Ducati Monster Forum

So I just found out that there will be a motorcycle trials exhibition tomorrow night 6-11 at the R and S bike night.  I will be going and would love all the duc company that I can get.  Hope to see you guys there.  By the way, they said that it would begin at 7.

Ill try and make it out tonight.  How do you get there?  Never been to "the green" before. Btw... Damn your bike looks good. I'm sure the photographer has a lot to do with it but it always looks so good in pictures. Easily my favorite color/build of all the monsters I've ever seen.

WOW,  thanks a ton for the very kind words.  It is the normal R&S Bike night at Gardunios on the Greens.  The best way to get there is to head west on Alameda from I-25.  Turn on the road to the balloon fiesta museum and just follow it to the very end and it will hook to the left.  You should be able to see it from there.  Hope to see ya.

I'm sure you'll hear me when I get there...     [evil]

Good god I wish I could be there when that beast pulls in.
I would say, let em' know you're there... but they'll know.    :o

The ladies that are working out of my store, redesigned the bar at Zinc(SOMA interior designs) in Nob Hill & are having a private shin-dig, So off we go.

Whoever didn't go missed a pretty cool Trial's bike demo..  Had a big ol trailer setup, ramps and boxes and all other sorts of obstacles, these guys (and girl) were bouncing all over them with their bikes!   [bow_down] Awesome display of coordination, balance and skill that well.. I quite frankly dont have.   Goduc had the camera out so maybe we'll see some pictures on here.. If not.. well you  missed out!  And for whatever its worth.. I belive the Duc count was.. 4.  (not sure who was on the Yellow 1098)  Which I think totalled maybe 2% of the overall turnout.

we saw the yellow 1098 before its from NY...

dont knopw who he is...

cant wait see the pics guys

We should pitch one of our Tuesday night affairs at Zinc.  It's a really nice interior design job, but the bar is what draws me back....that and the best bowl of French Onion Soup I've ever eaten.

My 2 cents...

antone going to hit it up this week?!?!

Anyone going to Gard. on the Green tomorrow night?  I'll be there if I'm still alive.  This cold is kicking my arse!

we may, not sure yet.....

alright Goduc where's u be...u coming?!?!

What's the deal with tomorrow? Are there going to be a lot of you guys there? I would like to go, but I don't want to be there by myself.

I dont know right now.  I am probably going to be getting a job at audio express and I don't know what the situation is going to be.  If I am not at work I will be there.

dpeneding on how THP is feeling im sure we can make a stop...nothing like free tacos  ;D

i'll talk to dusty tonite and send a text to people and see who is all down  [moto]


that quick of a job [thumbsup] thats awesome to hear...dont they close at 7 [cheeky] [laugh]

What's up with the free tacos. I love free food!

I'll be in Raleigh for a business meeting through Sunday night :(

KB and I have some friends coming in from Austin tomorrow so we are out, but the tacos are pretty darn good.  Especially because they are free.  [thumbsup]  But the best part is the driving range, so if you go, don't miss that!  ;D

I am planning on being there.  Lately they have only been doing one taco so bring some cash.  They are only a dollar a piece so I dont complain!

i think i will to weather premitting, but it seems like its suppose to be nice......

I'll be there!

spankin! see ya there  [beer]

No go for me.  Its raining.

Its a duc.

.....nuff said

it's clearing up!  driving range, here we come!  ;D

LOAD UP !

didnt u know a duc swiftly glazed over the water [roll]



PANSY  [beer] ;D

Quack Quack        (Duck for pansy)

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 [bow_down] mad respect from us  [bow_down]

beer anytime  [beer]

did u guys make it home ok?!?!

It was nice meeting you.  I'll take you up on that beer next time.  We made it home okay.  It really starting pouring by the time we got home.  Did you guys stay long at the range?

thats good! we stayed for awhile, then i think that storm swung around and it started pouring so we left.....maybe an hr later.....

u guys gonna ride this weekend?

I'm thinking about it.  You?

probably...gotta play with tires  ;D

anyone planning on going tonite?

