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• Owning a Ducati 1198 nearly ruined me – but it was so worth it

  By Tim Rodie| VisorDown Verified We didn’t know it at the time, but when Ducati unveiled the 1198 back in November 2008 we were witnessing the end of an era for the Bolognan brand – the days of the long-stroke, rip-your-arms out torquey L-twin superbikes were numbered. Within three years the 1198 had been replaced by the 1199 Panigale. The new bike ditched the iconic trellis frame, threw timing belts into the bin (hooray!) and introduced a new future for Ducati: one that thrives on revs

  By Tim Rodie · VisorDown

  Jan. 01, 2024

• What's your approach to DIY car maintenance?

  By Tim Rodie| DriveTribe Verified I do what I can myself except where disposing of fluids is a problem legally and cheaply, then I go to a garage to get that done. Though I made the mistake just this week of not asking how much on an oil job and luckily the garage told me before they started and I found out they were the most expensive place in town. They were double of a place just down the road. Their excuse was they had their own semi synthetic oil blend and oil prices had risen 7 times this year

  By Tim Rodie · DriveTribe

  Sep. 23, 2021

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