Ducati Monster Forum

I've asked Statler to start a club for us here on the DMF, but in the meantime I thought this would be a good place for us to meet and organize rides.  I thought it important since everyone is getting banned on the DML and I don't visit it anymore anyway.  So, let's ride  [thumbsup]

P.S.  Who all has migrated here so far?  Post up and tell us what your old DML moniker was so we can recognize you  8)

Almost everyone kept their handles the same. 

Except Emily.

What up bud.   Get my 696 this weekend so Sunday give me a ring.

I'm here.  Gammy was a nickname I had in 7th grade and my name at anti-rice before I got b&.
i figgered a name change was due  :P
SHADOWCHASER got here shortly after me

.... So... any plans for a ride?

I'm in Tulsa and wouldn't mind an Okie Club here on DMF.  I too migrated from the old board.

where are you guys all located? I'm only 10 minutes south of the border out near Lawton (i'm in Wichita Falls). the Texas guys in DFW are a little too far for me to meet with, but if any of you guys are in the west side of OK, I wouldn't mind riding up to hit some roads with you guys.

I, too, have migrated from the Ducati Monster List. Would like to ride with other Ducati riders in central Oklahoma. I'm in Edmond, am retired, and can ride pretty much anytime (though I'm 55 years old, a relatively new rider, and not very fast). I used the ID "turnera" on the DML and am using the same one here. I have a 2006 S2R1000. (Also have 5 other sport bikes, a Harley, and a Triumph T100 Bonneville.

--turnera

Heya Trent! [moto]

I'm sure I'll be out in Tulsa for business, so I'll give you all a shout next time I'm headed for OK.

whatever happened to SHADOWCHASER  ??? ??? ??? ???  [roll] [roll] [roll] [roll]

(note the emoticon tribute to him)

He's a few miles ahead of us.  I'm sure he goes fast so he can scout ahead for cops  [leo]

I need to call the guy with the 748 and tell him about this place!

I really am in OKC - lol - we ride down to Mt Scott and the wildlife reserve several times each year.  Eureka Springs when I can make it and just cruising around the city when the mood strikes.  Oh yeah - rode AMTRAK with Tangerine Dream down to the Cycle World show last year.

Hey Factorplayer!  I don't think we've ever spoken, but I've heard Steve mention you many times (all good). On that note, Steve's around. He's selling Ducs here at the shop in OKC now. So he doesn't get as much free time as he used to.  Are you in OKC?  For some reason I'm thinking you're in Florida. Is that right? Either way, glad you're here. You're welcome to ride anytime  [moto]

Count Desmo! What's up brother? ;D  I look forward to your trip to Tulsa. Steve's been talking about a ride up that direction for a couple of weeks now. Just let us know when and we'll make a plan.  [thumbsup]

Turnera, I can't wait to see your garage  8)  Welcome. We try to post up here whenever we are going on a Saturday or Sunday, but a few of us just call each other all the time on the last minute stuff. Gammy and I just got back from a two hour romp around town.  [evil]

Le Pirate, welcome. Most of us are located here in the OKC metro area. But we make the run to Mt. Scott almost once a month it seems like. We would love to have you join us  :)

Massinova, welcome.  As you can see, we are trying to get up your direction sometime soon. Watch the board and we'll give you as much notice as possible.

Nak3d696, sorry we missed you on Sunday  :'(, Did you take delivery of the new Monster yet?  Post up pics and your impressions so far please  ;D

Hey Bill!  How you been?  I see Rodney all the time, but have not got to ride with him in some time.  Tell all the boys hello for me and hope to see you guys soon. [beer]

WOW........Trent said there had been some activity, but I had no idea. ;D

Looks like everyone has made it over in good shape, and as for myself well........the Dealership keeps me hopping pretty much all day everyday except for Sundays. [roll]  Then its a compromise between my time and time with the girlfriend and/or my Daughter.

