TEFLON434    Trying my best to keep good form on the bike. Gettn as low, (tucked) as possible while staying on my toes to enter the next corner.

Check out the lower bodywork, Check out the Boot… I scraped them to bits…. Yes I’m on my toes….. So I raised my footpeg for the next race…….. WRONG MOVE!!!!

Some of the things that happen when you have to work on the bike as well as RIDE it. So I needed more ground clearance…. raise the footpeg up a notch in the rearsets and lean off the bike more. SURE!!! I’ll concentrate on the pegs for now. Wrench here, twist there…. tighten it all up and I’m  done!!! NOT!  Third Call, Engine is up to temp, Pull the tire warmers off, Remove front stand, Remove rear stand (while balancing bike), jump on, Engage first gear, push down on the shifter, CLICK……  Its all working, now get out there for that warm up lap……. BUWAHHHHHH the distinctive sound of a well tuned twin, Prepared by Michael Long, with final Dyno Tuning touches by Huffdaddy at HFD1 Motorsports. Twist the throttle the engine growls… lets go TEFLON!!! Its an early shift for the L twin at about 10,400 rpms as compared to my inline 4 brethrens high pitched SCREAMS of 16,000+ rpms. Moving my scarred and torn boot under the shifter for an upshift into second gear.. I go for it… toes up…. swoosh….NOTHING….. remember…. time doesn’t STOP, its still moving jus like my rpms, as I think what’s going on, I better be thinking fast!!!! BANG!!! Too Late!!! Into the rev limiter… for the folks that do not know…. on a Ducati Twin, this is not a gentle thing, its exactly as exclaimed. BANG!!! STOP THE WORLD!!! VIOLENTLY!!! I hold on as the bike feels like its stopping and my body isn’t, My chest moves forward scrubbing the windscreen….. I got it… SHIFT AGAIN!!!! My left foot quickly looks for upshifts, with a bigger arc in movement until I have to lift my leg completely, in a knee to chest fashion jus to get the next gear….

WHAT IS GOING ON!!!

…..IT WAS THIS CLOSE..