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REGOLARITA REDUX

We read about the dog-awful Ducati 125 Regolarita, it of the 4-stroke bottom end and terrible 2-stroke top end in RC185. Here is our tale of woe on the subject.

About a year ago my son and I acquired two (yes two) of these bikes here in Canada, both very much classified as true'barn-finds ' within the literal and liberal description of what

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