The snow was at least ten feet high either side of the road through the Mourne mountains. Was a tad cold, if you look close me leathers were held together with duct tape and odd matched knee sliders following a slight accident which wrote off my base model 1098, this 1098s was quickly bought with the insurance payout.
Not the same band after all these years, It's on about it's 4th one now. These days I use the rubber wrist bands the Ducati or the DOCGB send to me once a year.