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The art of motorcycle sport-touring…
In 1986, a small group of Colorado motorcyclists tried to ride as many mountain passes as they could over a long weekend. Since then, “compressing as many passes as possible into the classic four-day motorcycle sport-touring getaway became an obsession,” said founding Routemaster John Metzger of Boulder, who has organized annual Pass Rides ever since.

In 2006, Metzger celebrated 20 years of Pass Rides by organizing the Colorado Cinquantapassi (50 passes). Ducati North America CEO Michael Lock and moto-journalist extraordinaire Brian Catterson took part,  who documented the Rocky Mountain adventure in his article, “The Accidental Tourist,” Motorcyclist Magazine, November ’06. After a Ducati-sponsored junket to Italy for the Centopassi in 2007, Metzger and riding buddies Paul DiMarchi and Jon Simisky (former owners of Northern Colorado BMW-Ducati) created a fusion of past approaches to establish a new criteria set for a new sport: Motomarathon.

The Motomarathon Association was formed in 2009. The state-of-the-art machines for this kind of technical, mountain riding are Ducati’s Multistrada, Hypermotard and Monster. These bikes were built for Motomarathon, the state-of-the-art in sport-touring. The Association is proud to be sponsored by Ducati North America, and by apparel- and gear-makers Aerostich and Wolfman Luggage.