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 …
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 …
Inever thought I’d like this bike. I expected to really dislike it, even though I am nuts about ducs, it would just be too small and underpowered and hideous to ride. All wrong. It’s got a great riding position even though I am a tall lanky bastard, and it’s a pretty short machine with a …
I’ve had the opportunity to test the Monster LAMs 659 for a while as a commuter, then I was given the 796 to compare the two, by my mates at Ducat City Melbourne – lucky me! First thing I noticed was the throttle restrictor was missing from the LAMs 659 which only pulls a two thirds WOT, making you ride it …
Got a new lens for my trust Olympus EPL-2 PEN and now I love the little micro four-thirds more than ever. The 17mm fixed lens is really small and compact whereas the big flashy 14-150mm is a great all round super zoom lens, it takes up heaps of room.
Something I have never really understood from a practical sense is what the big difference is with front wheels sizes. Every man and his dog have tried different explanations on me but none of them sink in. So when I found this video review on YouTube I was really chuffed to get a really practical …
After travelling to the opposite side of the world and the exact opposite of the Australian Solstice, after some 1,000 Miles on a Jap bike around various bits of the UK, and almost a weeks worth of broken sleep I finally felt like I might be up for a bit of a ride on the …