stuck in the city with a cornering machine

A friend of mine also has a motorcycle. It's not a Ducati but a Triumph, all shiny and retro with a nice set of chrome pipes. We both lust over Ducati superbikes, however. Just to mess with our minds, Hattar Motorsports in San Rafael is having an event this weekend to showcase the just-unveiled Ducati 848, Ducati's new middleweight sportbike. As a monster owner and track lover it makes me somewhat weak in the knees.

pg: 848 this weekend?
jp: its gonna torture me
jp: it will hurt to look at
jp: i'm afraid.
pg: of course it will.
pg: but you need to face your fear, and understand your demons
pg: .. for what it's worth i'll be sharing the pain
pg: you should see how i milk every last drop of curves out of various SF streets these days
pg: i've tuned my routes to include the greatest number of right turns with no stop signs and one-way streets that have left turns, ensuring that i have to neither 1) stop or 2) keep the bike straight up very often
pg: also tunnels. mmm, tunnels.
jp: i love tunnels
jp: exhaust
jp: lots of it
pg: yep, i think of them as giant megaphones broadcasting my throaty message across the city
jp: i'm convinced all the other folks in the tunnel love my sound
jp: how could they not?
pg: seriously! it's required listening