May 17th Bike Night

Hi Folks,

Important information for the upcoming Gateway Ducati Owners Group Bike Night to be held on May 17, 2012 at 6:30PM.  Weather permitting, we will be holding the bike night at the fire pit area just outside the door of Cafe Pintxos.  If the weather is not so good, we shall be eating inside.  Vito Sicola will be arriving before the meeting to obtain street parking on Olive Blvd so our beautiful motorcycles can be displayed.  Please arrive as soon as you can as parking may be difficult.

Monthly Message for April 2012

Hi Folks,

This is a long message, with lots of information, so please read to the end.

April was a month full of activities for the Gateway Ducati Owners Group.  Before we get into the past events, get out your calendar so you can plan for the following upcoming events:

Panagale Debut

The Ducati Panigale debuts in St. Louis at MotorEuropa on Friday, April 27, 2012 starting at 6:30PM.  The staff at MotoEuropa are asking all Ducati Superbike owners to arrive early, with their superbike as there will be a special parking place for the precursors of this new Ducati Superbike.  This should be a great event for all who can attend!

Monthly Message for April 2012

Dear Members of the Gateway Ducati Owners Group,

This message is much longer than usual. Please read to the end.

March is here and with it we have exciting weather as well as the beginning of the riding season in the Gateway to the West area.

Before I get into the meat of the message, which will be different than others, I wanted to let you know that the Group Ride will be held on Saturday, April 7, 2012. Meet at 8:30AM for the pre-ride briefing, and leave at 9:00AM. The meeting place has changed! From here on out, we will be departing from the QT station on Route 109, South of Interstate 44. Most of our rides head off by there, so we decided that is where the new starting place should be. Also, we have a bike night on April 3, 2012, 6:30PM at Triumph Grill. This is a Tuesday night.

Monthly Message for March 2012

This will be a short message as activities were limited due to weather. But we have good news- this Saturday, March 3, 2012 we will have our first GDOG riding event of 2012. This event will be a destination ride. We don’t care when or where you start, but we do care where you end up. This will be the Ride to Eat Pizza. Start whenever and wherever, but end up at PW Pizza at 11:30AM. PW Pizza is located at 2017 Choteau. This address is located East of Jefferson, North Side of the street, in the same building that houses Vin de Set. We shall see you there!

Monthly Message for February 2012

Gateway Ducati Owners Group first Bike Night of 2012 was held on Thursday, January 19, 2012 at Café Pintxos, located in the hotel adjacent to Triumph Grill.

As this was the first Thursday Bike Night, ever, attendance was very good with 11 members attending. Thanks to Pete Hall and MotoEuropa, we received our t-shirts and we were able to distribute them to the active members in attendance. Our treasurer, Bob Oesch, also distributed membership cards. Please remember, active members have paid dues for 2012, possess a membership card, and must have the card on them when receiving Gateway Ducati Owners Group benefits at MotoEuropa. Remember, the dues are $20.

Monthly Message for January 2012

Happy New Year to the Gateway Ducati Owners Group membership!

I am very sorry for the lack of communication and updating on this website for November and December, but my life, family, and work took up much time and energy.

Please read to the end since the proposed schedule of Gateway Ducati Owners Group Bike nights is included. Also, important dates for an event on an international scale: World Ducati Week will be held in late June. While this is on my bucket list, I most likely will not attend. I do encourage all of our members who can attend to so do. The World Presidents Meeting is held during that time as well. Also, Ducstock will be held at Barber October 10-14. All of these events should be fun. Mark your calendars.

November and December were busts as riding months for the GDOG membership, but other activities worked well.