5:00 AM - This Morning
It’s way to early to be awake and I’m a bit out of sorts right now. During the past several hours I simply have been unable to sleep very much. So many random thoughts have been running through my mind it’s hard to imagine that it’s already morning. Just about a week and a half ago the Italian Diva sprang it’s second major oil leak in less than a month. In the ten days or so since then it seems that at least in terms of …

Doug K. over at 40 Years on Two Wheels passed this link to a Ducati related Mpeg Movie my way and I thought I’d share it. Certainly not the way that you’d want to introduce your Duc to the road…
In other non-related news, I heard from the ProItalia boys today that my bike is finally done and ready for pick up. MotorMilt’s on the other hand is still waiting for a new set of tires. Apparently PI was out of stock and now has to order them from Texas …

So I guess there’s never a dull moment when you own a Ducati. MotorMilt got a chance today to talk to the service manager over at ProItalia about my bike. Unfortunately my worst fears have been realized. The news was not so good. Apparently while riding during our trackday with the CLASS folks I managed to uncover a manufacturing deficiency in my bike that according to PI is not all that uncommon for ‘04 999’s. As it turns out, the pistons in my bike’s engine somehow made it through quality …