Member Stories
Ask ten Ducatisti why they ride and you get ten answers. We started filming ours.
These are members of our Ducati owners club in Orange County, in their own words: how they ended up on a Ducati, and what they’d say to somebody standing on the edge of joining. No script, no marketing department. We point a camera and ask three questions.
The track-day films run as a series called Voices of the Track, shot in the paddock between sessions.
Stories from our Orange County Ducati club members
Michael Voorhees
Newport Beach
“The fastest guy and the slowest newcomer are all equal.”
Three Ducatis, and a track-day paddock he calls his second family.
Read Michael’s story
Jun Valenton
Irvine
“If you’re thinking about doing a track day, be very, very cautious, because it’s very, very addicting.”
Fell for Ducati the first time he heard a dry clutch.
Read Jun’s story
Patrick Pallan
Orange County
“The track experience is something you can’t get on the street.”
The Tron Legacy movie put him on a Ducati. 26,000 miles on the one he bought in 2022.
Read Patrick’s story
Want to be in one?
We film these at track days and bike nights. If you have a story about how you got here, tell us at the next event and bring your bike.
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