If it ain't rainin' I'm definitely goin'.

its suppose to be a perfect day....

this weekend its whats suppose to be bad, exspecially sat  [roll]

Any of u guys coming out since we will be having a guest come throught

I plan on going. ;D

just saw this posting on craigs list

"Tonight is Bike Nite so remember the police will be waiting for you at Fiesta Park entrance. Instead of fighting crime like recent gang shootings and meth-related activities, they choose to ticket people for rev'ing because whiny ass Mayor Marty does not like you and your bike. "

 [laugh] someone isnt bitter about getting a ticket for reving there bikes  [laugh]

at the entrance huh, they might as well make it a checkpoint and breathe test us all..... [laugh]

that's probably next...

maybe it was me but i never saw any cops til we were leaving.....



so tonite huh....

im sure there only there to see the hookers with no gear and ass cheeks hanging out
 [roll]

sorry ossifer...dont...dont touch that!!
JUICYBOOTYPOLICE3 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wd_AZ0dF8fw#lq-lq2-hq-vhq)

 [puke]

I know lots of folks got tickets for SPEEDING on the way into the park week before last.  One guy claimed to have a ticket for 29 in a 25.  Sounds like the cops are just being asses.  Like the guy on Craigslist said, shouldn't these assholes be out working to find real criminals?  Is there REALLY any danger of anyone being endangered at bike night by folks slightly exceeding the unnecessarily restrictive 25 mph speed limit on the road into the park?  If they wanna write tickets, why don't they bring a sound meter and start testing Hardley noise emissions?  They're pretty much all illegal, and damned annoying!

Rant off.

god i hope not...cause i dont want a ticket for not having my pipes on  [roll]

if there being prikes like that.....my friend works the valley but not in the evenings anymore  :P

How might one "stumble" across a video like that?  [roll]

i dont think i wana know  [laugh]

 [laugh]  [laugh]  [laugh]  [laugh]  [laugh]

This probably doesnt apply to the high desert hooligans but I thought I'd post a follow up from craigslist
"This is my response to a e_mail I got.
It is becoming not to fun to ride here. Last night at bike night @ Gardunos on the Green ( the cops are always there with radar gun) one guy got a ticket speeding 1 mile over, 26 in a 25 zone. At the same time 5 cars went by at near 30 mph. Cops did nothing to the autos. Another guy got a warning write up for riding with one hand, had the left hand on his leg or tank or something, cop claimed reckless driving. What happens when we make turn signal with hand? It is getting ridiculous with the cops here picking on sport bikes. And the modified exhaust law, well the cops never hassle Harley's with modified exhaust. Whats up with that? Many other riders last night got sighted also but I couldn't keep up with all the details. My mod exhaust ticket was dismissed, but such a waste of my time going to court, having to get out of work for a while. "

Those cops are getting out of hand.  I heard a guy got a ticket for having his license plate vertical.  Cop said it was unreadable.

Alright! Who's going tonight!  I'll be there.

im guessing some of us probably wont...not til the cops are gone...

just shit we dont want to deal with  :P

but i think a couple of us are going to ride the crest later

There's this new thing called "The Law", and all you have to do is look it up to see whether the Man is hosing you down.  In this case, New Mexico law states that:

"The registration plate shall be attached to the rear of the vehicle for which it is issued; however, the registration plate shall be attached to the front of a road tractor or truck tractor.  The plate shall be securely fastened at all times in a fixed horizontal position at a height of not less than twelve inches from the ground, measuring from the bottom of the plate.  It shall be in a place and position so as to be clearly visible, and it shall be maintained free from foreign material and in a condition to be clearly legible."

By this statute, we're probably all in violation, as I haven't seen too many motorcycles where the plate is within 12" of the ground.  Come to think about it, none of my vehicles meets this statute, and I doubt many Police vehicles do, either.  Wonder if he could have the ticket voided on grounds of selective enforcement, as it is obviously not regularly enforced.  The 14th Amendment to the US Constitution guarantees that the States must provide thier citizens "equal protection" under the law.

However, the statute clearly states that the plate "shall be securely fastened at all times in a fixed horizontal position".  If cops wanna be dicks and enforce such trivial statutes, they're within the law to do so.  The offender was obviously in violation and the least expensive course of action is to pay the ticket.  The "right" action is to fight it on the grounds in the previous paragraph, but most of us couldn't afford that.

I maintain cops should be out enforcing REAL laws, like the ones against illegal immigration, murder, robbery, and such.  Instead they're watching us blood-thirsty license plate twisting motorcyclists.  We're some pretty evil bastards!  Wonder what Mayor Marty has against two-wheeled vehicles?

MARTY IS PISSED OFF CUZ HIS DAUGHTER IS AN ALCOHOLIC WHORE.... not less than 12 in means above twelve inches so we can't scrape em on the ground. plus there's too many squirrels out at this event they scare me with their rear braking skills.  [leo]'s are dicks because they don't want to do real work, they'd rather meet quota by harassing a minority of the population cuz we're cooler than them, plus why risk being shot in the south valley to intercept a couple thousand $$$$ worth of blow and heroin, motorcycles pose a greater threat to the general populous than drugs and shootings and gangs and hookers combined.  [puke]

Oops....I misread that as "within 12".  I guess it pays to develop passable reading comprehension skills, huh?

