Ducati Soho to Amish Country

Woke up Saturday ready to ride. and spent most of the morning mulling around Ducati Soho.

Tricked out perfect purple Panigale with everything powder-coated from TheChopShopNY

Friday night, a couple buddies were planning on a ride, though I mentioned I wanted to go down to Revzilla and try on some new boots, especially as I wanted to be down in PA to see my family that night. Instead, I ended up planning a route for the NYC boys, up to Port Jervis and then down through the Delaware Water Gap, where we would finally split off in Easton, PA.

Unfortunately, it looked like rain, and we ended up meandering around Ducati Soho all day. I've heard a lot of mixed things about Ducati Soho (and had some 'interesting' experiences with their service dept), but the staff was extremely hospitable, especially Abraham, who helped me try on a bunch of different Dainese gear.

Credit: Gotham City Ducati (that's my buddy Jerry dressing me in his Rev'it rain suit).

Even though I was out of the house at 6:30, I ended up hitting the road after noon, and got solidly rained on for about an hour. A little wet, but no worse for wear, I made it back down to the farm and managed to get all three of my bikes running.

I replaced the battery in my ST3, which happily started right up for the first time since I had the valves adjusted in November, but my Monster's battery was dead as well.