So.. I just lucked upon the VIN number of my first Ducati; a gorgeous yellow 998Mono… here she is on the day I bought her:

About the bike

2002 Ducati 998 Mono
Termi aftermarket exhaust
HID headlamp upgrade
DP adjustable steering damper
Custom flywheel
VIN: ZDM1SB5V52****46

Yes, it’s been a GREAT many years, but there is a special place in my heart for this girl.. and I’d like to see if I can track here down. We sure had a lot of good times together!:

Goofing around on the best roads in the the Pacific North Wet;

Riding was not limited to the PNW either, I rode her all the way to the World Superbike Races in California one year!

Had some fun out on the race track too!!

The bike always held a special place:

I’m going to see what I can do to find her. I hope it survived over the years, and maybe I’ll get lucky enough to see her (and maybe own her) again. Only time will time.

UPDATE 1: 13-NOV-2014

So, looking for something like CarFax for bikes, I found this website https://www.cyclevin.com/ and ran a report. $25.00 later I find the first resale of the bike in 2003, and NOTHING after that! True, they had a record, but it’s basically worthless. 🙁 Lesson learned… technically they provided the info they said they would.. but it’s totally incomplete.

CycleVin BUYER BEWARE!

UPDATE 2: 12-DEC-2014

Stumbled across this site, while looking at some Track Bike posts on Craig’s List. It’s the National Insurance Crime Bureau Running a VIN check on that indicates that the bike has not been reported a stolen or a total loss. More evidence that she’s still out there.. somewhere… waiting to be found.