davejenknz's Blog

This blog is going to be a history of my time with the S4.
But first a bit about me which will go some way to explain why a supposedly intelligent bloke would own a Ducati of any sort.

My 2nd career (I'm in my third) was as an Aircraft Technician. I spent 8 years in the RAF and 5 more in other countries military aircraft facilities.
I was an engine specialist, mostly Jet, which helps not a bit with bike motors, But I do have a good engineering background and have always ...

There was a POM who came to New Zealand via South Africa.
In serendipitous circumstances a 49 year old POM, software developer managed to get an invite from the only country in the world that would accept aging POMs.
Australia, which had been the country of my dreams since I was 19, had long since closed the door. A subsequent holiday to Maloolabaa destroyed the dream.

Fast forward to 2001 and finally I got my full bike license, after riding (since I was 16) on a learner ...