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My wife and I were in Milan for a few days earlier this week. Milan is bike crazy because you can't really have a car, at least not in the city center. Consequently there are bikes (scooters and motorcycles) parked on practically every square inch of spare sidewalk, and teams of bikes surge from intersection to intersection.
The most popular motorcycle brand by informal observation seems to be BMW, followed probably by a tie between Honda and Suzuki. Ironically you don't see as many Italian motorcycles as you might think (although, plenty of Italian scooters). A surprising number of Harleys.
Motorcycle edge-traps abound with the trolley lines embedded in the cobblestone streets. It's nearly terrifying watching the bikers hop curbs, slide over trolley lines, filter around cars... they are good city riders. We did see a car take out a scooter (left in front of bike that had right of way), but didn't grab a picture. The guy was OK though.
People there treat their bikes like commuter cars. They are mostly dirty and well used, and rashed up. They park them bar end to bar end in seemingly impossibly tight spaces. If you can't get a stand down, just lean it against a wall (see the pic of the 1000RR).
The pic last pic of is of Biaggi's 2010 SBK alternate bike. Piaggio had a neat little showroom setup to promote their bikes right near our hotel. There was also a 2011 Dorsoduro 1200 in there but for some stupid reason I didn't get a pic of it.
Anyways, just a time waster thread for your Thursday morning.