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Inspired Stupidity...

The Bad... The previous owners of the 2003 Ducati ST4s ABS had an unique approach to modifications. Need to mount a license plate, no problem let's just grab some sheet metal screws and screw into the inner fender. License plate light hanging down? No problem cut off the wire and push the loose end up behind the tail light. They broke the mounting boss of the right side rear cowling and attached the cowling with an industrial sized zip-tie. They also mangled the rear brake light switch, I sourced a used switch, but it was also bad.  Trying another used switch before going with a new switch. The Good... They managed to keep all of the maintenance records from the owner number two along with nicely setup three-ring binder with all sorts of helpful pages. New rear tire. The all important red key and three black keys and extra side case keys. The Ugly... The biggest kicker was that they lost the key card and the tool kit, I even asked and they said they