AN ITALIAN BEAUTY

As I suspected, there was nothing wrong with my Ducati’s ignition system. It just didn’t want to play. My bike was feeling unloved, and why wouldn’t it? Yes, I’d forked out some serious coin for a recent tank job, but only because I had to. Long-term relationships are about care and commitment, and dealing with issues before they become problems, not throwing money about like a politician in a last-ditch effort to solve them.

Preoccupied with my own health and wellbeing, I hadn’t shown my bike any love since that hot weekend away during the bushfires at the beginning of last year #156). It had