I enjoyed the Ducati, but I’ve decided that I’m not Ben Spies no matter how much I might want to be. The reality is that I just want to enjoy riding motorcycles and racing around a track is not where my interests are. But I do believe that there are adventures to be had and they are all around, mainly down a gravel or dirt road. \u00a0 The question that seems to begin every adventure is something like “I wonder where that road goes?”<\/p>\n
So I’m going to find out where those roads go. Not every one, but the ones that seem to have adventure<\/strong> written all over them. \u00a0 So, having made that decision, I needed a bike that could take me to the place at the end of the road. \u00a0 For that, I chose a KTM. \u00a0 You know, the bikes that a prominently mentioned, ridden by winners, and respected by all competitors in some very famous races. \u00a0 Baha 1000, ISDE, and the Dakar Rally to name the primary ones.<\/p>\n I found an inmate on the advrider.com site that was interested in trading his KTM 950 Adventure S for my Ducati, so we put together a deal. \u00a0 He lives on Long Island and I’m in northern Illinois, so consummating this trade was going to involve a trip for both of us. \u00a0 OH NO! \u00a0 Not a road trip! \u00a0 Those of you that have followed my exploits are familiar with my trip stories, so let me apologize now for those. \u00a0 This one will be a little different.<\/p>\n We agreed to meet at the Ohio – Pennsylvania border at I-80, and we hit the road. \u00a0 We did meet up, and complete the swap, but not where we thought. \u00a0 Stay tuned for the rest of the story…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I enjoyed the Ducati, but I’ve decided that I’m not Ben Spies no matter how much I might want to be. The reality is that I just want to enjoy riding motorcycles and racing around a track is not where my interests are. But I do believe that there are adventures to be had and … <\/p>\n