BARONROJO
Going out to the bakery on early sunday morning and finding my own 851 on a newspaper is perfect end for the week!!!!
And that makes me a very proud 851 owner!!!
jimmi851
😎😎
Nice
// Jimmi
ducati dad
Fame at last.. 😁
nix510
Sunday newspaper
Boy, it does not get much better than that...Bravo!
Viper1
nice
nine16
People who don't ride are probably thinking "that poor man with the deformed back." 😄
BARONROJO
And in exchange I keep on thinking.... those poor people that will never konw the thrill of dynamic equilibrium... 😁
Written from Notre-Dame de Paris.
Quasimodo.
stafford
Good job, now what does it say?
BARONROJO
Would you like to have it translated?
Mr.R
Yes please, I'd like to be ab;le to read it.
Steve R
BARONROJO
DIARIO VASCO. 01/11/15
Begoña del Teso.
THE SPECTACULAR TURNINGS TOWARDS THE FOZ ARE PURE ISLE OF MAN"
Eduardo Cabrera Choclán. Because a Ducatista is a fussy and demanding creature.
He arrives to our meeting place, not far from the Trueba cinema, on a Ducati 851 from the last century nineties, replicated by himself and adapted to the "finezza" that the roads of this 21st century demand. He is Eduardo Cabrera, a very experienced civil engineer now recycled as mechanic of exquisite motorcycles and author of the book "Desmo Meccanica course". A book that has been a sensation in the forums of the fans of the machine that Stoner did understand (a she was grateful giving him a world champion title) but that Rossi wanted to turn into a Yamaha and got his refusal. In a short time Eduardo will be opening his own motorcycle workshop in the "27" Industrial Area.
Take us to the place... Lumbier's Foz? [Translation note: Lumbier is a nearby river and the place called the Foz it's where it forms several twists at the bottom of a deep cliff]
You know Ducatis are road bikes (although they can be track and even touring bikes). Road bikes for twisted, curvaceous and winding roads. When we go out we can take lot of diffrent roads but the one we enjoy the most is the one that goes from Navascués (a town) to Lumbier's Foz. Do you now the place?
I've flow above the area. I've watched vultures soaring but I had never found an association to the mythical road track of the Isle of Man...
Really? Follow the road with your imagination. Don't you remeber the descent towards the railway track, the grazing sheep, the turnings between straw packs?
Yes!
Well then, the three first turnings in the descent from Navascués bring me back the same feeling of exhilarating speed than that of the mountain course.
Ok. And now tell me: what have you done this nineties 851 to keep her up to the roads of the 21st century?
You know this bike won 1990 Superbike World Championship ridden by...
...Raymond Roche.
[Translation note: The engine swap is omitted in the interview as it is an strictly illegal mod in my country] The most important mod for reliablility's sake is that I've swapped the monophasic original alternator by a triphasic one. Besides that I've performed several mechanical and electronical modifications to get an everyday going bike without losing the "ethos" of the engine that made this bike a legend.
Why Ducati?
I might tell you that it's because it's a bike like no other and it's not as intuitive to ride as others. It is adifficult bike, even architecturally with it's vertically split crankcase. But primarilly I,m a Ducatista for my youth souvenirs. When, as a teenager I started to love bikes, she was the most beautiful.
There are other names, schools, masters, friends in your life as mechanic and Ducatista. Can you name some?
When I decided to quit my job in building and undertake this new adventure as a mechanic I attended to some intensive courses in the A.F.M.C.M. A small but really extraordinary private motorcycle mechanic school near Paris, in France. Then I went to Valladolid (Spain) to be trained by Evelio Tejero, a veteran mechanic who is the best Ducati tuner in our country.
Pretty impressive! And now I think both of us would like to remeber a sentence, "the sentence" from Mr. Paco Bultó, founder of both Montesa and Bultaco. He defined the feeling of riding a bike as...
"The pleasure of dynamic equilibrium".
Perfect. But when you crash, it really hurts. You wear good riding gear, you "motard".
You have to ride a motorcycle well protected always. Even if you're a CEO on your way to the board of directors you can't be wearing a suit when riding. Even my riding jeans are completely made out of kevlar. I crashed not long ago. In a ducatisti meeting in the region on Cerdanya. I was there to present my book. I crashed at under 40 mph but my head hit the floor first and I lost consciousness... [and broke three ribs and a friend's 999R]
Talking about ducatisti forums and meetings... So, the ducatista is a fussy guy...
A lot. Fussy about his bike, it's fine tuning and aesthetics. And very demanding with the maintenance of it. He wants the mechanic to love his bike as he does.
And in spite of that, or precisely for that reason you are opening a workshop in the "27" industrial area.
"Meccanica" is the name of my place. I do it for the Ducatis, buy I love and will take good care of any motorcycle. Even a moped deserves being cared with "Passione".
stafford
Thanks for that, I think some is lost in translation. Where does your passion for the Isle of Man come from?
BARONROJO
From IOM itself! Real races like no other!!
(And I'm on a picture of the 2007 (centenary) book by Mick Duckworth!
Mr.R
Thanks for the translation, I enjoyed the read and good luck with your new venture.
I had dinner with Mick Duckworth at a mutual friends once, I was surprised as to how little he actually knew about bikes.
Like most of the bike journalists I've met, I very much doubt that he'd know one end of a sparkplug from the other and it shows in his/their articles.
Steve R
BARONROJO
This is the book...
And the guy in the red "Radical Ducati" t-shirt is me!
So I have the proof... Now I only need to return on my 851!
Mr.R
I look forward to seeing you over on the Island.
Although next year instead of riding my "Mildly tuned" '92 851/916cc, I'll be riding my "Mildly tuned" '79 900SS because...
I've promised to take my 12 year old daughter on the back of one of my Ducati's (and it's the only one that can take a dual seat), I've already booked a room and have been preparing the old Bevel for the trip/holiday.
Steve R
BARONROJO
I'd love to gonthere once again... but for now my focus must be on my new bussiness... It's not very wise to close the workshop at high season... Will see what happens but this year it's definitively a no-no...
I'd love to have a look at that nice bevel Duc though!
Eus_Daniel
The name Baronrojo was in deed telling me something, i have your book in my colection and let say to you, if your shop is going to be as good as your book is you are going te be a must in spain. Buy the way do you know "vicentista" from valência de Alcântara?
Cheers from Portugal
BARONROJO
YES!!! That's me and that's my book!!! The world's shrinking day by day thanks to internet!
Thank for buying it, I really enjoy receiving such good comments on my work!
And.. Well I suppose I know the guy... It's just that I have no memory for faces... 😱
I image he got the book for you in Toledo...
Mr.R
BARONROJO wroteI'd love to gonthere once again... but for now my focus must be on my new bussiness... It's not very wise to close the workshop at high season... Will see what happens but this year it's definitively a no-no...
I'd love to have a look at that nice bevel Duc though!
Here you go my "Old Nail"...
I've a genuine dual seat painted to match the bike and a new pair of OEM pillion footrest, for my daughter to pose about on.
...and of course she'll need some ear plugs as the old girl is very LOUD!
Steve R
