USA / Central Is there even 1 other Pani owner in Iowa?
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As a result of your current and historical weather, I am FROM Iowa. My weather in the DC area is not a lot better, however it is supposed to be in the 50's this weekend.
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Generic term for that patch of earth you see when looking out the window of the airplane you're in. Not a real place.
Wow harsh, I would love to sit here and defend Iowa but... I cant your all correct lol its a waste of space you have to drive thru to get somewhere good, in 3 years of riding my 1198s (currently for sale) all over eastern Iowa I've met 2 people with Ducati's one Davial and one who just lets his 999r sit in a store front window. There has to be more duc owners out there.
I used to live in Omaha, NE (just a really good arm's throw to Iowa). It certainly has its good and bad like all regions. It may not be a motorcycling haven but it has plenty of "gearheads". I remember going to some great local car shows in about every town around there. Heck, in the 90's the cops would turn a blind eye to burnouts when leaving these shows. The Knoxville Nationals Welcome to www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com :: The Official Site of Knoxville Raceway! are about as big as it gets for sprint car racing and the Nebraska and Iowa regions are a real hot bed for dirt track racing. Someday some of you may leave your precious, high priced coasts and may experience what Midwestern values and people are about. The friendliness and honesty is always a welcome change from the coastal slime permeating the East and West. If you talk to a stranger in Iowa they won't give you a look like you just puked on their shoes like so many do on the coasts. There is openness and humility among the people that is not often replicated on the coasts. I believe it is because of their spriitual background, work ethic and Midwestern values. Putting down a region you've never experienced shows a lack of understanding of the real world. I see this same braggadocio on other forums deriding someone because they store their car, cycle or boat during the winter because they don't live in FL or CA. I covered a lot of ground there. Knock yourself out.
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Your mid-western "friendliness" is duly noted.
Indeed...
I guess living in Texas I am not "slime"???
Davenport, Yes there are great roads over buy Galena and savannah especially. The very best around here is north of Dubuque towards ball town and up into Minnesota/Wisconsin. Its a long ride but worth it, you just have to wait till about april or may otherwise there is too much sand on the roads that haven't been wash off by rain.
Nice! I'm still new to riding, I had a 2004 cbr1000rr for my first bike last season to learn on, and I wanted to go on some rides in that area but never got around to it! I'll definitely have to head out that way this spring/early summer! I'll shoot you a message on here and see if you'd want to get together for a ride! It may have to be a little bit more laid back pace though as I'm still a noob skill wise haha, not sure if that's a deal breaker or not. It'd be cool to get together with another panigale owner though, as I haven't seen any in my area either.
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Or you could plan on packing up that Pani and come down to Deal's Gap sometime this spring and ride with some of us "east coasters". We're friendly - despite what some naysayers here may say
There's been talk of a spring get together at the Gap for Panigale owners for a few days just like last October when 6-7 of us met up there.
Very odd you bring that up, My wife who came here for college is from Louisville, Kentucky and recently found out she has family in the Johnston tri city area about an hr north of the deals gap road. I have been trying to convince her to wait till spring to visit so I can ride that road a few times while were there. If you figure out a date you will all be there I will attempt to make it work In our trip time frame. Thanks
Don't diss my state .......!
I'm in CR mang. There's also a Ducati Club in Iowa. But most of them are in DM and I already hate driving and/or riding a 4 hour round trip for any type of service so I didn't join the club.
I always thought I was in the center of the universe with he only 1199 in eastern Iowa lol!
Me and a friend ride religiously during the in season and have a few people who join us. We do ride northeast quite a bit on the scenic roads and up through Wisconsin mostly to New Glarus. We're planning on riding to Road America again this year.
If you'd like to meet up let me know. Once it gets to consistent 30^F or 40^F we usually like to start riding. This winter is total balls though.
I'm in CR mang. There's also a Ducati Club in Iowa. But most of them are in DM and I already hate driving and/or riding a 4 hour round trip for any type of service so I didn't join the club.
I always thought I was in the center of the universe with he only 1199 in eastern Iowa lol!
Me and a friend ride religiously during the in season and have a few people who join us. We do ride northeast quite a bit on the scenic roads and up through Wisconsin mostly to New Glarus. We're planning on riding to Road America again this year.
If you'd like to meet up let me know. Once it gets to consistent 30^F or 40^F we usually like to start riding. This winter is total balls though.
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