1969 Ducati: The Duchess of Speed

The father who gets his son interested in cars is a storyline that we love to hear but have heard more times than we can count. Its less often that we come across a young woman who races motorcycles. After hanging off the side of her fathers 1968 BMW sidecar shortly after getting her license, Marja Elisat began racing motorcycles. And though she enjoys life as a student, she is often busy on the weekends at the race track or to be found at home working on the familys collection of vintage bikes, like the1969 singlecylinder 350cc Ducati racing machine featured in todays video. Her father Stephan used to race it when he was younger, and now with a freshlyrebuilt 350cc sheathed behind the flowing fairing, it has become something of an evolving motorsport heirloom. Its been modified over its life, now featuring an Italianmade racing frame and a special drum brake setup to complement the revitalized heart. The engine feeds a unique dry clutch, and is fed by a 40mm DellOrto carburetor, and with the help o