i started riding in the dirt when i was about 4 or 5, graduated to street bikes....so i do have a couple miles under my belt. i quit riding almost three years ago when i got hit by a 17 year old kid, while out on a short ride. i was getting married that coming weekend, but couldn't make it because i had a broken tib/fib, three broken ribs, and a broken collar bone. my fiancee (now my wife) asked me to give up motorcycles. i don't know if it was the morphine, or what, but i said i would.
skip forward a few years. we were sitting in the truck at home depot, and a guy rolls up on a s4r. we talk about his bike, and head in to get a few things.
later that night, i decided that i NEED to have a bike. so, i started looking for something i could afford. after a couple of months i found a 99 m750 that had been vandalized. nothing major, torn seat, broken mirrors, the tank had been keyed, gauge cluster smashed, signal broken off, and the word "asshole" scratched into the seat cowl. told the wife what i was planning, and no complaints. cool!
here is where things get weird. i was at the dealer trying to figure out some things with the parts guy, and some idiot listening to our conversation told me i should buy some hot pink paint for my bike. i got what he was getting at............ i'm riding a girls bike.
this is my first ducati. i have always owned jap bikes. primarily sv650's. i have heard ducati owners were full of themselves, i hope this isn't true.
Pay no attention to crap like that.
You can ride plenty fast on a 750, in the corners, and that's the fun part.
Just enjoy the bike, enjoy your ride.
Maybe the dude has a surplus of hot pink paint that he has to get rid of after painting his bike and was trying to sell it to you. Ignore the clown, also it would be cool to see before and after pics of your bike once you have it fixed up.
got a ton of before shots. should be finished in a month or two.
What a wiener. You should have given him your engraved seat cowl.
Fix that bike up and ride the hell out of it. Can't wait to see some pics. Good luck man.
Quote from: al@sktc on June 13, 2009, 11:53:47 PM
i have heard ducati owners were full of themselves, i hope this isn't true.
Hang out for a bit and decide for yourself. [beer]
Those of us here do tend to be smart, good looking, charming, witty, successfull.....but that has nothing to do with giving someone a hard time about what they ride. ;D
the 750 isn't a girls bike, and the 620 isn't either for that matter...
pay no attention to the dickhead...
it's your bike :)
oh, and hot pink with glitter flake is all the rage on the dmf ;)
Dood there's plenty of guys on here with 750s. There's also quite a few on 620s. Ride your own ride. That guy probably just rides to Starbucks.
Anyone who knows anything knows that it's not how fast you get to the twisties, it's how fast you get through the twisties. Well, it's not even that either. It's how much you enjoyed the ride. There is no such thing as a girl's bike unless there's a girl on it or a sissy bar.
Someone say pink?
(http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd86/scbaran/IMG_1067.jpg)
If'n you doubt what can be done with a 750
Christian Pfeiffer en Ducati Monster (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-3dVKqtB8Q#lq-lq2-hq-vhq)
I believe that is a 620. :o
im full of myself but it has nothing to do with my motorcycle
Quote from: trouble on June 14, 2009, 09:48:26 AM
If'n you doubt what can be done with a 750
Christian Pfeiffer en Ducati Monster (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-3dVKqtB8Q#lq-lq2-hq-vhq)
I believe that is a 620. :o
I got wood
Quote from: trouble on June 14, 2009, 09:48:26 AM
If'n you doubt what can be done with a 750
Christian Pfeiffer en Ducati Monster (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-3dVKqtB8Q#lq-lq2-hq-vhq)
I believe that is a 620. :o
M900 - Look really close at the clutch.
Quote from: Bick on June 14, 2009, 11:00:41 AM
M900 - Look really close at the clutch.
I think he never had anything larger than an s2r 800. ???
Quote from: al@sktc on June 13, 2009, 11:53:47 PM
here is where things get weird. i was at the dealer trying to figure out some things with the parts guy, and some idiot listening to our conversation told me i should buy some hot pink paint for my bike. i got what he was getting at............ i'm riding a girls bike.
this is my first ducati. i have always owned jap bikes. primarily sv650's. i have heard ducati owners were full of themselves, i hope this isn't true.
A. Pay no attention to assholes like that. They generally don't have a clue what they are talking about.
B. Yes, I'm a chic, and I LOVE my 620, and I know guys that ride the hell out of their 620's, so you'll love the 750. Awesome canyon carvers! [thumbsup]
C. The Duc owners I know are all really cool. They just love their bikes and they love to ride.
Enjoy the bike and the DMF. Can't wait to see pics of your bike!
Quote from: River on June 14, 2009, 07:26:39 PM
C. The Duc owners I know are all really cool. They just love their bikes and they love to ride.
Haven't met Luca yet? [cheeky]
Quote from: trouble on June 14, 2009, 08:21:19 PM
Haven't met Luca yet? [cheeky]
ROFLMAO!!!! Nice one Trouble! [thumbsup]
I read an article once that says he used a 600
then a 750
Then a 900
and
finished with a M1000ds before switching over to a beemer
that was an 800
Hmmm...I have a 750...maybe I should paint it hot pink. Er well...my 750 is a GSXR and it is a track whore so...yup...Hot pink it is then.
I just smile and nod at people like that and tell them that they are right and how I wish I could own a bike exactly like every other squid out on the road so I can be labeled in a stereotypical manner like that.
my 620 used to be a chick bike
it attracted plenty of them ;D
they all ran away when I took off my helmet though :-[
anyways, no one cares man! they are all fun to ride. I love my 620...I'll probably have it forever. It'll just be joined by various stable mates.
Show a little back bone, who cares what others think. I loved my 620!
Quote from: Le Pirate on June 15, 2009, 08:21:27 AM
my 620 used to be a chick bike
it attracted plenty of them ;D
Best reply there is to the "chick bike" remark.
a 620 can do over 140... and the 750 goes to 11...
The guys a douche and shouldnt be aloud to hang out in a parts department.
I think he was just coming on to you.
Where you wearing a mesh shirt?
You'll enjoy the 750. I've gotten excellent service out of mine ~
JM