I'm not complaining though, life has been pretty good lately.  Just wish I had more time to ride and or hang  with my friends and fellow Ducatisti aside from selling the bikes. :-[

Think I'll be hitting Randy up for two days off a week as opposed to one. [laugh]

Any new riders in the area can always come by the shop.  I'm there most of the time.  Trent and Marcie have been wonderful in coordinating the few groop rides we've been able to get togeather. ;D  Lord knows I've given as many new Ducatisti his number as I have mine.......Sorry Bro. [laugh] [cheeky]

Factorplayer when are you going to get up for a ride sometime, or better yet if you could put a few of us up for a night a weekend trip to ride down in the Beautiful Texas Hill country could be an Awesome shin ding. [thumbsup]   Just need about a month in advance to plan it right and get the biggest rider turnout. [moto]

BTW;  Anyone other than myself, and possibly Count Desmo planning on attending "DiR" Ducati in the Rockies this year??? :-\

The what?  Sounds like it would be fun going through the Rockies.  Depending on when and how long it is, I might consider going.  I love vacation, I just hate using my vacation time!  :'(

Ciao Markus. :)

It's basicly a three to four day weekend in mid August.   Awesome Roads (Think Switzerland in the U.S.) [thumbsup] , and even better people! [moto] [moto] [moto]

Just be sure to take some rain gear, the mountains make their own weather and periodic showers are normal that time of year.

Trent and I have talked about it with his neighbor with the big bike hauling motorcoach.  With as few as Six of us it could be a very plush and fairly inexpensive weekend you'll be telling your friends about for years to come. ;D

Was Rodney able to talk you into going to Miller?  I know he tried - or I'll give him crap lol.

Lets go to Sturgis  ;D

Blasphemy!!!  :-X   [puke]

He asked me a couple of times, and I would love to go, but it's just a few days before Marci is due to give birth to our second. So I'm out.  :'(

Sturgis could use a bit of class  ;)

Sunday's high is 91.  Anybody feel like going out and getting baked (by the sun  ;D )?

C'mon guys don't be so damn quiet.  I got my new helmet and gloves today, and should have my jacket soon.  I can't wait to show it off!  ;D

Hi Hank,  you can meet us at Spinozi's at noon Sat. and we will probably make plans for a Sunday ride then.  There are usually 5 or 6 in the group I ride with - 4 monsters some assorted Aprilias/KTMs/MVs/Triumphs a A Kawaski and a H*nda(sorry Curtis).  Most of us have gray hair so if that makes a difference...

I have no hair  ;)  No idea where Spinozi's is either, plus I need to be at work around 2:45  :-\

Hey Shadowchaser and/or FactorPlayer,

I've done three tours in the Texas Hill Country in the last two years. I still have some of my route maps, and some thoughts on what's fun down there and what's not. I even have my book of maps from the Triumph RAT Raid down there last year (Triumph USA sponsors rides for Triumph owners).  Might be best to use Kerrville as a base for a "hub and spoke" series of rides. There is a hotel/motel there, Inn of the Hills, that caters to motorcycle riders. The group rate coordinator there is a young lady that rides . . . aggressively! She's from southern California and has ridden all the canyon roads out there plus has done some of the riding schools at Laguna Seca. She rides a GSX-R750. She's a great source for Texas Hill Country ride routes and motorcycle shops. Would be glad to help in coordinating  a club ride down there.

--turnera

COOL!!! 8) 8) 8)  THANKS ALAN!!! [thumbsup] [thumbsup] [thumbsup]
Get with Trent "Tangerine Dream" also.  Marcie is helping to coordinate our little flock of Oklahoma Ducs.  ;D



BTW: Just a little note to welcome everyone in the Oklahoma City Area down to BMW / DUCATI / VESPA of OKLAHOMA for the premiere of the New Ducati Monster 696 Today 16MAY08, and Tomorrow 17MAY08.

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Also, I would like to announce the addition of MV AGUSTA to our product line up.

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We currently have the F4 312R's (Winner of "Master Bike 2007") and the Stunningly Beautiful Brutale 910"S" on the floor!

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Last but not least we also just rolled our first BMW HP2 Sport on the floor.

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Finally a 130hp air cooled Boxer for all of our Motorad Fans!



Swing on by and see all of these Spectacular New Bikes for yourself.


