First up I scored a new camera. I’ve been obsessive over the years about action cams and capturing good rides. I’ve tried quite a few over the years; an Oregon STK-3, a Venom Snakeyes micro, a Contour ROAM and my latest addition is a Crocolis HD Extreme Cam. I’m impressed with initial results. I hooked it up to the …
Igave it a good try too, through 1500kms of all weather riding and it just didn’t do anything for me except impede my vision of the dash and make my bike look ugly. I reckon it looks naff. Didn’t even make it to the next day when I got home, tubbed it and took it off. …
So when I finally got around to getting the Hyper with all of its new found power on the Dyno I was hoping for exactly that. I wanted magic numbers and I wasn’t entirely disappointed. Dear Lord, thank you for this… The Hypermotard EVO SP 2012 is the pinnacle of the Hypermotard’s development. It may even …
Idid a lot of research on the Hypermotard leading up to my decision to buy a new one. I was almost set on getting a pristine condition 2009 1100S that had all the bits I wanted installed; Termi slip ons, Sargent Seat, Performance mirrors and bark busters and it was black. It looked freakin awesome. …
Introducing the Wagner Lewis High Performance DUCATI Dry Clutch. Leif Lewis is the man behind the genius of this high performance clutch, and being some sort of mechanical luddite I’ll leave the tech speak up to them; The unique, patent-pending stabilizer plate in the Wagner Lewis Lightweight Pro Clutch is the key to a clutch that …
It’s short wheelbase and moderate rider lean angle make it feel tight and aggressive. It has oodles of lush twin power that just makes you wanna wind it on. It has the wet multiplate clutch so no Ducati clickety clack which makes it feel more controllable and maybe reserved compared with the Hyper. That lean …
I’ve been thinking a about what it means to me and how it makes me feel, to be a Ducati owner/rider. There’s something special about the bike and the brand. There is no doubt there is something almost Steve Jobs magical about the brand. For example, I can use the brand Ducati to amplify …