Nicky's advice to Spies: "Just for him to adjust his style to the bike, and not try to make it into a Yamaha."
It's hard to talk about on track activity after a day like today at Misano, where essentially no riding was done because of the poor weather, so much of the attention was focused on seat changes for next season. It was recently confirmed that Ben Spies will join his compatriot Nicky Hayden at Ducati (albeit on the Pramac team), and both American were asked about their expectations for both the short and long term.
"It will be a big adventure and a nice change - Spies commented - I can't say too much about it, nor do I really want to talk about it; I want to stay focused on the current championship."
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