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Who's going to the Monster Beach party   ???

Should be fun and a good chance to round up some new members  [moto]

http://www.saneevent.com.au/ws/MonsterBeachParty/ (http://www.saneevent.com.au/ws/MonsterBeachParty/)

not too sure...

i believe theres a scheduled ride on that day in the topic "Regularish ride dates" < http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=17498.0 >

would rather go for a trip through the twisties.

I have registered , but can't stay all day due to work that night.

There's no reason not to do both, is there?
Maybe we do a south run, starting in Cronulla rather than Kirrawee....

Dock is seeing this as an opportunity to introduce like monded people to the forum. That's not a bad thing, me thinks...
We're trying to sort out some cards (who remembers them from the DML!) for the DMF and particulary the Oz Monsters forum..

Registered.  ;)

Well theres another reason to go - Supers gonna be there!

Thats sealed the deal for me, I don't think I've seen you since you got your bike back and all..

There was Frasers, you pissed off to Napoli (Haberfield) to feed your face.

And I will have to get a new front tyre before then too.  ;)

Damn it! I will be in the US. Raining, snowy miserable cold US vs beachy, monstery Australia.

how right you are,  that's why I'm the goldfish  ;D

Will reg for it but am not near my VIN to do it right now.

not sure whether i will be back riding by then  :'(

Sorry to hear about your accident Julie, hope you get better soon.  ;)

thanks Super hope you move runs ok, and that we will still see you on the roads someday

I'm only moving to Picton, of course you will see me.  [thumbsup]

thats good, it has been a while cant remember what you look like  ???

Think of George Clooney, then imagine what he'd look like if he was smacked in the face with a shovel.


That's me.  :D

are your funny put a smile on my dial thanks Super, iam sure you much sexier than that, you hottie you
(http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/13/13_4_2v.gif)

registered
wont be there long
wait till they unveil the 1100 a quick oggle javascript:void(0);
then out of there

Now there's an idea.. not too familiar with the roads down south but if someone were to plan a trip starting at 8 or so and end up at the beach by midday i'd be up for it  [thumbsup]

knew I had seen your pic around

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im in!!
First time to join in to this kind of event, im now excited ;D

rock up in your helmet and speedos.....they all do it....and you'll fit right in  :)

(sorry Spawn, me bad, that was my last weekend in St Kilda)  :o

Jukie.....accident? where? is there a thread? you OK?

Yup hopefully i can fit in without a problem!!
I was tempted to join the cruise last weekend too,
but i was afraid i won't be able to keep up with the group.
Since we are meeting up at the beach this time, i guess i can finally show up.. haha

Jukie was in her car when someone rear ended her, bit of whiplash happening.



You'd be fine.  [thumbsup]

Im in.
Don

registered and in... - Chris

ps, see you there gang.

So I get back today from the US and there is a Monster PArty in Cronulla? [roll]

What time and where do we meet?

Did someone say they want to go for a blat down South before the gig? I can help with that.

Super's moving to 6 finger land?

I'm in [thumbsup]

Rob

Hey Rob,

    If you hit up ducati.com.au you'll find the details.
Think we might head out after the Monster party as it's a 9am start I think.

Thanks Matty will do.

Rob

There is a half page spread in the latest two wheels about the party.
I'll most likely go - and pillion the wifey, Hopefully the count is early I have to kick on to Top Gear Live at Acer Arena after.

I've just registered. I'm thinking of asking my daughter along. She might get a kick out of a pillion ride to the beach! [moto]

iam thinking of going but of course no riding for me for a long while yet, so might come down in the cage, have to wait and see  ???

I've heard that the head count will be around 1pm.

MONSTER BEACH PARTY-MBP
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The Monster Beach Party-MBP- is the essential Summer Event in NSW. Come one! Come all! To Greenhills Beach and Don Lucas Reserve, Cronulla- Saturday 7 February.

What exactly is there for you? What isn’t! Monster Beach Party is the summer climax for Ducati this February. Featuring the first public viewing of the Monster 1100S, Monster Beach Party will be the ultimate day at the beach.