I guarantee you'll be thoroughly delighted. [moto]



Steve Pappas aka:"SHADOWCHASER"
BMW / DUCATI / MV AGUSTA / APRILIA / MOTO GUZZI / VESPA of OKLAHOMA
417 Hudiburg Circle, Suite C
Oklahoma City, OK.

73108
(405) 943-2691

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Easy on the spam!!!!!  [roll]

I didn't know y'all were adding on MV.  Oh well.  More eye candy for me  [cheeky]

Hey guys I'm littleyellowduc (LYD) (Alan) here in the fort worth area a DFW'er and we are having a hill counrty ride on the 29th-2nd.  i am exactly 3 hours south of OKC.  Just wondering if anyone was interested in making the journey.  Most of us are trailering down to the hill country.  If you are interested check out the site:

http://ducatimonsterworldwide.org/index.php?topic=674.0

Post up.

Just a friendly invite to our fellow riders just north of us! [thumbsup]
Hope to hear from some.

Just got back from a business trip to St.Louis.  I'll be heading to the shop today to check out the new bikes Steve.  See you there.  [thumbsup]

For those I didn't text last night, we're riding this morning as soon as the Moto GP race is over. Feel free to call for details 641-1749

hey OK! nice to see some of you fellow ducs up there. a very good friend of mine from the marines lives in stillwater (actually perry). he rides a silver hyabusa w/ the american flag painted through it. when i rode up last year to visit w/ him some guys acted like they didn't know what a ducati was. i'll be headed up there in august if it's ok w/ you guys i may swing by to meet some of you if you are doing anything that week/weekend.
chris dfwm

We rode up to the Rockhouse for breakfast.  After we got there some cruiser types pulled in and told us there had been a bad wreck on Rt. 66 - a pickup had pulled out in front of a "crotch rocket" and it was bad.  prayers and I hope the best for the guy.  The S4Rs was singing a beautiful song in top gear this morning.

Sorry we missed breakfast with you guys. We wound up heading down to Daugherty for the 10 miles of twistys on hiway 110  [evil]

Calscrazy, we'd be happy to ride with you when you come up. Let us know and we'll make arrangements.

Thanks again for the ride TD.  When I got home I cleaned off my gear and took a 5 hour power nap  :P

Well guys, sorry to say you missed your last chance...

http://newsok.com/article/3246548/

 :( That sucks

 :'( Sad news!

I've never made it, but at least One of my bikes has. [thumbsup]
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Cheers~Steve

Any of the Oklahoma Riders riding this weekend (May 31 & June1)? Would like to ride Sunday afternoon (after church).

I'm up for it.  What time you thinking?  I'll have to give some of the guys a call.

Could be ready to ride anytime after about 12:30PM either day (Sat. or Sun., May 31 or June 1). Anyone else?

Sorry boys. I just saw this  :P  Of course, I did text Gammy early and give him an opportunity  [evil]

Armagideon and myself hit it for about five hours this morning.  It was a good ride  [moto]

Believe it or not, twisty's applenty ;D

I'm up for another run tomorow morning. Head out about 7:00am.  I got family things in the afternoon.

I was sleeping.  You know you have to try harder than that to get me up.  Besides I needed the sleep.  A long night doesn't even begin to describe  how work went.

Where did y'all go?

i arrive in stillwater on aug 20 and leave on the 24. not many days but i have some other vacation plans going on at the same time. i know on the 21st we are gonna ride down to the chisholm heritage center in duncan. he said it will take a few hours. i hope the route 177s to 33w to 81s is decent neither of us really know. any ideas? friday i have no clue what we are doing and i know on sat the 23 we will be in tulsa (sand springs) visiting his parents and riding around. as it gets closer i'll get with you guys to see if you're doing anything.  chris

I'll check out the route for you and let you know. I'm sure we can get together one day you're here.  [thumbsup]

I finally got my account on the DMF!  Tangerine Dream-fun ride on Sat, although I was a little sore afterwards!  After getting back from the lake on Sun, I met a guy with a Buell Lightning, who told me that a friend of his just bought a Monster.  I gave him my number and told him about the group.  Maybe we'll add some more bikes for the next ride.

