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Ducati: A Photographic Tribute by Phil Aynsley

Phil Aynsley, who’s one of my favorite Ducatista photographers, just dropped a quick line to say that he’s released a brand new masterpiece, ‘Ducati: A Photographic Tribute‘. I haven’t seen the book in person yet, but from the looks of the photos that Phil has posted on his personal website, it sure looks like a [...]

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Montezuma Magic

The asphalt is rushing underneath. A big crestless wave of concrete. Moving with a shocking sense of speed and vitality. It seems elaborate and alive and fresh with that early morning dew-on-the-grass kind of confidence.
Yet the route is so inherently dull. Laid out so straight-as-an-arrow that I find myself wondering where the pavement thinks [...]

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This Week: ‘Man Made Bugatti Super Car’ Premieres

After many months of hard work, long days and sometimes even longer nights, I’ve finally got some fantastic news to share — The Bugatti Veyron documentary that I produced and directed finally has an air-date!
‘Man Made: Bugatti Super Car’ will make it cable television debut this coming Thursday, February 11th, at 8 pm on The [...]

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Ortega Release

Clouds are forming in the distance and my bones are aching for a smoke as I pull off the road. Twisting the key, the bike ceases to breath and for the first time all day I can hear the silence. Because as amazing as it sounds, I’m actually alone — Even though I’m standing on [...]

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Canyon Cometh

Engines wail. Roads bend. Seasons change. But the dirt, the dirt in the middle of the asphalt, that never seems to go anywhere…
Extending the kickstand, I kill the engine and slide off the saddle. Peer out over the reasonably clear San Fernando Valley. And it slowly crosses my mind that this isn’t just a ride [...]

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Canyon Love

The light is hard and damn near horizontal when the bike crests the canyon. What had been going up suddenly dives down. The machine whirls forward – oblivious to the change in pitch — with such momentum that there’s little time to breath.
Let alone sightsee.
In a fraction of a revolution, the bike leans forward. The [...]

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Monster Mod #4: Brakes that Bite

My, oh, my, how I’ve fallen down the rabbit hole… After nearly nine-months with the Monster it felt like it was time to take care of my biggest issue with the bike – The OEM Brakes…
Repeatedly, when either the old man or I have returned from a ride on the Monster, our most common [...]

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“Alcohol: Stronger Than You Think” Ad Campaign

As a riders we face thousands of obstacles whenever we throw our legs over our bikes; from the scientific, such as the size of the contact patch in a given corner, to ordinary distractions in life, like drivers who are playing with their cell phones while crossing an intersection. The vast majority of these [...]

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4 Valve Victory in the Canyons

I see the corner coming — the deep bend, the strange camber, the way the road rolls against itself as it tilts right and climbs north. Part of me cringes. Feels out of sorts, as if today isn’t really my day. But the bike doesn’t flinch. It never backs down. It never echos my personal [...]

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1098 Mod: Installing Speeymoto Rearsets

With the rain rolling in, Sunday seemed like a great day to install the new Speedymoto Rearsets, that I picked up from Desmoworks, on the 1098S .
When you open the Speedymoto box, the very first thing you see is a set of instructions - This gave me great confidence to wrench myself - And after [...]

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Headline

The Inevitable Happened – My First ‘Get Off’

For the first time in ages I woke to sunny skies and a free day. With the flick of a switch, the cof

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This Week: ‘Man Made Bugatti Super Car’ Premieres

After many months of hard work, long days and sometimes even longer nights, I’ve finally got some

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Montezuma Magic

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My New Favorite Camera: The Sony HXR-MC1 1080i High Defintion Lipstick System

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Ducati: A Photographic Tribute by Phil Aynsley

Phil Aynsley, who’s one of my favorite Ducatista photographers, just dropped a quick line to s

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Bike Tests

Ducati Multistrada 620 : Commanding Confidence

I’m squeezing the front brake as I work my way through the entrance of a deep downhill one hundred

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Wrenching

Monster Mod #4: Brakes that Bite

My, oh, my, how I’ve fallen down the rabbit hole… After nearly nine-months with the Monster it f

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“Alcohol: Stronger Than You Think” Ad Campaign

As a riders we face thousands of obstacles whenever we throw our legs over our bikes; from the scien

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Noteworthy

Let’s Get Naked: A Ducati S2R 1000 Finds A Home

“Oh boy… Here we go again,” is in fact the first thought that comes to mind the mi

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Retracing Your Roots A 1,100 Miles At A Time

It’s flat and foggy. A collection of roadways, rattled by the everyday, intersect one on top of an

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