Music, test rides, beach games for families and enthusiasts will make this day at the beach one to remember. Nova FM will host the day full of test rides, featuring music and product giveaways on the QBE stage as well as beach, surf and Ducati games by the water. Complimentary helmet and jacket check will be provided courtesy of Shell Advanced Lubricants.

All attending will have the opportunity to see, hear and possibly ride the new Ducati Monster 1100S at the Monster Beach Party. Australia’s best moto-journalists have been invited to describe their first ride experiences of the all new Monster; 1100 Desmo Twin power and torque and just 169 kg - it’s sure to be an amazing ride!

Hear for yourself what the journos have to say on the day as they ride into the event and turn the Monsters over to you.

Monster Beach Party is a celebration of the Ducati Monster and Australian beach lifestyle. It plans to put Australia in the history books with a WORLD RECORD ATTEMPT for the largest number of motorcycle specific brand and model assembled in one place and on show – Ducati Monster. So if you own a Ducati Monster come along to Monster Beach Party and be part of the celebration and record attempt - 405 is the number to beat!

Want that test ride? Availability is strictly limited. Test ride the M1100 or a member of the monster family: M696, S4R and S4RS by calling 0400 DUCATI or one of the following NSW Authorised Ducati Dealers to book a test ride at the Monster Beach. Bookings will be taken on a first come first served basis. Once the places are filled there are no more that can open up.
 

thought this might be useful  ???

Thanks! [coffee]

Hi all.
I'm thinking of riding up from Melbourne with a fellow Ducatista.
I wonder if anyone could recommend good motel(s) in the areas surrounding Cronulla.
Thanks in advance.
G

There is a Rydges in Cronulla but it is quite old.

There is also a Quest apartments right near the beach too which is quite new.

Hopes this helps you out. [thumbsup]

Rob

Thanks Rob.
I saw those on the web and my mate questioned whether we may be able to get lower price accomodation if we looked in the surrounding areas; perhaps further away from the beach.
I've got a mate in Richmond, but it is a fair way away.
Cheers,
G

Hey G,

    Have a look at Caringbah, Miranda, Kirrawee, Sutherland, Woolaware (on the Kingsway).
You should be able to find cheaper Accomm in these suburbs that are all close to Cronulla. 

Thanks Matty.
I'm checking out Miranda...

Miranda is not too far.

There is a motel in Sutherland which looks economical. When I drive past tomorrow I will have a look at the name.

Cheers, Rob.  :)

The weather forecast looks like it's going to be a very warm one.

41C!   [bang] [bang] [bang]

So we can just be Gixer rides and go in shorts/singlets/thongs...... NOT......
Sorry to stereotype but you see it here on The Grand Parade all through summer.

Well, I doubt it is going to be 41 right at the beach, around 32C I would say.

Maybe we could buy these & wear them down there.  [thumbsup]  :-\

(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3396/3244780299_8e68d50122.jpg)

If it says "Moto" on it then I'm sure it's been tested!

Ok. We're sorted and coming to Cronulla from Melbourne.   
Should be a trip.
 8)
[thumbsup]

Excellent G,

    Fire us a message so we can meet up, there is also talk of a ride before.

When you coming in to Syd  ??? maybe we can catch down the cost somewhere and escort yuh in with a convoy [moto]

Hi Dockstrada.
We will stay in Canberra on the first (Thursday) night and head out to the Coast. In short, it will depend on when we leave and how long it takes to ride up the coast and through the RNP on the Friday. Haven't ridden that road yet. We'll be staying in Cronulla. :)
The plans are only rough at this stage as we only started to concieve the trip on Saturday. ;) Before that I wasn't sure if I'd make it.

I am in, Anyone else from North West heading in want to hook up for the commute?

c'mon Tri, hope you're coming early for a southern run - the RNP and mount keira are nice and cool that time of morning!

Maybe we will wait until you have something more concrete  [thumbsup]

Mate go easy, there's about 1 - 1.25 hrs commute, Makes for an early day.
8am thats a 6.30 start on the bike.(I don't like to be late and make people wait)

or meet up with us for the ride on Sat morning???

yeah, but you get to spend more time in the south, trust us, it's worth the early morn start.
and 6.30 is a good time to be out and about, before the heat of the day..
anyway, hope you can make it, didn't mean to fire you up fella!