Armagideon

Ride on Friday!  My buddy, John, finally got his bike repaired and is looking to ride. He wants to go to Mt. Scott. I'm not sure. I'm thinking maybe we make the run to Daugherty again.  Everyone is welcom. Post up.  We will be leaving Norman about 9:00am.

There's nothing wrong with that route. But it should not take you too long. You could make it in 3 hours or less even if you stopped every 30 minutes. A lot of straight road.

It depends on what your goal is, but there are other routes you could take that will offer more twists and turns if that's what you're looking for. I will have to look up the roads as I don't know the names of most of them. Just know them by memory. Either way, give us a shout when you get to town. [beer]

BAH  >:(

Friday ride sounds good to me! However, anyone notice that its kinda' windy? Where in Norman would you guys be meeting? Still thinking 9:00AM?

I'm going to meet him at his house. But there is a Starbuck's close by at 36th & Robinson. It's where the old moview theatre used to be in the shopping center on the SW corner of that intersection. We'll be there about 9:30 if anyone wants to meet up  ;D

Great ride yesterday!  TurnerA, myself, and a buddy (John) met in Norman at 9:30 and headed out after a cup  [coffee]  We took the long twisty way through town to the west side and caught 152 out through Mustang. After a brief stop to discuss what looked like rain ahead, we continued on and had a great ride all the way down to Mt. Scott and Meers for a cheeseburger. We rode throught the game reserve and stopped at the visitor's center to check it out. It was at that time that I talked to Marci (my wife who is nine months pregnant). She said she was on the way to the hospital  :o 

So I told guys I would talk to them later and lit out  [evil]  I didn't see them again after the first curve, and made record time to the hospital.  I was nervous the whole time that I was going to miss the event, but having fun at the same time  ;D

Turns out we had a false alarm and all is well. I'll keep you guys informed when the new addition arrives.

Good to see you again Alan :)  You're gonna have to make more of these rides in the future  [moto]  You are a most welcome addition to our regular group  [thumbsup]

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If I could remember to check the freakin board every once and a while, I would of met you guys at Mt. Scott last weekend  [bang]

I wasn't doing a damn thing all weekend.

oh well, maybe next time  :P

Going to ride around the metro for a couple of hours in the morning. Anyone down?

I'm happy to anounce the birth of our baby girl, Trinity.  She was born Tues. morning and I got both she and mother home on Friday. It's been a great experience and what a surprise!  I just knew I was going to have another boy  ;)  Thanks so much for all of your calls, texts, and well wishes. I go back to work this week and will be pretty busy in the coming months. The only ride I have planned in the near future is on July 5th in the morning. My brother is coming to town and we just plan on tooling around town a bit (my brother is riding my bike and Ryan is letting me borow his Hypermotard  8)).  Anyone interested?

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TD-Just read your post.  Congrats on the little girl!  Hope you are all doing well.  I'm definitely interested in going for a ride on the 5th, unless we end up going out of town.

Armagideon

Cool beans!  That makes four so far. Armagideon, myself, my brother, Craig (rides the red 800SS). Post up Marcus  ;D

We'll all go by to show Shadow Chaser what a good time he's missing  [evil]

I'm thinking our usual meeting spot at Starbuck's on 19th in Moore. Let's plan meeting at 8:00am. We'll take off from there by 8:30am.  Hit a few local roads for a couple of hours and be back in time for lunch.

no  [cheeky]

We're going to come rattle your windows  [evil]

Anybody up for tomorow morning?  Craig and I are going to hit it for a couple of hours.

tang dream congrats on the baby. you must be excited. any suggestions for twisties from stillwater to duncan would be spectacular.

I was wanting to, but I spent my morning driving my drunk ass out of BFE near Tuttle.  Took me about an hour to find my way back home  [wine]

If I manage to not get plastered on the 4th, I might try to get to bed early and meet at the Starbucks.

