He cut the motorcycle's engine, told her to stay 100 yards behind him and pushed the bike through the sand as usual.

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"To us, a motorcycle is two wheels, one engine full stop, " says Jourden.

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That afternoon Kohestani and more than a hundred of his fellow officers were boarding buses when a man on a motorcycle pulled up and began revving his engine.

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The son got up and started the motorcycle by pushing it down the road with the gears engaged, until the engine came to life.

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Above the factory floor, the semicircular gallery of the museum showcases the evolution of the Ducati motorcycle from the early days just after World War II, when the company introduced its first auxiliary bicycle engine (called the Cucciolo, or "puppy, " because of the distinctive barking sound it made), up through the company's first motorcycles in the 1950s and the road bikes and racing bikes that followed.

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