PEAK Grip Motorcyclist Oct. 2012
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Spider Grips/Ducati Team – Start Line Practice – Day 2
Somehow, oddly, the second day of getting up at 3:00 is even easier than the first. Today the moon was full and just about to set behind the mountain when we headed thru the gate. It was gone by the time we reached our pit area, making it very dark out as we unloaded and…
Saturday, June 2nd – Upper Mountain Practice
It was the first super early morning of the Pikes Peak season today. We rolled out of the Mecca’s parking lot at exactly 3:30am. The schedule allowed time for a quick stop at the local Seven Eleven for some coffee and a chance to wake up the sleepy night clerk. The poor fellow is always…
Ducati returns to the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb In 2012
Ducati announces today its return to the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb for the 90th edition of “The Race to the Clouds”. Following two consecutive championship years, Ducati will again partner with the Spider Grips team to conquer the mountain on the Multistrada 1200 on July 8, 2012. The 2012 team will see the return…
Spider Grips/Ducati Team Update
Today we were back on the mountain, positioned at an area called “Cove Creek”. It is a beautiful bowl just above 10,000ft altitude on the famous Pikes Peak International Hill Climb track. We parked the Sprinter vans on a pretty steep angle along the side of the road, and unload the bikes in the dark.…
Spider Riders bringing in the wins!
So, how was your weekend? It was a pretty good one for Spider Grips riders Jason DiSalvo, Sammy Halbert, James Rispoli and Brandon Brown. These riders all raced last weekend and brought home top honors in their races. Starting with Jason DiSalvo – winner of the Daytona 200. Rider Jason DiSalvo made excellet use of a two hour…
It’s all about the man/machine interface
Motorcyclist Magazine April 2011 This is nice stuff. Check out the current issue of Motorcyclist Magazine – April 2011. The article “Doin Time” on pages 94-95 by Tim Carrithers has some nice things to say about Spider Grips. In writing about his long term test ride Ducati Multistada Tim gives us a shout out. He…
MEET THE SPIDER GRIPS DUCATI TEAM
Come Meet the Spider Grips Ducati Team at the Laguna Seca Moto GP Race If you are going to attend the Laguna Seca Moto GP Race, please come by to meet the Pikes Peak team. We will be in Ducati Island during the weekend along with the fast and beautiful Multistrada Race motorcycles. Both Greg…
GAME TIME
Here we go…..Ducati Multistrada’s at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb.
RACE DAY 8:45AM
Up extra early today – we were at the gate to the mountain before 3:00am, but that wasn’t early enough – there was quite a line to get in. Only competitors could enter before 4:00am, but even so, the line extended to the highway. At first light, the vans are unloaded and the tents set…