2001 and you’ve become aware that its all change for next year ….Motogp ….four strokes …monsters 2002 ….f’kin WOW! 2003 no way, now Ducati are in on it ….how much better can it get… 2004 ….some as it turns out…. Ducati announced that a low volume bespoke replica of the Desmosedici would be available beginning in 2006 2005 waiting & teased to the enth 2006 launched at Mugello 2007 production begins in December ….rumors that they’re all sold ….the price is going up ….their too good for you etc. You knew you would never get one but now it seems quite impossible 2008 Ducati guaranteed customer orders would be fulfilled by the end of the year 2009 …now you’ve just seen one on ebay OMG £30 something thousand …..maybe! 2010 keep working, keep saving, keep selling all your other toys, lie to the wife, remortgage, raid the rainy day fund 2011 you can feel it, you can taste it, hours on the phone to the insurance company, you’ve bored everyone around you to death with how complete your life is going to be with your dream bike …..and finally you picking it up …..you’ve nowhere to go and no time to get there but after 10 years the dream of pulling up at you local bike meet on a GP bike is reality and for a split second you’re the man…… whats that you can hear in the distance ……ho’no-no-no no no no it’s JK (not me btw) on his ear-splitting Racefit modified Desmo. Face it he’s the only one whos going to get the attention, the adulation, the women …