While gangs of bikers might conjure up images of beards, tattoos, leather jackets in some places, at the annual World Ducati Week on Italy's Adriatic Coast, it's a different world of cappuccinos, cafes and thousands of gleaming Italian motorcycles.
Fellow Germans Stefan and Bianca had come from the city of Nuremburg. They had taken a more leisurely three days to ride down, and echoed their fellow Bavarian Rebekah:"We came down here because it's fun, the people, the bikes, Italy, it's very nice," said Stefan. What was it about Ducati that made them do it? "Emozione!" he replied. "It's... feeling." Bianca agreed.
"We meet some people with the same passion, different riders from different clubs, and share some other cultures," Patsy added. "We rode from France to here!" Ed told CNN proudly, before gesturing to the back of his t-shirt, which displayed the route along the Mediterranean coast and across northern Italy.
Naturally, much of the activity at the circuit itself was focused on the bikes, with product demonstrations, workshops and displays of new motorcycles, as well as cars from Ducati's sister companies Audi and Lamborghini. On the track there were special races, with star riders competing in the Race of Champions, on identical Ducati Panigale superbikes, and the chance to ride on the back of a specially adapted Ducati or in the passenger seat of a Lamborghini.
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