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>>Also, the upright position seems to be a cop-repellent. With all my safety
equipment on, upright on a black ST, the cops don't even look twice. The local
guy with the yellow Duke is having a difficult time hanging on to his license.
He looks like he's being bad even when he isn't. The Spd3 probably has even
more of an advantage here over the ST.<<

I have a couple of Ducati?s in the garage (red and yellow) and cops just love
?em, especially when I?m wearing my full red/black Dainese leathers. With the
ST, I?ve taken a different approach. My ST is black. I intentionally keep
the 2
pannier set on the bike at all times partly to confuse the uninitiated and to
dispel the ?racer? image. My stealth measures extend to my clothing. I wear a
black Vanson leather jacket with Drag?in (sp?) Blue Jeans (the ones with the
kevlar seat and knees). So far (?knock on wood?), it seems to work. The only
chink in the armor is if they see me coming around a corner leaned over at
~ 50
degrees from horizontal.

MR 
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<font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=4>&gt;&gt;Also, the upright
position seems to be a cop-repellent. With all my safety equipment on,
upright on a black ST, the cops don't even look twice. The local guy with
the yellow Duke is having a difficult time hanging on to his license. He
looks like he's being bad even when he isn't. The Spd3 probably has even
more of an advantage here over the ST.&lt;&lt;<br>
<br>
I have a couple of Ducati?s in the garage (red and yellow) and cops just
love ?em, especially when I?m wearing my full red/black Dainese leathers.
With the ST, I?ve taken a different approach. My ST is black. I
intentionally keep the 2 pannier set on the bike at all times partly to
confuse the uninitiated and to dispel the ?racer? image. My stealth
measures extend to my clothing. I wear a black Vanson leather jacket with
Drag?in (sp?) Blue Jeans (the ones with the kevlar seat and knees). So
far (?knock on wood?), it seems to work. The only chink in the armor is
if they see me coming around a corner leaned over at ~ 50 degrees from
horizontal.<br>
<br>
MR</font></html>

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