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Pulled the pin on this yesterday.
Not had a 'new' bike of my own since 2003, everything since then has been an Evo rebuild, or something that my sponsor has had at the right money, while a raced his stuff which was way better than i could afford or justify.
2021 350 FS, with 4.7 hours on it. Perfect vet bike apparently, i guess i will find out tomorrow when the gate drops.
It still has bar code stickers on some of the parts. Crazy clean. And with that, goes my dream of a Ducati. At 61, i think it will be fine.
Spoke with my wallet threads are reserved for 2 strokes.
Dayum phil, why ya gotta tease us like that?
Was expecting to see a shiny new 2-stroke!
Congrats on the new bike, but not really speaking with your wallet…Vital style anyway.
Really... who knew LOL. Not me obviously.
Must have been 4.7 really calm hours.
That looks showroom.
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Sweet! Congrats 👍
You can always ride Hare Scrambles and Cross Country events as well. Perfect bike.
Very cool bike & looks in MINT condition! 👍❗️
Congrats & Enjoy it! A good ride buddy had that EXACT same 2021 FC350 w/the split side panel and he loved!
(Ironically, he only recently sold it and bought a Husky 250 2-stroke believing it will be his last ever “new” bike!)
And I’ll add this ONLY as an explanation to wallet speak confusion…back in the mid-2000’s when the MFG’ers started phasing out 2-stroke technology in favor of the 4-stroke, fewer and fewer 2-strokes were available. There was a groundswell of opposition to the 4-stroke related to the higher initial price, additional costs to rebuild them, louder exhaust note and several other perceived issues with them. As a result, the belief was that since the MFG’ers were apparently NOT listening to the vocal support for continued availability for 2-strokes…the ONLY way to get the MFG’ers attention & get them to “HEAR” the message, was for consumers to ONLY buy the 2-strokes that were still available!
Hence the consumer would “SPEAK with their wallet” sending the message that they would only be buying the “more desirable” 2-stroke in the future!
Thats how the whole “spoke w/my wallet” became a thing…by buying a 2-stroke, consumers are telling the MFG’ers what type of bike we’ll spend our $$$ on! Hope this sheds a little light on the whole wallet speak thing! 😎 👍❗️
(Personally, I think as long as we just KEEP buying dirt bikes of ALL shape/size/stroke, they’ll keep building them & selling them to us! 🤪)
^^^Lot of stupidity during that time. Just sayin
I think anyone who buys a bike is speaking with their wallet. 😎
I have a 24 FS 350. I can tell you it is an outstanding sled! You just can not go wrong with this purchase! Mine hauls my 78 year old carcass around with a huge fun factor. Motocross with the SoCal Vet Mx Club and Saturday @ the Glen!
I thought that with the Massive Pay you got from your Commentary work, you'd be able to afford a stable of Ducati's, philG ?
Well, my illusions of Commentary Megabucks, have been Shattered ....... 😉
Enjoy the ride!
PS : I've missed the ' FS ' designation - what is it?
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