As to Mayor Marty's drunken whore of a Daughter, why does that predispose him to persecute motorcyclists?  Reckon a herpes ridden, sheep screwin', Jack Daniels swillin' biker forced her into her current streetwalking, crack riddled, workin' in the backseat lifestyle, then abandoned her after smacking Marty in the face with his Johnson?  Was Marty beaten up by the neighbor biker's kids as a youth?  Did they pee in his mouth and tell him it was Mountain Dew, leading him to both hate motorcyclists, yet crave the flavor of a urine cocktail?  Did bikers burn down his family household during his formative years whilst he was experimenting on his younger brother, forcing him to flee into the street wearing only his lacy panties and a leather head mask with a dildo attached to the forehead?  What gives?  I REALLY wanna know!

Hope the moderators don't find this one offensive.   [evil]

Damn it Cloner,  I told you to keep it to yourself.   My family is very private. 

 8)

 [clap] OMG! i luv that...now what can i snip for my sig  [laugh]

Sorry, Kingbaby, I didn't know it was you who used to (http://smiley.onegreatguy.net/pee.gif) on Mayor Marty as a child.  No wonder he likes it!!   [laugh]

If you're gonna snip, I'd suggest:
 
But that's just me.   [evil]

Is anyone going to the greens tonight?

probably not....

i doubt we will be going unless the  [leo] disaper

I miss my bike...

How freaking hard is it to fix a Ducati?

(/rant)

Maybe PJ's will get it back to me before September?

what needed to be done?

all u need is clevage and baking skillz and ur bike will be in and out in 1 day  [evil] [laugh]

What's wrong with it? 

Maintenance take hours.  Frames from Ducati can take MONTHS (I waited 7 months for a frame for my Supersport a few years ago).  If they have the parts, then you need to begin a "call and pester" campaign.  The squeaky wheel gets the grease.  8)

that reminds me...i need to call and find otu about my warrenty for the tank expanding  :P

Heh, how much will it cost me to call in a favor mouse?

So, long story short... 2 1/2 weeks ago I dropped it off because it seemed to me it never was running right, hard to start, carbon stains out the pipes, stumbling and coughing at about 4k rpm.  Before they got the new service guy, I had it tested because the check engine light kept coming on.  He told me it was a lamba error, and verified that I have had all the service bulletins and recalls done.  Anyway, they couldn't get it to keep a tune the first week, sent some 10 page document to Ducati for evaluation (they are real proud of that document).  Last Friday I ask what's up, they tell me a lot of people in Ducati are no longer working there, lots of returned emails.  Asked them to call me on Saturday just to let me know if they found out anything about where they sent the "10 page document", no call.  Gonna call tomorrow and see whats up.

Silly thing is, I know there are only about a handful of things it can be; o2 sensors (lambda) MAF, injectors, TPS and computer.  Just about anything but the computer can actually be bench tested.  I just hate to think that the "10 page document" is sitting on the desk of someone that might have gotten fired and nobody is even trying to follow up on it.

I know, I'm overreacting, it's only been since the middle of July, it's not the best time of the year to ride, blah blah blah.  I just wanted to rant, no need to call the calvary.  I get real grumpy when I don't ride.  I think I will just register and insure the Blackbird, I get funny looks when someone comes over and sees her in the living room anyway ;)

There is absolutely nothing wrong with the "H" word!

Ducati is in Borgo Panigale, a suburb of Bologna, Italy.  This is gonna sound funny, but Italy takes off the month of August.  Not parts of Italy....ITALY.

If you ever take an Italian vacation, don't go in August, it's nearly impossible to get anything done.  Hotel staff take off.  Government employees take off.  Motorcycle manufacturers take off.  EVERYBODY takes off!!!

They should have sent this stuff back in July when somebody was still working!  The Ducati plant is effectively shut down.  You can't even get Ducati museum tours now.  (Ax me how I know) [bang]

i totally forgot it was august  [laugh]

Very true.  Funny part, your parts will come from the warehouse on the east coast (in 2 days) if someone will just push enter, or entrare.     

but i mean come on, thats hard work  [laugh]

pushing a button

you should know... you push it all the time on your iphone and get paid the big bucks right?  Im just sayin...  [roll]

actually its on the govy computer and internet...

so i dont have to use my phone battery  [laugh]

and i actually dont push "enter"..i click a mouse to hit a button  [cheeky]

you say potato, i say patato....you say click, i say enter...and all that jazz...  [coffee]