After much planning,
Dirk W flew into Seattle today and went to Ducati Seattle and bought a new B5. The bike was "broken in" on their dyno for about 50 miles with a variety of speeds and loads. The heat off the cat gave his OEM torpedo instant street cred.
Anyway, he agreed to let me write about his adventure, since he will have no Internet on the trip. Perhaps he can occasionally use a motel computer in their lobby and post something as well.
Dirk listens as salesguy Patrick goes over the controls.
We rode from the shop and got some food and then headed south and west for a nice dusk ride near Puget Sound and back to his hotel near Sea-Tac airport.
We will meet tomorrow and do more riding and eating and riding before he leaves on Thursday.
Stay tuned...