Be the Adult

  Three long weeks ago, I did the usual check of the lights, turn signals, etc. on my 2007 Ducati GT1000 when I noticed a) my brake light was pretty bright and b) is seemed a little flaky as I squeezed the brake lever, as in ‘on-off-on’ instead of the expected, ‘on’ when I squeezed the lever and ‘off’ when I wasn’t. The bike being 14 years old and not having ridden it in a few weeks, I just figured it needed some persuasion. Squeezed it a dozen times, it started working as advertised, and then I went out for a ride. When I got home, I noticed it was bright again, which made realize I was a little stupid and unsafe for assuming it would just work itself out. From there, I went to the Ducati of Omaha site, my go-to for parts, pulled up the drawing and ordered… the wrong thing. At this point I also realized there wasn’t really anything on the internet that talked about this, so I figured I’d share my story and hopefully save you a little time and headache. The (incorrect) switch i