Just a few suggestions; Head west on 51 from Stillwater, head south on Coyle Rd after 10 miles or so.  That will take you to 33. Take that west through Guthrie to 74 south. Follow 74 into OKC. Once in the City, catch I44 west and follow it to the Newcastle exit just southwest of the City. Go through town and follow 62 all the way to Chickasha. You can catch 81 south into Duncan from there. [thumbsup]

Be sure to post some pics  [moto]

thank you sir appreciate it. we r still negotiating which weekend is best for both of us. but as they say on the dfwm if there isn't no pics it didn't happen.

TD, still trying to figure out the plans for the weekend.  I'll let you know tomorrow if I'll be around to join the ride.  My father in law is planning to ride in from DFW this weekend and could join us if he comes in on Fri.

Cool  8)  The more the merrier.  We're still planning on hitting it early Sat. morning. Meet at the usual Starbuck's on 19th.

How long you planning on riding?

We wound up partying late into the night on the 4th, and since it was just me and my brother we bailed and chose instead to hang and soak up some AC and bean juice  [coffee]

I wound partying hard too.  Did you understand the message I left you?  ;D

TD-I finally figured out why my new rear brake pads didn't work--I have an ST2 caliper.  WTF!  Guess they just grabbed something from the parts bin or the previous owner switched it out.  Good thing I figured this out, I was about to hack into the pads I had to make them fit.  Hope we'll get another chance to ride again soon.

Armagideon

That's why they call it a Monster  [evil]

My wife's aunt just ordered a white 696  [thumbsup]

We may have a new member on our next ride if it comes in on time  8)

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*edit* Oh her aunt.  Not so bad.  I would have to smack you if you let Marcie get a 696.  I need to stop reading the internets when ive been drinking
Also, My bike might be out of business for a bit.  I decided to do a bit of maintenance (new sprockets/chain/oil) and I've pulled off the side cases so I could check everything.  Still waiting on a few parts  [cheeky]

not sure about the 696 comments, but i know it has more HP than my old M900 and isn't so wheelie happy. But i'm sure some sprocket changes might change that.

I'm new to the forum, just found it from the old site you all were at. picked up my white 696 last week. Live in Lawton (living a relative term in this town) but will be PCSing soon to Europe (planning to anyway).

The white 696's are bearable.  I just cant stand that damn subframe.

I'm just south of you, acroose the boarder. I'm not really an OK rider, but it's the closest group for me I think. Plus, I think OKC might be the closest dealer to me now

I understand about the subframe, but look at it this way, it makes the bike much more brutish, bull dog like since the subframe tends to blend in to the bike and the main frame has all the heft.

I like the more forward look of the bike and it feels that way too. I didn't like my M900 City cause i always felt the front was too light.

WF- yeah that's only 30 min or so from here. I don't think there's another Duc closer than that to me. But if anyone knows of anyone in Lawton that enjoys Italian tastes let me know.

I had looked at the OKC dealer (did ride their demo, love the CF termi) but they didnt have a bike right then that wasn't sold so I went to Dallas. I sat looking backwards while my friend drove his truck (tough 3 1/2 hrs). Hit rain and had a panic attack, but dried her off when i got it home.

No pics yet, had to wait for my new helmet (old blue was a bit trashed), but i'm sure i can convince the wife to take a few tomorrow.

Who's up for a ride early Sat morning?  [coffee] [moto]

Greg, it was nice to meet you today.  That 695 sounded good as you left the restaurant  [thumbsup]  Hope you see this in time for the ride in the morning  [moto]

Where do you all meet or ride to?

What happened to Sunday rides? (not that I can at the moment)  :'(

We meet at the Starbuck's on 19th St in Moore a lot of times. Then we go by Marcus's house to rattle his window and get him out of bed  ;D

Will you let me know if you guys ever make a run down this way?

BULLSHIT
Y'all only did that once.  You guys are disappointing me  :(

Ride Sat morning  [moto]

Who's in?

No riding for me. I need a new battery. I guess I'm going to make my maiden voyage to OKC. Doesn't Shadowchaser work there? Anyone have any idea of the estimated cost for a new battery, and/or directions to the shop in OKC?


I'll be coming from Lawton direction I guess?

so it's looking like there are 2 shops in the city.

which one should I go to?

