumble, book, accessory and parts stands, there are a few club stands. The Ducati Classic club showed a great line up of 750 F1s and a few other members bikes.
750F1, Montjuich and 2 Santamonicas were joined later by at least one more Montjuich.
CLICK HERE for a 2 minute 12 second video of the F1s, the Laverda club stand and a couple of other nice bikes in the paddock area.
The first Ducati that I ever rode, just when it was new, a friend of mine lent his to me to try for a short while. I will not compare to the Moto Guzzi Le mans Mk1 that I had at the time.
My favourite Darmah, silver and blue whale tail SSD.
and a red, white and green line up.
The Laverda club showed some nice bikes too, Jota 120, RGS1000, 668 and 2 SFC1000s.
Around 40 Kawasaki KH models arrived to celebrate 40 years along with a couple of Z1s. Great colours they had back then.
Led from the UK by Garry, also a KH750 owner but was riding his Bimota Mantra as the KH is currently being rebuilt. However Garrys Mantra has already carried him around most of the southern coasts of Spain, France and Italy and is truely one of the most unusual bikes you can expect to see on the road.
Other attractions on the stands, such as a ready to race or ready to restore Yamaha choice.
Then a small group of local classic bike riders arrived with some very nice older machinery. AJS, Norton, Honda, Matchless