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MORE THAN<br />
JUST RED!<br />
W O R L D D U C A T I W E E K 2 0 1 6<br />
Ducati celebrated its 90th anniversary in style - WDW2016 was a<br />
massive weekend of bikes, displays, events and entertainment, and<br />
we were there to witness it all. Words: Rob Portman Pics: Ducati Press and Rob<br />
Since the first event 18 years ago,<br />
WDW has attracted enormous crowds<br />
whose Ducati motorcycles overflowed<br />
the parking area like a sea of red. This years<br />
event was more special than ever as The<br />
Italians celebrated their 90th Anniversary and<br />
was labeled as “More Than Red”, with Ducati<br />
expanding with models such as the Scrambler<br />
and X Diavel splashing yellow and black into<br />
the mix.<br />
After what seemed like an eternity of<br />
travelling, we <strong>final</strong>ly arrived at Bologna airport in<br />
Italy on Thursday the 30th of July.<br />
We then waited, and waited, and waited<br />
for our luggage to arrive on the carousal.<br />
After waiting for 20minutes we soon came to<br />
terms with the fact that our luggage had been<br />
misplaced or lost, no surprise to me after the<br />
confused look I got from the SAA employee who<br />
checked my bag in back in JHB. The lady never<br />
really looked to sure about what was going on<br />
but did assure me that my bag would arrive at<br />
the <strong>final</strong> destination in Bologna. So, off to lost<br />
luggage we went only to be hit with more bad<br />
news. The wonderful SAA employees did not<br />
even put our bags on the plane, so we were<br />
informed by a semi-attractive Italian lady that<br />
our bags were still in JHB. Nice, stuck in my hot<br />
stinky clothes in gorgeous, sunny Italy for the<br />
next two days.<br />
24 RIDEFAST MAGAZINE AUGUST 2016
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