(Fwd) Go fly a Ducati kite

[Ryan Fellini <rfellini@domain.elided>]

Sorry, this is non-alfa-content, but this was a nice post made a 
few months ago to Godfrey's euro-moto list.  I can't remember the  
author, to give credit, but I think it was a fellow named Danno.  I  
thought it pretty darn funny, and I think quite a few of you can 
appreciate the humour.  enjoy. ;} 
ryan 
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>> Sorry, I want a motorcyle. If I need a toy, I'll buy a kite. 
Hey Fabio, I've got a custom-built R-Kites two-line stunt flier I could 
part 
with. It's got a 7.5ft wingspan, carbon fiber struts, ballistic fabric 
with 
semi-opaque colors, Stren line...<< 

Maybe bike manufacturers could build stunt kites to augment sales. 
Guzzi's 
will be kinda slow, but it will stay up for a long time and be most 
satisfying to fly; BMW will make one that requires users to re-learn 
kite 
flying; Ducati will build the fastest and flashiest kite, but it will 
constantly break struts, which will not be available at your local 
dealer; 
Aprilia will make a different design which everyone else will want to 
copy; 
MV Augusta will buy Aprilia kites, put their name on them, and charge an
extra 
$100; Morini will emerge as the kite flyer's favorite, but production 
will 
last only a year; the Japanese will make the cheapest and easiest-to-fly

kites around but they will lack "soul" and only boring rewbies will buy 
them; and of course, Triumph will copy the Japanese kites until, after a
few 
years, they figure out how to make their own. 
d 

P.S. 
Sorry, Fabio, I originally meant to just write "Right on!" in repsonse 
to 
your remark, but I got carried away with this newly-rejuvenated list -- 
parts unavailable online at this time, though. 
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