Ducati Monster Forum

Thanks for taking the initiative to get this going.  It's tough when something so familiar is about to change.  It was certainly good of you and the others to give this family a new virtual home.

I will be in DC for a week starting 4 June.  Drinks would be my treat.  Going to the Red Cross HQ for a tour and NPR for a tour.  Other wise jsut hanging out with the brother in law and his wife. 

Hmmm... small print.  What else should we expect from a lawyer though..

Good to be here Statler.  Thanks for getting this ready to roll!

And victory is mine!  The person who had this screen name before hasn't posted at all since The Crash.  Don't know when their last post was.

That was funny!  ;:|

Glad you found the place, dc.

Chris

YEEEEEEEHAAAAAAAAAA

righteous!

thanks to the good folks that invited me and got this rolling...oh... and hello CAMmers.

RB....was RBX

any reason for dropping the "X"?

I bet it had to do with his renigging on his Nation of Islam conversion...like Malcolm X...only different!   ;:| :P ;D  ...Just Kiddin!

Super!!! Another forum for me to lurk on.

I was the chief engineer at NPR. There is not much to tour. Studio 4A is cool. It is also neat to sit in on a live show. hwo are you going to tour with?

I just can't believe Ben posted before I did.

This is zilla btw.

he even beat you joining by three members, slacker.

the former DML required atleast three letters....but i like zooom's reason better.

Hi CAMers,

This is Rod, aka dcducati. I decided to get a little more witty with my screen name. Am I going to have to monitor two boards now, or is the idea to get everyone to switch over to here? Statler, is there any risk that the new owners of the DML will try to shut this down?

Maybe I'll try to get DUCNCVR as my vanity plate. Do we get 7 characters in MD?

We only get 6 in MD.....

for a short period...you may want to monitor 2 different boards...

the hopefully general idea is to get everyone we choose to engage in and around CAM things and Monsters or other Ducati things over from the DML to here because this is a board run "by enthusiasts for enthusiasts" as apposed to the DML which is now owned by and run by a Canadien advertising space selling company for profit through click counter methods...

the risk isn't that they'de try and shut it down...the risk is that they'll see the board grow and potentially try and aquire this forum as well to ad to their portfolio of boards they own for selling ad space....

6 digits/spaces in MD for a vanity motocycle tag!

Hey all... first post on DMF from afghanistan, i think

Welcome!  glad you found us! be::

I'm not trying to 'steal' members, so we don't mind how many places people surf on the net.   VS may care that the core of what made the DML cool on the big boards has left.   There may not be a big difference in CAM except for layout and ads.   I'll be here and not there, but I'm not exactly tech savy so my contributions won't make much difference.

They have no recourse in terms of shutting this down.  Their unpaid moderators have moved to a different unpaid moderator gig.  The people with the technical and riding knowledge are free to post wherever they want.

Basically, make the beast with two backs VS.  If the DML had been bought by someone who actually rides a motorcycle things would be different.

OK...I'm rambling.   Click the 'why we're here' button in red at the top and read through the mission statement.   It sums it up nicely.  On the local level, we just wanted people who don't like the VS ownership a place to organize if they choose to.

Chris

Sounds like there was some behind the scenes drama going on. How exciting! Maybe we could make some shitty mini-series on Lifetime about it?

So only 6 characters...maybe just DUCCVR? or CVDUCR; becasue the "DUC" is inside the "CVR" so it's like "Duc in Cover", which sounds like "Duc 'n Cover"? Or does that make it too obvious that I am a cryptic crossword dork?

<finger on nose smiley>

 ;D

ding ding ding  - we have a winner    ;:|

Copycat!!!

Hello everyone, glad to see some familiar faces.....or should i say avatars!?  When will the ads be here?  Incase you couldnt tell by my name.....its Eric.

woo hooo be::

Here you guys are.   Sheesh I was getting so worried.  Ha... and you thought you could ditch me that easily.

Nahhhh - we need your voice!


*I think we need a little smilie with a microphone just for CAM*

Good to see some familiar faces! Thanks for putting this together! It already feels more like home!

FWIW I like DMW over DMF especially if I was to get a sticker, but now that I type it DMF isn't so bad since I see the MF in there :e:v

Just checkin in.  Good to be here.

Dounble E in dis shizzle yo!...werd up to ya mega muuva!

I just don't know if there enough ads on this site. Statler, how about random ads all over the place?

And thanks for the new home.  :wine

I haven't posted much lately, but I'm still around.   

-Chris
(previously Captain Intensity)

Do I know you people?

Do we know you???? be::

do we even know ourselves?

it is way too early for philosophical discussion.... co::

Good question. Do you really know me?

Hmmmm....

does anybody really care....

since you're the Michelin Man now John, can you get us some free tires? ;D ;D

Sure. As long as you like Continental. I'm a Conti guy. Car, Moto and Bicycle.

I just got a great idea. Maybe I can make some money by including banner ads in my posts. Anyone interested in purchasing ad space from me?

So *this* is where the cool kids are!

I want a new name too: dcdev = RIP (besides, I don't work in D.C. any more), Long live Tocino.

Does this mean we'll see you at Rhodeside?

If I'm lucky. Wait, I mean, you're lucky. Yeah. That's it.

It is someone's birthday so I'll have to attend. Besides, banjo got moved to Tuesdays (consolidation because of rising gas prices - no lie)

happy to see so many faces.   the only ads coming here will be like the old dml sponsors...(and actually maybe some of the old sponsors themselves).   discrete and in a corner.

we'll give financial reports because I didn't do this for money (I make enough at my job and this is a hobby)..just to cover expenses of the site and give back some cool stuff to members. 

It's all in the mission statement, but I'll wax on less than eloquently about it over drinks whenever.

for the forseable future we'll cover expenses ourselves.

I am happy it got such a nice reception from everyone.  I wasn't sure how this would go over.

cheers

Chris.

random question, did anyone grab topspin flyer? please remind me his name....i'm old and forget easily...

Scott will be told at some point I am sure, if he doesn't already know....and you are old like I am a virgin!

So...I'm really really old then.  ;D

You look like the Stig in your picture!

that would be Stig's slightly portlier and larger cousin from the Southern portion of this side of the pond whom rallyed the boyz at Moroso when they came across to holiday in the South a year after Katrina.

Great site!!!!!!!!  My 24k dial up doesn't do well with a bunch of stuff to download. Thanks Statler. O by the way did you get that 944 that you were looking at  at DucPond?

bdub

Statler.. Thanks for pulling this together so quickly!

nice to see everybody here  :)

Glad to see real people triumph over corporate jickwads any day of the week.

Or, long live the DMF!

Woohoo!  Glad to have found everybody!  Now I just need to find more time to ride with others....

I have to also say...Thanks Statler! 
I also wanted to say thanks for all of those who left bread crumbs to help all of us get here!
Oh, by the way...was tndrpngn...

bye bye banner ads, bye bye.

thanks for the new board