23 July

The latest news about the bike is that when the shipper tried to take the bike across the boarder the US Customs folks refused to let the bike cross. They did not like the quality of copy of my passport. I sent a new copy via email to the shipping agent. Let's hope that does the trick. I have to wonder what else can go wrong!

8 July

Mark and David are going to fill in the blanks on the blog so you, the reader, will hear all about their fantastic trip. We can live vicariously through them. Just to bring everyone up to date on my Ducati here's what has happened since I got home....not much. Well, I did get a contract to have the bike shipped home. The shipping company picked up a red Ducati and took it to a marshaling warehouse in Canada awaiting more bikes for a full load back into the USA. A week later the dealership in Edmonton called the shipper wanting the bike back. It turns out they loaded the wrong bike. The bike in the warehouse is a brand new 1198R, a very expensive race ready bike worth $22K in the US and probably $35K in Canada. My well worn Multistrada was still sitting in Edmonton. The dealer and shipper say they are working this out and the shipping company says they will send another truck to get my bike. I'll see it someday...I think. This gives me more time to decide exactly what to do about the Ducati, fix it or part it out. The real issue is what would I get to replace this bike and nothing else seems to ring my bell. Oh well, it's too hot to ride now so not having a bike removes all temptation.