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A lot of you have been asking to see pictures of my Ducati. I had a few spare moments & cleaned it up this afternoon and thought I would share a few pictures with you.
It’s a Ducati Multistrada 1000DS. A sport-touring bike that corners like it’s on rails & has the guts to take on most crotch rockets on the road today (Not that I would know!).
I hope you enjoy & have a super weekend – cheers!
Hello Everyone! I received an update from Katherine this morning & she asked me to share some things with you. Here’s the latest news from Europe:
How is everything going? We just got in from our first day. Breakfast at 7:45 and then off to the pool. Today the athletes got coached at a clinic from the Dutch coaches. Very interesting – learned some new techniques and then had lunch at the pool area. The pool area is amazing! It’s huge and there are actually 5 pools; 1 main swim one that is 50 yds., 1 cool down pool, 1 diving pool, 1 pool that has water slides in it and 1 pool outdoors. When you leave the pool area there is a beautiful picturesque pond behind it, but closed for now due to health reasons…
Our tour guide is named FRANS, like from wedding something or other. He is lots of fun (mostly fun to listen to) and one of the swim coaches name was HELGA (there really are people with those names!).
Later today we went to go play korfball; a traditional dutch game that has been played for hundreds of years. Kind of like basketball and ultimate Frisbee but played with a soccer-ball. Very interesting.
We actually got back to the hotel early tonight. This trips is much different than my recent D.C. trip; they don’t run us until midnight – i guess something to do with them being athletes and stuff and needing rest.
Food is ok but this might be a weight loss time for me – not too yummy.
Tomorrow we are going to the Van Gogh museum in the morning and possibly some wind mill stuff, then after that – swim practice from 3-6 and then dinner.
Wednesday, I have my free night! Hoping the others that are off with me & want to go out and have some fun.
And, Wednesday or Tuesday, I think we go to Anne Franks house.
I don’t have a Sim card yet for a phone that I’m borrowing – I’m hoping to get one soon though.
My room mate is from Fresno and young and fun and so far things are going well.
Havin fun! Tired but not too bad.
Miss everyone tons!
Katherine
If you have anything that you would like me to pass on or ask her for, please drop me a note at: david@esquirephotography.com and I’ll be sure to get it to her.
No pictures yet, but hopefully she’ll get some to me soon – cheers!
Today was a sad day & a jealous day. I saw Katherine off to Holland for the 4th edition of The Youth Friendship Games. Anyone that knows me, knows I’ve always yearned for Europe, and now my better half is gone for the next 10 days to my favourite part of the world. But! I’m very excited for her and the difference that she makes in this world with today’s kids. Always empowering them to do better & doing her best to draw their best out of them. Truly Honourable! She’ll be coaching the swim team and I’m confident she’s going to be great!
Stay in touch, I should have an update from her in the next day or so. Hopefully, she’ll email me some photos so I can share them with you.
Cheers!
So I’m at my favourite place to hang out; Hahm Motorsports in Newport Beach getting a small repair done to my Dutchess – my Ducati Multistrada 1000DS. And, I’m chatting with Joey at the shop when all of the sudden this guy comes into the parking lot with his BRAND NEW 2007 customized Ducati 1098S and decides to do a little hot doggin’ and pull the front tire up. Yeah yeah, you can do a wheelie. We’re all sooooooo impressed.
Except for one tiny small problem that followed immediately after he put the front wheel back down. His glove on his right hand got stuck on the throttle and he did a little bit of motorcycle bowling with his brand new $20,000 motorcycle. His bike went from 10-70 mph at full throttle in zero flat. He loses control and he & the bike go down on the left side, slide across the parking lot about 75 feet and crash into a brand new Suzuki Bandit with ABS that a customer was coming in to buy that night & an Aprilla that was in for some service.
He gets up, very disoriented (concussion) and is telling us that his glove has gotten stuck on the throttle before, but never wiped out. He’s also saying how his shoulder hurt and sure enough, he took his shirt off to show us his busted up collar bone. YEOWCH! Jesse at the shop takes him down the street to Hoag Hospital for bodily repairs, but before he leaves he tells us to keep an eye out for his friend that’s meeting him at the shop as they’re on their way to the Moto GP in Laguna Seca this weekend (he’s not going….).
Here is what $15,000 in damages looks like to a brand new customized Ducati 1098S, a vintage Aprilla and a brand new Suzuki Bandit. It doesn’t look like much, but Italian and Japanese bikes aren’t cheap.
So as I said, Stupid Hurts, As Stupid Is Expensive – Cheers!
Find a quiet place, relax, light some candles, play some soft music and reflect on what your wedding actually means to you. Cheers!
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