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The final element of this weekend’s efforts showed up late in the afternoon… “a friend” had sent over an Ohlins TTX shock that fits a stock 848 Ducati for me to use. At the end of the working day, Todd and I put in a quick hour to fit up the stock rear suspension link and the TTX Ohlins. This is not an easy job, but Todd figured out the least difficult method, which will help us as we’ll surely pull the shock out a couple of times during the course of the race weekend to change springs and internal valving.

Todd then had to leave for the weekend, so I went to the gym for an hour and a half of the Ben Spies training regimen: train harder than you need, so race day is easy by comparison. After busting myself up, I came back to the shop, and put in another hour or two working on small details about the bike. One of the things I’ve learned over the years is to sweat the details when you’ve got the time – so that when you don’t have the time, the little stuff doesn’t hold you up.