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October 30th, 2013

10/30/2013

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Its now only a few days from the start of November. The clocks have already gone back, but today the sun was shining bright in the sky; almost in defiance to the inevitable. After taking so getting started, the great summer of 2013 that burnt so brightly this year doesn't seem to be giving up without a fight, but annoyingly, nobody explained this to the night time. Leaving the house this morning, it was proper cold and it was the first time my fingers have hurt by the time I got to work. Sadly we all know that this will soon become the norm and any ideas of leaning through some quick corners will just be distant memories.
The 1098s isn't suited for winter riding. There's nothing physically stopping me riding it in the winter that it, with the exception of the tyres, but that could easily be sorted. The engine would still work, the wheels would still roll and the brakes would still clamp onto those two twin Brembo discs at a mere moments notice, but this Ducati is just too good to introduce it to sub zero temperatures and the dreaded road salt. This is why, today, I called up Mike and his team and told them I'll have the Monster. I know that it too is an Italian bike, but with liberal coatings of ACF 50 www.acf-50.co.uk it will be fine. To fully 'winterise' it, I've already arranged for a set of Pilot Road 3 tyres and heated grips to be stuck on and although it already wears a hugger, I'll look at getting a shock tube too and probably some bar muffs. Now I know I mentioned all this before, especially about bar muffs being possibly the least cool modification you can make to any bike, but warm hands are a must in winter and I'm too old to care what anybody else thinks.
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    My name is Matt Brown and I'm a UK journalist formerly based in London, but now calling the South of England home. I've been riding bikes since 2007, but got hooked straight away. Nothing gives me the feeling of freedom, even when stuck in a city. In 2010 I became a RoSPA gold rider, but when it comes down to it, I'm Just a normal man, riding his bikes as often as he can.

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