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Pretty good cheers, doing my thing in the Pacific Northwest . . . (corporate claptrap, saving for my retirement). I had a Multistrada (air-cooled) up til earlier this year, but realized I hadn't ridden it for a while so sold it. So no bike as of now. Riding's nice out here, Mountains, gorges, and vistas . . . but I miss those long days on the endless SE Ohio twisties. Sigh . . . How you doin'?

It felt less like you chasing, and more like you following politely until it was time to pass and leave me in the dust . . . My memory of you Tony, is pretty much as a dot in the far distance.

Jacob Hawkins, it's brilliant for me to see this bike still giving value in it's natural environment. As you obviously know: I rode her for a lot of miles before Pauly - she loves the track, but has a groovy time on the street too. Looks like you're pushing her nice and hard - just how she likes it. Cheers!! Thanks for the great pics.

I just bloody wet my pants!

Almost sixty....? with liberal rounding I suppose. I agree with TPoppa, driving a cage past all those gorgeous roads, to get to the gap is just depressing. I cannot understand how anyone could pass up the chance to ride through Dollywood...

He he ... Hi Tim, I cannot stay away from this board even though I've relocated to Washington state. The drama here is irresistible - even a seemingly harmless subject like this. Pauly has my old supersport now, so Isabella continues to scare the Amish at every opportunity, consequently I still feel a tangible connection with you yokels. As for the new Ducati, I'd take one if you're offering, but I ain't giving up my Multistrada.

:-( No choice... I've been riding a fair bit with a BMW group lately.

That is a fantastic price for this bike. I had the good fortune to ride a 1200 this past weekend. Not Hoblick's but basically the same bike. It is a stunner - that engine coupled with the handling and configurability puts it in a class of its own. I thought my aircooled Multi was pretty grunty, but the water cooled bike is in a different world. Good luck with the sale, by roghts it should sell fast.Someone is going to be walking on air when they land that beauty.

First rule of IT Consultants, no Q&A without a contract in place. Sorry mate, it's for your own good.

Don't be dense. It is obviously referring to beating. It is just not funny. If you think beating women is funny, it's really not. (edited to remove foul language)

Crazy Mike's original post has inspired me to put together a simple provisions kit. The same day I read his post I was trapped in a traffic roadblock for a few hours while the Washington DOT blasted loose rocks off a mountain pass. Thousands of vehicles were stopped, and eventually turned back in the early hours of the morning without easy access to alternative routes. It was a relatively small inconvenience, but I had been on the road for 13 hours and now had to get over some serious mountain passes at the dead of night, so it just started me thinking about what could have gone wrong. Did I mention there was dynamite? And Army tanks!? Speedytriple is certainly a bit off his rocker, but the principle is sound anyway. So thanks Mike.

Hey,I'm working in Seattle right now - did a nice 450 mile run in The Cascades (Mt St Helens and Rainier national park) just this Sunday. How long will you be out here?

Harmless on the face of it, and some of the shots are quite nice. Why does the whole series disturb me though? There is something weird and intrusive about it. Don't take photos like this anymore. Get help.

Brits do seem to think they're a bit special and their conversation tends to reflect that attitude.

I wouldn't worry about it then. Probably some random entity occupying you for a moment.

During this half second 'incident', are you looking out at the scene through your eyes, or witnessing it as a third party? If you feel you are looking out through your eyes, what cues and calibrations are you using to determine that it is actually YOU looking out?

I have a Multistrada. The air cooled 1100 model. It is a brilliant, fun, practical road bike and handles crappy pavement with ease, but I'd hesitate to take it off road with the 17" front wheel.

Washington rules..... I'm never comin home...

you're thinking about it all wrong mate. Us Ducati owners prefer to offer MORE than is asked, just cos we can. We like people to know how huge our wads are!!

I have been using a Nikon D50 for years and have never outgrown it. If you want a camera to learn on, then something like that would be a good starter and because the cool kids all need much better cameras, you can pick them up relatively cheaply. Getting quality lenses off the bat may be putting the cart before the horse. Better to learn the basics with a kit lens and then make an educated decision about what lenses you want to acquire.

+ Hoblick is a wanker. With a fugly bike. DucRx rules. It's about time we had these two fight it out...

Check the prices at DucRx in Ravenna. User name here on O.R. is Isaac's Papa - he's changed many tires for me, does great work (he'll take good care of your rims) and doesn't charge as much as the bigger shops. http://www.ducrx.com/service-tires.htm CARRY IN MOUNT / BALANCE Sportbikes: $25 per wheel RIDE IN MOUNT / BALANCE Sportbikes: $35 per wheel

I think you should come to my place and set my sag. What's with asking people to show up at Mid-Ohio? The cheek...

Tim, I still have the Supersport... she's my honeybun, I can never get rid of her. Ticked over 54K on Friday... so she's a good old girl. Hoblick, I admit I was really looking hard at the 1200S Touring and had started talking to a couple of dealers but the price just made me queasy. So I went with the plain old 'Ugly' model. Rather than the new fangled 'Ugliest' model. I think I'll be okay as long as I'm careful never to look at it from the front. arrrrrrrrrrghhhhhhhh..... Back on topic. No matter how ugly your bike is, or how besmirched, DucRx will look after it. He's a mad bastard, but he loves your bike!!

DucRx came through big time for me. I told Paul how ugly I thought his bike was, so rather than smack me in the teeth, he found me one.... a red Multistrada 1100S with next to no miles, perfect condition, full Termignoni etc etc, for next to nothing. After I snapped it up, he did a technical inspection for me, trailered it, freshened up it's juicy bits, fresh tires etc and all for silly low cost. The bike is basically brand new. And simply brilliant to ride. He bent over backwards to fit everything into my weird and inflexible schedule. Thanks mate. This DucRx guy is a motorcycle zealot - he really looks after his customers. While I was there today, he even defended the honor of a sad looking Suzuki Katana that was under his care, against cruel insults from the peanut gallery. That is love..