{"id":10454,"date":"2012-07-29T10:17:07","date_gmt":"2012-07-29T17:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/?p=10454"},"modified":"2012-07-29T16:02:26","modified_gmt":"2012-07-29T23:02:26","slug":"mystery-cult-pin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/?p=10454","title":{"rendered":"Mystery Cult Pin"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"2012-07-29<\/a>
Mystery pin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The pin (left) came on the Cultie’s keychain. I’m trying to figure out whether it’s Ducati-related or if I can throw it away. It reminds me of the pin I use to release the slide on my 9mm pistol when I want to clean it. Any Ducati experts out there? I tried to post this photo to a Ducati forum but it didn’t work. Hmmm … maybe I should try the pin on the pistol. Bet it’ll work.<\/p>\n

Yeah, Culty. \u00a0Cult Bike is too cumbersome. \u00a0Or should that be Cultie? \u00a0It’s going to be Polly’s bike, so maybe Cultie. \u00a0I’m sure it’ll have other names before this is all over. \u00a0I’ve been giving Polly short lessons around the neighborhood. \u00a0Long deep divots in my gravel driveway from where she’s learning to put the thing into motion without killing the engine. \u00a0Otherwise she’s doing okay. \u00a0A little more each day. \u00a0She was supposed to have signed up for a motorcycle safety course yesterday but blew it off. \u00a0This could be all the excuse I need to put it on Craigslist and sell it, but I’ll give her another chance. \u00a0Why? \u00a0Because she looks so damn happy on it.<\/p>\n

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Polly on the Cultie<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I rode it to the coffee shop this morning. \u00a0The other Ducati riders who go there ride new machines and wear full-body racing gear. \u00a0Our Cultie has a nice patina of age and use, and I wear jeans and a Harley shirt. \u00a0I still felt like a poseur.<\/p>\n

Oh, I put that photo of Polly on Facebook and was immediately besieged by helmet scolds. \u00a0I react poorly to that sort of thing, and Polly’s my daughter … by which I mean she is a lot like me. \u00a0If someone gives her a ration for riding on our cul-de-sac without a helmet, she’s likely to say screw it and never wear one. \u00a0So don’t, okay? \u00a0Trust me … I want her to wear a helmet, and she plans to. \u00a0We may go buy one today, in fact.<\/p>\n

Well, darn, now I’m all psyched to go riding. \u00a0See you later.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The pin (left) came on the Cultie’s keychain. I’m trying to figure out whether it’s Ducati-related or if I can throw it away. It reminds me of the pin I use to release the slide on my 9mm pistol when I want to clean it. Any Ducati experts out there? I tried to post this […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,2],"tags":[743,892],"class_list":["post-10454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-motorcycling","category-personal","tag-ducati","tag-project-bike"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10454","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10454"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10454\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10479,"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10454\/revisions\/10479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}