[Ducati] Titanium Bling-Thing & Weight Loss

[Dave Sites]

I gotta agree with Rich and Alex here. Apply an engineer's approach to the
lightening of the bike (and your butt). Large heavy rotating pieces
(circular) first, gets the best results. Then apply the lightening "bling".
Same thing applies to bodily weight loss. The complaint that "it's in my
genes" (or is that "my jeans"?) is partially true. But it's still an
engineering problem for most of the "gravitationally challenged", and should
be approached as such: The circular orifice at one end (above the collar) is
larger than the circular orifice at the other end (below the belt). You can
force fuel in that first orifice faster than you can burn and force it out
the other. As proof of my theory I would point to the tendency for the
extraneous unburned fuel to bunch up toward the "tail" end of the process.
Suggestion: Lean the mixture and increase the RPMs for better results. That
would include spending less time on the keyboard (low RPM) typing
condescending emails about listers who get immediate gratification from
adding light weight jewelry to their mechanical mistresses, and more time on
those sparingly used and equally expensive (and high RPM) mountain bikes,
balance boards, crunch machines, running shoes, gym memberships,  etc..I'm
54, 5'5", 155lbs, and my time and money could undoubtedly be better spent
losing that extra 10 or 15lbs, but at least I admit it, damned if I'm not
addicted to titanium! Anybody know of a 12-step program? Seriously, no
offense intended, and best wishes to all,

Dave