What happened to Sunday?  >:(


Check for battery shops in your area, they may carry a battery for your Monster.

With a new baby in the house, I take it when I can get it  ;D

Le Pirate, Hank is right. There should be a shop in Lawton that carries a battery for your bike. If not, Shadow Chaser does work at the Duc shop in OKC. There is only one. There number is 405 943 2691.  A new battery is about $150

Call if you decide to come up and I'll give you directions. It's just off I-40 but not easy to find if you don't know where you're going. 405 641 1749


Ok, now who's in for tomorow morning boys (and girls)  [moto]

I'm heading to the OKC shop in the morning. (in the car, with the family) Hopefully i can find some CF parts  ;D
If you're coming from Lawton (which I am)
Take I44 exit I40 west. take first exit, turn right, turn right at next light. go down to Hudiberg Circle. Go to the end of the road and you are acutally at the back of the building. It's on the front of the building facing the highway. You can see it from I40 right after the water park.

In lawton we have the Yamaha shop on cache rd. the Kawasaki closed down. and the Harley shop is right off gore and I44.

I got my battery from batteries plus.  I probably didn't even spend $50 on mine
http://www.batteriesplus.com/
There's one in OKC, at I-240 and Sante Fe.
And the directions to the shop sound about right  ;D

As for tomorrow: Damn you Trent!  Have some extra fun for me   :'(

I made it to the shop up there.

Had to check it out anyways  [thumbsup]


Have a new battery and I met Shadowchaser while I was there. Good fun. Now I'm back on the road again  [moto]

yeah was up there this morning and heard from shadowchaser you were there.

BTW all, shadowchaser is great. very cordial and informative, answered all my questions and was patient even for this question freak.

In the end I picked up the 14T sprocket after talking to him. John in parts is also great.

All in all, i wish they would have had the bike i wanted the day i had gone there a month ago, (had the check in my pocket!) but i couldn't wait so I went to Dallas.

Plan on my 600 service in OKC soon.

ShadowChaser is a fantastic guy!  [thumbsup]

It was a great ride on Sat.  [moto]  My buddy John and I left about 8:30 and went up through Guthrie where we took in some of the sites of the old downtown district. It was really hopping that morning. We headed over to the Masonic Temple that was formerly the State Capitol of Oklahoma.

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We then headed out of town on 33 and then took Coyle Rd up to 51.  A few good curves inbetween  [evil]  We got into Stillwater (God's country) home of the Oklahoma State Cowboys about 10:30 and took the opportunity to look around campus and especially to check the progress of the new football stadium  [thumbsup]

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After that we headed over to Joe's for a Fowl Thang and some cold iced tea.  It hit the spot as the temp was rising fast.  We did a little shopping at Chris's University Spirit and the Wooden Nickel before the trip back.  They were nice enough to ship everything to us so we wouldn't have to transport the goods on the bikes.  [clap]

Hope to see some of you there next time  [beer]

Let us know how the 14t sprocket is.  I'm thinking about doing the same.  Are you going to put it on yourself?

I was going to put it on, then realized....

no rear stand, no torque wrench, no large socket, and no desire to screw up my new bike  [bang]

So, it's going to get done when i get the 600 mile FREEDOM SERVICE (freedom from the 6k redline)

OH, I put a post up http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=7942.msg133658#msg133658

Saturday, 9am at the Atlanta Bread Company, corner of Gore and Sheridan in Lawton there's a little get together of people with cool cars including a couple of Italian exotics, thought I could represent the Ducatis, anyone else interested in coming?

You don't need a rear stand to put on a front sprocket  :P

I'd like to go, but I work night shift, so Sat in the A.M. is bedtime for me  :(

oh sure, make me feel more whimpy by not doing the work myself  :-\

Its easy and MUCH more satisfying IMO (and cheaper).
What model Monster do you have?  I hear that with the SSS that you need a spanner wrench to loosen the chain.

I have the 696 and supposedly is easy.

If you have the right tools and a smidgen of mechanical ability, then it should be.  If you lived closer I would be happy to help you out.

ok, so 9 am saturday morning corner of sheridan and gore in lawton at the atlanta bread company.