Hey can anyone who hasn't been banned, post the Beach party on the old DML ,there is still some movement in the oz section some lost soul's :'(

It is already posted over there ... under world record attempt.

I have also already sent a PM to Willi who posted it up.

Schweet  [thumbsup]

Not sure about record... I registered two days ago and I am reg 199. If that is the number of bikes so far there is still a fair way to go.

I always thought they were dreamin'.

Does anybody actually know how many Monsters have been sold in Australia/NSW/Sydney? I was always reckoning 400+ would be a fair percentage ... regardless of how many are still on the road, local, know about the event, give a rats.

Gee I hav'nt looked there for a while. [coffee]

I think it might be a safer bet to catch up with you on the Saturday pre-Beach Part Ride.
On Friday 6th Feb, we'll probably leave Canberra at 8 am at the latest. Go out to the coast via Braidwood. Drop in on Wollongong Ducati on the way. Head through RNP. So, I'm only guessing that we'll be in Cronulla between 1 and 2 pm on Friday.

Cheers,
G

No sweat  [thumbsup]

It's being advertised on the radio.  :-\

Well we better make a grand entrance then eh? [moto] [thumbsup] [moto]

sorry guys Im not allowed to ride but both Betty and myself will be there.bikini and all

I hate it when she makes me wear the bikini ... better than the one-piece though

C'mon Betty go the man-kini
(http://www.jaunted.com/files/3/borat_cannes_2.jpg)

Wax Betty WAX!

Ha! Borat has nothing on me.

mmmm betty how much  [laugh]

So what time were people thinking of getting there (Cronulla)?

I don't think I'll be able to do the early morning ride anymore, so will just come down for a swim (I'll still ride down).

I will be meeting up with another rider near the  Harbour Bridge at 10 so around 11
for a butchers hook then a swim.
Does anyone know the details of the helmet/jacket storage I heard it will be provided [thumbsup].

yeh apparently "Cloaking Facilities" will be provided...

change of plans for me again, I've invited a lady friend along so looks like I'll be a cager for the day.

Doesn't she fit on the back of ya 620 mate!

L's?

Arrrr sorry didn't know that.

haha yeh.. still stuck with these loser L plates...

she's changed her mind (not surprising...) and decided not to come so looks like i'll be there on the monster and see if i can help break the record.

Did you cash in your brownie points  ??? Just remember Isaac Newton's 3rd Law  ;)

nah i wanted her to come haha.. spend the day at the beach with her. but we were going to go to the beach on sunday anyway so she told me to have fun on the bike and i'll go visit her after cronulla.

as for newton's third law... umm.. whats the opposite reaction  ??? (i'm a bit... slow..)

He he just wait for it  she will deliver it soon ;D

That was a great day.
Worth the trip from Melbourne. :)

roads travelled? Highlight? (other than meeting Vince, Jukie, GF, Matty et al)

good amount of k's in that trip mate, well done!

Hey G what sort of Km did you do per day, how many Km per tank and Hows your but feel  [cheeky]

G I'm really sorry but I don't think I got to meet you.
Dam shame, but I'm sure there'll be another time.

G'day Spider.

Transport section to Cann River. I had a ball on the Cann River to Bombala section. One of the factors that made it so enjoyable was the roadsurface and it's lack of leaf litter and gravel (for that day at least ;) ) There are some tighter corners on this road and i was revisiting Superbike School Level 1 Quicksteering techniques...
The road up around Cooma to Canberra enabled relatively high speed work on more sweeper type roads.
The second day saw us heading out towards Braidwood. We had tossed up a road just before Braidwood, but I decided against it on the spur of the moment when I heard that it had 35km of dirt. Got nervous about not making it there for the Monster count. In the end we took the King's Highway (I think) out to Bateman's Bay. Now that was Awesome! Lotsa downhill hairpins and such like. To give you an idea of the gradient; there are run-offs for vehicles towing caravans in the event of brake failure.
Took a wrong turn and ended up Mt Keira on our way to Frasers Wollongong (Fairy Meadow). That was a nice road too; very twisty and a little bumpy in places.
After that we road out to the coast. We wanted to check out the Seacliff Bridge: very cool. Even though the speed limit is fairly low the corners, cambers and spectacular scenery made this ride a pleasure. Finally, we rode through the Royal National Park. I thought it was paradise. Luscious green canopy over a great road. Luckily, we rode it on the Friday afternoon on the way in. I get the imrpession that with it's relatively close proximity to Sydney, it would be a highly popular road on the weekend. ;)

