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My trackday Monday up at Mid-O was a washout. Looking forward to AUG 21st more than ever at this point.

Some people seem to thing Ducati was always just twins. They had a V-4 (Ducati Apollo) and an I-4 (Ducati 125gp/4) back in the day, Most recent was the '07-'08 V-4 Desmosedici RR. Neither of the older bikes made any headway but they exist. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ducati_Apollo http://www.mcnews.com.au/ducati-125-4/

I got my ransom email last night. They can pound sand. I will be deleting everything with them when I get home from the race weekend.

If you guys are having this event up North you will have to let me know where I can drop my truck and trailer off at. I'm not riding my bike all the way up there from CBUS. I can't keep riding the poor thing like I used to if it's going to be weighed down with 50lbs of chrome.

Just in case you run out again I use the Mother's, California Gold paste carnuba wax. It's a cleaner/wax combo like your talking about.

I'm all bummed that I didn't make it, spent most of the day working on my car.

Because, uhhhh, yep.

I should be there in Novice. Watch for the Duc to be going slow. Will be interesting to see how I do after last years crash.

They should be fine for a novice track day if you stay in one of the middle groups. If it's super hot they will start to feel greasy toward the afternoon. I have run the pr2's and pr3's on the track with no problems. Just watch tire condition as the heat builds and don't hamfist the corners.

My Ducati is oil cooled. They have the temp sensor located in the engine between the oil pump and the filter. It senses the oil before it gets cooled. On an oil cooled engine you want to read the max temp the oil gets to so you know how bad your engine is heating/overheating the oil. Anything above about 300f is cooking it off and really reduces it's life. If you read after the cooler you won't get a good sense of it's condition.

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That's true but you gotta figure that Motus MSTR is $37K before fees/tax. You ain't getting that off the showroom for under $40K If you asked me to buy a new Motus or a 9 year old Desmosedici for roughly the same price I would buy the Ducati any day. Not that I can afford either.

I like my Ducati's as a twin but don't forget about the V-4 Desmosedici RR. You can already own an exotic V-4 Duc if you can afford the price of entry.

Motus does have a demo truck, or at least did last year. I rode the MSTR when they came to Motohio. Its a really nice bike but also really expensive. It is just outside of what I can afford without selling everything else so I ended up getting a Multistrada.

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It is sad to say that even with the current "hairpiece in charge" I continue to reload ammo as often as my free time allows. Gotta wonder if there are qty restrictions to be considered that puts you above what is considered personal use in Ohio.

Granted this was last night but OMG it took me like 4 hours and I checked my valve adjustments and put new belts on my Ducati Sportclassic. These things take so much maintenance.Lucky for me it has 27K miles on it and things have settled in that the last two checks haven't needed any actual adjustments. Good to go for the season.

That's not so bad, mine made 120 on his dyno a few years back but I had the aftermarket pipes and did the CAT and SAI delete. This was the best we could get from it after about 45 minutes of tuning.

I'm going to do my best to be there tonight.

I had JD Hord do the synopsis tune on my Sprint. Turned out very well. For me it was worth the trip up there.

I took the picture after finishing up a reloading session. The AP ammo on the rh side was mil-surp but the rest was fresh off the press. All 1000+ rounds are on enblocs. Amazing that I still have 20-30 more empty clips I didn't use.

#6, Because here are over 1,000 rnds of .30-06 on clips that make your argument invalid.

You guys are also forgetting that mid-ohio is an absolute hazard when wet. The pro race series events want to run rain or shine so they can maintain their event schedule. A wet track at mid-ohio is a cancellation level event.

I have the 06 Sprint manual. It shows the valve clearances as Intake 0.10-0.20mm Exhaust 0.20-0.30mm