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History:	I've lived in Vancouver, St. John's, Toronto and now Calgary with it.
Modifications:	Termignoni exhaust, 42 tooth rear sprocket, carbon fibre heel guards and rear hugger. Open clutch cover with gold springs and black top plate. vented sprocket cover. custom made foot peg spacer/adjustment. Custom padded passenger seat (my wife wouldn't sit on the stock one). Oh, and a yellow front rim.
Problems:	1. After it's first major engine service it developed a problem where if I rolled off the throttle completely the bike would stall. Not nice in most situations! Finally, after several months of mostly head scratching including questioning my use of the clutch etc., they pulled the engine apart again and found a problem with one valve not closing properly. 2. In hot weather, on long tours, air gets into the clutch hydraulic, somehow. Has never been fixed adequately. I once bleed the reservoir in a gas station parking lot with a borrowed screw driver and a pair of vice-grips. (no 6mm metric wrenches available! — I now carry one.)
Comments:	It's toured all over British Columbia and Alberta, and I did a run from Toronto to St. John's and back, Eastbound staying in Canada and then returning via the northern US. Nice touring bike!

Owner:	Ernest Burden
Location:	Calgary, Alberta, CA
From:	John Valk BMW Ducati
	Vancouver, BC, CA
Color:	yellow
Vin:	ZDM1UBXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Odometer:	30000 km