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A Date With Ducati

Pretty neat little app to find out which Ducati is most compatible with your personality (mine was the Monster).

Jupiter's Travels

I just started reading Jupiter's Travels by Ted Simon - interesting and very well written so far. Four years on a motorcycle is one heck of a road trip!

Slimline Risers

Check out these beauties from Biltwell:


They also make sweet open face helmets and real high quality handlebars.

Ride to work

In case you need an excuse... Ride to Work Day.

Graham Tool

For specialty tools for Fabricators, Machinists, Painters, etc. and even cooler artwork, check out Graham Tool.

Shop Class as Soulcraft

Ran across an excellent article by Matthew B. Crawford, which was adapted from his book “Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry Into the Value of Work”:

"Seeing a motorcycle about to leave my shop under its own power, several days after arriving in the back of a pickup truck, I don’t feel tired even though I’ve been standing on a concrete floor all day. Peering into the portal of his helmet, I think I can make out the edges of a grin on the face of a guy who hasn’t ridden his bike in a while. I give him a wave. With one of his hands on the throttle and the other on the clutch, I know he can’t wave back. But I can hear his salute in the exuberant “bwaaAAAAP!” of a crisp throttle, gratuitously revved. That sound pleases me, as I know it does him. It’s a ventriloquist conversation in one mechanical voice, and the gist of it is “Yeah!”"