Getting the Batta la Strada to Atlanta - NOW WITH PICTURES!

[junior varsity]

everybody needs a little iron in their diet.

[Pinocchio]

John,
Ducati has an ETA of 04/20/10.

Thank You,
Kandie

Eurosport Cycle
3100 Airport Freeway
Fort Worth, TX 76111
(817)838-8135

--- On Sat, 3/13/10, John McAuley <jbmcauley@verizon.net> wrote:

From: John McAuley <jbmcauley@verizon.net>
Subject: Update request
To: eurosportcycle@sbcglobal.net
Date: Saturday, March 13, 2010, 6:01 PM

Hi, Martha
Have you received any word from Ducati NA when my 2005 Multistrada 1000DS tank will ship to you?
Thanks,
John

Well, that will give me plenty of time to reinstall the resprung forks and monoshock. Sheez Louise!

[muskrat]

meaning three weeks from that date. 

[Pinocchio]

My thumb should be fairly well healed by then.

[RED]

Must have been difficult extracting it from where the sun doesn't shine?  Sorry John, it's just what popped into my head...    

[Pinocchio]

I picked up the tank from ESC on Friday. After three days in the garage, the B la S roared to life again today!   Hallelujah!
The new tank has completely cured the misalignment of the bodywork. Gazing at B la S in all its splendor, I decided to put back the PowerCard, the Leo Vince slip-ons, the CRG levers, and the ZeroG windscreen. Two large chips on the grab handle are the only obvious evidence of a past problem. A used topcase rack would probably be a good thing to replace it with....

[junior varsity]

Where be these pictures?

[Cher]

My thoughts exactly...

[Pinocchio]

Where be these pictures?

My thoughts exactly...

Oh, ye of little faith!  When I said " I decided to", that don't mean "i done it", yet!
So far I've got the B la S back to stock, except for mounting the the windscreen and plugging in the PowerCard, because to install the Leos requires getting the taillight wiring loom out of the stupid heatshield tubing for the umpteenth time, which is a half hour's work in itself. For that and the CRG levers I need more light than I had in the tomb....uh, garage at 9:00 PM last night. Besides, I Ben busy tryin' to fulfill prophesy over Hur....uh, here.  Piper's respringing of the forks and shock wouldn't show anyway, except for the hideous blue RaceTech shock spring. You don't really want to see another picture of a stock MTS 1000DS, do you? Blecchhh!!! 
Patience, brethren (and sistren), the Batta la Strada will rise again in all its glory, and there will be graven imagery for the heathens ....except for the QuatD ExBox contraption. There is no way in H-E-doublehockeysticks anyone is getting me to mess with that POS again.

[junior varsity]

i've always liked the old multistrada, just me i guess.

i like all air cooled ducs

[Pinocchio]

When it comes to the Multistrada, beauty is as beauty does.

[fastwin]

i've always liked the old multistrada, just me i guess.

i like all air cooled ducs

Me too. All air head two valvers rock when it comes to sound!! [moto]