Henry Lubong’s Journal

She rolls, she tumbles, she crawls… next thing you know she’s on her two feet running around the house.

This day calls for a toast. I just became an official Ducatisti today! I picked up my new Ducati 848 at Moto Italiano in Santa Cruz. My wife took a few hours off so she can drive me to the dealership and take my pictures as well . When we arrived in […]

Calling someone a backstabber maybe too harsh but still I don’t regret what I said. I don’t like having enemies and I am not the type of person that holds grudges. I’ll leave that to past but I don’t condone that person’s actions.

It’s almost 1AM and I am very angry. I was checking my email at work and I caught something that I think is not meant to be seen by me. I’m not sure if the “sender” forgot to not include the original email in his forward or it was deliberately included in there. Apparently someone […]

I can’t sleep, too excited for the free event at Laguna Seca tomorrow. AMA will be testing their bikes for the upcoming Red Bull U.S. Grand Prix on July and Laguna Seca will open their track to the public for free. The most interesting part in this event is the fan parade lap around the […]

I’m not that unlucky after all. After what happened on Thursday, I went to ducati.com to see if there are any other Ducati dealers around my area. There’s another one in Santa Cruz called Moto Italiano. I called them up and they have a white 848 in stock but it’s a demo bike. It has […]

Thanks to my A/C, it’s keeping me and my daughter comfortable all day. In the previous years living in my house, when its triple digit outside, the temperature inside my house can reach up to 90 degrees. If you ask me, that’s almost close to hell. I can not tolerate that anymore. So, yeah, I […]

I’m so excited today about getting a deal for the Ducati 848. First, I called Honda Peninsula to ask them about the price. Guess what, the bike that I was looking at was sold yesterday for $15,800. I was like, WHAT!!! That is the only white one they have and the last one that they […]

It was just a lust at first but that pearl white man, that pearl white…. Wow,  I just called Modesto to ask them if they have a Pearl White Ducati 848 in stock. They only have one but the OTD price has gone up to $14,800. If it’s just a $400 difference from my local […]

Today at lunch, I made a trip to Honda Peninsula in El Camino Real (one of the Ducati dealers in San Jose) to check out the 848 and 1098 bikes. They only have one pearl white 848 and a couple of red 1098s in the showroom. Although they look the same, the white 848 is […]

We had her ear pierced today at Icing by Claire’s. My daughter is a brave girl. She cried for 5 seconds and back to playing again

Besides Porsche 911 Turbo, a Ducati Superbike is another dream machine that I’d like to have parked in my garage. I have long been lured by Ducati bikes specially the 999R. Last year, they released the 1098 in a typical Ducati red color. It has garnered lots of good reviews, both from magazines and owners. […]

Wohooo! I finally got my Ohlins Steering Damper for my kawi and installed it tonight. This is one of the most important upgrade on a bike if it doesn’t have one. Even if it does, you would want to upgrade it to Ohlins. They are the leader in motorcycle suspension technology and a respectable brand […]

Gassed up my bike this morning before I went to work and I almost fell off my bike when I saw the gas price. $4.91 for a premium (91) gas!!!  Holy moly that’s just too high. It looks like $7/gallon is not far from reality. I don’t care what my Z3 feels right now but […]

So I talked to BikeBandit this morning through online help. The rep i talked to is very nice and very helpful. A very good salesperson too ;). I told her that I wanted to return the suit and get a refund but she convinced me to have it exchanged. They don’t have the silver/black in […]

Today is Father’s Day and it’s also my first :). My wife and daughter gave me a Norelco 8175XL razor.

I am mad not because the Teknic Violator suit is small but because I’m big for the suit, if that makes any sense. Damn it, that’s my size, huhu. I really like this suit. I know leathers need some breaking in but it’s really small. I am glad my wife was home when I tried […]

Look at the pictures above. That’s how the clouds were like this afternoon of friday the 13th. The smoke emanating from the wildfire in Campbell blanketed the sky of south bay area. Looks like a scene in the movie where a space ship is about to reveal from the clouds or an asteroid […]

FedEx just delivered my new leather full suit that I bought from BikeBandit. The Teknic Violator runs one size smaller so the size 40US that I usually wear is 42US for this suit. I only had experience with Joe Rocket and Alpinestars so I don’t know what to expect from this one. The video […]

As part of my preparation for the track day event on October, I had my suspension dialed in today. Well, not for the track but for the street. But I also got the settings for the track so I can do it myself later. I had it done at Evolution Suspension in San Jose. Rob, […]