 [thumbsup]

I'll be sleeping

 :o while riding.. that's dangerous!

I'll install a throttle lock  [roll]

Seriously though I'll be sleeping.  I work at 3 in the afternoon, and I'll be the bossman too.
Plus you're, like, 2 ass numbing hours away.

I know it's kinda early, but anyone up for making the Talimena run the last week of October?

I havn't decided exactly how to do it yet. I'm thinking about staying at the farm and taking out from there each day. But I'm also thinking about packing a bag and just making a trip through some of the roads in AR as well. We could find some cheap motels and just ride all day  [moto]

The changing of the seasons should be in full swing that time of year and there's not a better place to witness it. I've included a link to the google maps view of the road as well as a few pics of the drive. Post up and let's discuss some options  :-*

http://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&hl=en&ll=34.762487,-94.803772&spn=0.331688,0.725098&t=h&z=11 (http://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&hl=en&ll=34.762487,-94.803772&spn=0.331688,0.725098&t=h&z=11)

http://www.talimenascenicdrive.com/index.html (http://www.talimenascenicdrive.com/index.html)

(http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg52/TangerineDreamS2R/TalimenaSenicDr.jpg)

(http://www.mondaymorninginsight.com/images/uploads/Kleenex.jpg)


I need a smoke now.

So you're in then?  ;D

Some of the DFWM group is heading up to AR via the talimena trail on Sept. 20th coming back on Monday the 22nd.  You guys are welcome to join.  The roads are great and the DFWM people aren't half bad either.

Swanny

When would I need to take off work?

Swanny, thanks for the invite  [thumbsup]  I will do everything I can to make that ride with you guys  [moto] I'll know more as the date approaches and keep you posted.

Hank, I've planned to take of the week of Oct. 20-24.  If you can make it work with your work schedule it should be a blast  ;D

Bryan, good to see you last night.  It was nice meeting your wife too.  She seems like a nice girl.  Would she consider coming with you?  I think I can get Marci to come along. She's been wanting to ride for weeks now. But it's so damn hot  [bang]  This would be a good time of year to get away for a few days. Talk it over and we'll see if we can get together before then to discuss.

Anyone that says its too hot is unworthy and needs to surrender their bike to me [evil]

Hot is hot.  But 107 degree's?! There's only one fun activity at those temps  [drink]

Good news!!!

We have our own club!!  Check the local club listings.  We are at the bottom.  Log in and post up  [thumbsup]

Am highly interested in the Talimena ride. Keep posting info as it becomes available.

--turnera
Oklahoma City/Edmond, OK

Will do Allen. Good to hear you're interested. [thumbsup]

Congrats on getting an OK board! [thumbsup]

Thanks Bryany8.  Any chance any of you guys might try to make the Talimena run in October. We're going the week of the 20th.  The more the merrier  ;D

There is a small group going up to AR via the Talimena Trail in Sept, but as for Oct we have AMS trackday (Oct 18th) and our Texas Hill Country ride (Oct 24th)  back to back in the middle of the month.  I love the TT.  Post up in the DFW AR thread here (http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=6211.0) if you can meet up w/ those fellas.

I've requested the vacation for the Talimina run!  [thumbsup]

Sweet!  That makes two of us   [thumbsup] 

Who else is going to step up?   8)

WOW I would love to go on this ride! Just found this OK section. Don't think my Duc will be up-to-snuff by this time though (I need tires and 12k service)!  :-[

Me too!  Doesn't look like too much going on in here though, but I thought I'd say hi after a year of being on the board.

Guys trying to get this up and running again

I'm back in oklahoma. my bike will be here in august

we need to meet up.

I'm still in OKC.   Are you down in Lawton?   

Nope on okc now

I found a place in Choctaw

Welcome back to the USA!  I spent three years in Germany near Stuttgart.  It is a great place to ride over there.  I think the German Restaurant in Choctaw is as close as I'll get around here.

I'm living in xhoctaw
been to that place and no its not close to germany foos
schnitzel was thick.not pounded flat