Henry Lubong’s Journal

This day calls for a toast. I just became an official Ducatisti today! I picked up my new Ducati 848 at Moto Italiano in Santa Cruz. My wife took a few hours off so she can drive me to the dealership and take my pictures as well . When we arrived in […]

I’m not that unlucky after all. After what happened on Thursday, I went to ducati.com to see if there are any other Ducati dealers around my area. There’s another one in Santa Cruz called Moto Italiano. I called them up and they have a white 848 in stock but it’s a demo bike. It has […]

I’m so excited today about getting a deal for the Ducati 848. First, I called Honda Peninsula to ask them about the price. Guess what, the bike that I was looking at was sold yesterday for $15,800. I was like, WHAT!!! That is the only white one they have and the last one that they […]

It was just a lust at first but that pearl white man, that pearl white…. Wow,  I just called Modesto to ask them if they have a Pearl White Ducati 848 in stock. They only have one but the OTD price has gone up to $14,800. If it’s just a $400 difference from my local […]

Today at lunch, I made a trip to Honda Peninsula in El Camino Real (one of the Ducati dealers in San Jose) to check out the 848 and 1098 bikes. They only have one pearl white 848 and a couple of red 1098s in the showroom. Although they look the same, the white 848 is […]

Besides Porsche 911 Turbo, a Ducati Superbike is another dream machine that I’d like to have parked in my garage. I have long been lured by Ducati bikes specially the 999R. Last year, they released the 1098 in a typical Ducati red color. It has garnered lots of good reviews, both from magazines and owners. […]