Dylan’s Ducati Motorcycle Blog : Chronicling The Canyon Life of Southern California & Ducati Sportbike News
The 1098S idly rumbles beneath me while a cool wind slides through the air. Together the bike and I sit and wait. The motionless tires straddling the edges of two never quite ending rain puddles. All around us the winter leaves swirl. Finally the garage door begins to slowly open. Its old burnt orange […]
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I’m halfway between falling asleep for the third time this morning and waking up for good when I finally become aware of the sounds of the seagulls outside. At this point it’s no longer early and it’s not quite late either, yet I feel oddly removed from both time and space. There’s a tangible form […]
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The sweaty leathers are laying on the bed in a near human pose and the helmet is airing out as the last drips of a ten year old Talisker slide down the back of my throat. The salty single malt starts sweetly before smoothly finishing with a bold and spicy burst of smoke. It’s both […]
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The tach is rising as the temp gauge plummets when the first shadows of fog become recognizable along the horizon. Ahead of me lies an ever expanding right hand kink in the road that launches off into yet more of this one of kind unknown. Instinctually I begin to bring the throttle backwards before consciously […]
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It’s 2pm in the afternoon and as I watch the sun start its rapid winter season descent, I find myself consciously thinking that this is one of those rare days where I need a table of contents just to organize my own thoughts.
At this point I’ve been on the 999 for almost six hours […]
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When I last left off it was around noon when MotorMilt and I left Los Olivos on Sunday’s Sport-Touring Sportbike Ride (Part 1).
We had stopped there for a few minutes to take a quick breather and rest the wrists from what already had become a rather lengthy morning ride for us. At this point […]
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Sunday MotorMilt & I did a monster 340 mile loop, which took us from LA all the way up the coast to Oxnard, over the southern tip of the San Rafael Mountains, through Santa Barbara and Montecito, over the Southwestern edge of the Santa Ynez Mountains, through Los Olivos and eventually into winery laden backcountry […]
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This afternoon I was able to steal a few of hours and get a ride in during the late afternoon and early evening. Heading up the PCH, I was only a few miles into the ride when I started to notice what a difference a few hours can make. On a normal weekend ride I […]
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Last night I was working on the blog, doing a bit of backend work with the php files, when it suddenly dawned on me that I’ve been blogging quite awhile now. Being more or less the absent minded type when it comes to calendars and important dates, it never registered to me that I’ve been […]
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Man it’s good to be home. That’s got to be my overriding thought for the weekend. During the past forty eight hours I’ve continually found myself thinking about how getting away sometimes is the only way to remind yourself how much you really enjoy something or in this case, somewhere. Not so much because […]
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