I hate when my hands are cold. Maybe more now that I am old but still, I hate it. I use electric heated gloves, and motorcycle has heated grips too. That combo is nice when its bugger freezing cold.

Went on my normal biweekly 20-mile bicycle ride this morning at 7am and it was 48 degrees. Now for you people not in Southern California that probably seems ok, but it was damn cold! I had bought a pair of battery powered electric gloves for just this situation. They were great at first and kept my hands toasty warm. Then they were too warm because my hands started sweating. Go figure!

Well, with the technology that has made possible the incredible gear we have now, life is good! Trying to figure out the best set up is the problem. First world problems, right? Either way, you can be comfortable during the cold and rainy season on two wheels.

It seems like ages ago now, but there was a time when 750cc inline-fours and 1,000cc V-twins ruled Superbike racing. The apex of that era was the ‘90s and early 2000s, before World Superbike raised the limit on fours to 1,000cc and before Ducati started asking for incremental concessions to remain competitive. In the ‘90s Ducati won eight out of 10 championships; in the 2000s, five of 10.

In 2001, Australian Troy Bayliss rode his factory Ducati 996 R to his first of three World Superbike titles, all with Ducati. To commemorate the anniversary of that accomplishment, and also because it was a great excuse to make an über-cool version of the Panigale V2, Ducati decided to build the bike you see here: the Panigale V2 Bayliss 1st Championship 20th Anniversary Edition.

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