It rained like that during this year's race. And you know what? They damn near cancelled the whole thing. I waited an hour for the race to restart then got fed up and went home. It did restart several hours later.

Was riding my Ducati one night in downtown Montreal in 100 degree weather. Night is the key thing here, because my coolant temp guage light only worked intermittently. Riding along, I feel like the engine is getting "loose", the power delivery is not as snappy as usual. I look down at the darkened guage and realize it…

I'd go NP and rescue this from the depths of despair it is quickly heading towards. I did it already with the two-wheeled equivalent - I bought a salvage-title Ducati 916 that had "high" (for a Ducati superbike) miles and was a bit tired all around. It became a rolling restoration project for me, I spent a winter…