I have been writing a column for the French magazine Café Racer for over a decade. When I remember, I post some of them on this blog. I changed the format a while ago, to Love & Hate. I cover something I love and something I hate in motorcycling. In truth, I don't hate much, but 'Love & Mildly Irritated By' isn't a snappy title. Anyway, here's one from the middle of the 2022. GI HATE: Feature Creep I hadn’t heard the phrase ‘feature creep’ until two weeks ago, now I can’t sto

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Son of Sideburn, Max Inman was given a last-minute opportunity to race the Devitt x Vanoni Ducati Scrambler Hooligan at the final round of the DTRA series. This is his report. The last round of the DTRA season was approaching, it was being held at Greenfield Dirt Track on the oval. I spend most of my weekends at Greenfield, so I was helping out at a practice day the weekend before the DTRA finale. Max Vanoni was there with two bikes, Jack Bell’s 2022 championship-winning Devi