ADR is only three weeks away but I feel like my throat has been cut knowing I have to go back to work on Monday and there are no more ‘free days’ of getting up whenever, doing anything, riding a lot and not being chained to the repression of desk life in an office. But …
Immediately I’m thinking, shit it’s short, and fairly tall too, which for me is a great thing, at just a smidge under 6’2″ I’m sitting atop the little pocket rocket flat-footed, bollocks bashed up against the tank and looking out at fresh air. It feels perfectly normal to me. Let’s go! Actually firstly, few things …
Then there are the bars. The bent bars. The bent bars I can’t stop noticing more and more every time I ride it which I think are attributable to my last off but which were supposedly replaced and repaired mid last year and she went down in a chicaine. I have been back to see the boys …
The guys over at CA Cycleworks are renowned in the Ducati/Hyper community for their HM69 tank – a replacement 24 litre tank for the original pissy 13 litre stock tank giving Hyper owners some real range capability. I was all for this option prior to finding out about the WaspWorks PUK. That basically replaces your stock airbox and gives you a …
This one snuck under the radar while I was out riding with Ducati Australia confirming pricing across the 2013 range. Props to Scott the Kiwi for reminding me! It’s a bit of an exciting time if you are in the market for a new bike, there is so much going on with cross over models and nakeds …
The idea of a tank protector is a bit of a must I reckon. After all, you are sliding up and down on the seat with every ride so it makes sense that the tank is going to get scratched, and no one wants that, so I ordered one. It cost me $40, no big …
