Be the Adult

  Two Days of This... In February of this year I had the good fortune of attending the California Superbike School at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Led by Keith and Dylan Code, this traveling circus of motorcycle goodness travels the country (and the UK, I believe) teaching life-changing (and saving) techniques in an easy-to-digest manner, surrounded by expert rider coaches, great staff, and a cadre of like-minded riders that made great company over a two-day weekend session. A chain of events got me here, which leads to the title of this posting. December 2020: Friend tells me about a trip he took to a Ducati/Triumph dealer. Dealer tells him a Multistrada is the best all-rounder, but a Daytona 765 is probably the perfect track bike July 2021: After gestating in my mind for months, I go to my local Triumph dealer to try the new Trident 660. It was brand new and the redline was screaming at me at 6,000 (break-in) rpms, so I figured it was just a sparky, but unexciting beginner bike. I ...

  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) swit...