The rest was transport stage. 

lol
Thursday Melb - Can 760 km
Friday Canberra - Cronulla 400ish
Saturday Cronulla to Concord & Test Ride - 50km
Sunday Cronulla -   Melbourne 970km

I'd better check out those airhawk thingys. ;p

sargent seat is all you need my friend!

we're going to do a lot of the roads you're talking about - tho I'm guessing the scenery in some parts is going to be a little different after all the fires.

I'm looking forward to the Cann River to Bombala, Bombala to Eden, Browns Mountain, The kings highway, great alpine road, the alpine way, the spurs..... damn I'm getting pretty excited about the whole damn trip!

Black spur - burnt  :'(  not sure about Reefton spur think it's okay so far.  And there's fires up round Beechworth too.

But I'm still looking forward to it even though Doc's promising to be an Angel in his sleep  [laugh]

Me likewise Matty. :)

I had a Corbin seat on my old Monster and recently, I had been considering a DP touring seat. But, generally I get away with doing lots of kms on the standard seat.

I should mention that there was a little bit of roadwork going on the King's Highway, but not enough to spoil the pleasure.

sorry i missed you too G, but you might of heard me instead, from a long distance. i was in the water cooling down, so i still need to give you these  :-* :-*

Sorry I missed you too. Loook forward to meeting you in the future Jukie.  :)

Well you certainly get around G. Only a week or so ago you were down my way.

Wish I could do that. [moto]

Someone else's view of the party from another forum.

http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=430554 (http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=430554)

Hey Jukie
You and betty get a butt shot posted in this other forum......... Something about eye candy.... [roll]
Nice....  [thumbsup]

I've been very fortunate to be able afford the time away.
Great to see you again, mate. :)

not nice look at my fat butt

and tell me, what's andy up to in that shot?

which two are they?

(http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n305/Jaqhama/Ducatis%20at%20Cronulla%20Feb%202009/UNI_1007.jpg)

Jukie's got talent.  [clap]

Never you mind.

Geez he pregnant doges, moans and shows a general lack of respect for our babies, perves on our women (or perhaps us blokes in compromising situations) and then rides off with his full protection Mambo riding shirt flapping in the breeze.

I think he's playing with Betty's monster  [cheeky]

yeah and the bloke hasn't come here to say hello or anything.
 

I was indeed checking out Bettys Monster , we were discussing a couple of possible mods.  [thumbsup]
A pretty good day catching up with some of the folk and a nice dip in the ocean.
G my apoligizes for not getting back to you after the swim to introduce a few more faces.

Andy

yeh and the Mambo man took a picture of my arse shows the world and doesn't even ask huh [roll]

like matty does too but he is allowed to take photos of us.

thanks Matty  [thumbsup]

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No worries Andy.
Look forward to meeting more of the group in the future.
:)

I saw that Deus bike while I was there. I didn't see the young lass that was riding it though!
(http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n305/Jaqhama/Ducatis%20at%20Cronulla%20Feb%202009/UNI_1029.jpg)
Wow, what a hot little thing, I wonder how it goes....... I mean the bike

I'd be thinking those tyres would be kinda Fred Flinstone like. There would be a lot of noise.
I'm sure riding fast would not be very advisable.

That is definitely a "look at me! look at me!" bike.

aren't all those Dues......an attempt to buy street cred instead of earn it?

Don't get me wrong, I do like some of there bikes, but the 'hillclimbers' are a bit  [roll]

Judging by the accompanying photos, could it have been a Spawn related attendance? (didn't meet either).

Oh, and I reckon it would be a crap ride.

Your all probably right about it riding like crap!... the girl on the other hand