Ducati Monster Forum

You be the judge:

(http://www.ducatinewstoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/Dave_desmo_wheelie.jpg)


I'm gonna go with stupid....

It even has the 8k aftermarket exhaust

he's got the rear brake pretty well covered.

Biaggi - Wheelie (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgeloJf5cu4#normal)

I'd say there's a heck of a difference between a track star doing it ON the track and some Bozo doing it in a parking lot.

How do you know he's a bozo?

I don't - I was just trying to make a stark contrast in my description.


Was it you?

Nice bike!
 
[cheeky]

If it's in a closed parking lot and out of the way then I say awesome. Good for him.

If it's on some street in front of a school, in traffic, in the general public then I say stupid.

Based on the background, I'd say the former.

Capirex at Catania (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2UvEhLcIYo#normal)

I like that better than some tom cruise type you buys it to own it and occasionally wipes it with a diaper

Not a fan of Cruise but I doubt that. He actually rides his bikes.



Nice link Kop!  Capirex   [thumbsup]


 

$$ > Brains

Yeah I'm not like that at all, I'd use my gf's g-string ...while she was in it.  

Patience grasshopper, wax on, wax off.  

Nice jeans though.

pizza delivery guy

(http://image.motorcyclistonline.com/f/15794114/122_0904_01_z+ducati_desmosedici+bike_knocked_down.jpg)

The answer to your question is "yes." 

There are few, few truly awesome things that aren't also insanely stupid. 

I'd say, awesomely stupid !

Dolph      :)

no one likes wheelies here?

No, we don't.  Wheelies are irresponsible and dangerous.  We expect--nay, DEMAND!!!--more respectful and measured riding from Ducati owners.  After all, we're not stunter riff-raff. 

Just hooligans. ;D

I bet Spidey has a secret  stick-on mohawk

So.... maybe stupidly awesome? I say at least it's being ridden. The coolest thing you can do to your Duc is ride it like you stole it. Wheelie away stranger with far more financial security than I.  [thumbsup]

...that he wears on his crotch, front to back

Oh come on. Pull those sticks outta your asses. Everyone knows ducs look better on one wheel.
(http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p74/DNAspark99/satshot_dna2.jpg)

[thumbsup] I like it!

Sometimes I REEEAAALLLY wish I could wheelie.  :(

Irresponsible.  Dangerous.  Disrespectful.  You have brought shame to the Ducati name with your wheelies, your foul-mouthed posting, and your plebian ways.  SHAME!

you tryin to say that warren likes to wheelie or something?

He decided it's more fun than crashin'    ;D

(http://i38.tinypic.com/288o6xk.png)

awesome.  and not that it matters, but I think this was a shoot for a magazine.

how do you think he crashed?  ;D

Ohhhh the pain...ohhhh the agony....that poor bike!!!  :-[

oh the poor pie    [laugh]

I like the drippy cheese on the air intakes   [laugh]

the bike ate the pizza and passed out

Bueller.......Bueller.......

I'm going to take a guess and say that the car rear ended him and spun him around. That might explain why the damage all appears to be on the right side while the bike is on the wrong side of the lane facing a car with damage and shows no damage to the front fender (apart from the side that hit the ground).

I bet the guy who hit him (if he did rear end the bike) had a heart attack when he learned how much that bike cost!!!

RE the original pic.

that got posted on my locals forum. i do like the fact that he's doing it with that bike

my original comment:

http://www.motorcyclistonline.com/motorcycle_humor/122_0904_ducati_desmosedici_accident/index.html (http://www.motorcyclistonline.com/motorcycle_humor/122_0904_ducati_desmosedici_accident/index.html)


Last Page is not known for its up-to-the-minute breaking news. After all, this is print. We went to press while George Bush was still in office. The first George Bush. But once in a while we get a sizzling story that simply has to be fast-tracked into the magazine post-haste. And so it is with this oven-fresh bulletin from our esteemed European Correspondent, Alan Cathcart. Sir Al takes up the story...

"It was an expensive lunch. Rather than walk up the road or hop in a car to grab a bite for himself and his mates at the Ducati factory in Bologna, one of the workers there jumped on a bike to go pick up a margherita grande with extra cheese. Not just any bike, either-but a Desmosedici RR, one of the $72,500, 990cc MotoGP race replicas, not best known for having acres of space on which to secure a pizza box.

"The car he front-ended wasn't too badly damaged, but the Desmo definitely came off second best when it was decked on its side, quite apart from being covered with melted mozzarella cheese-look closely, and you can see the strands dripping to the ground."

Talk about a pizza with everything...it's enough to make you lose your appetite!

NO, please, it can't be the riders fault, it just can't, it's alway the person in the car,right?

Make the voices go away!

Maybe he was wheelieing & holding the pie in one hand  [laugh]

[laugh]

(http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/Images/motorcyclethumb_tcm4-232178.jpg)

I concur - saw the pic in a custom sport bike mag while at the syore a couple weeks ago.  Can't remember the name of the magazine.

Cool  [thumbsup]

Superstreetbike Magazine staff rider-
http://www.asphaltandrubber.com/ (http://www.asphaltandrubber.com/)

Quoted "Sonsky also commented that the clutch didn’t seem to pleased with his antics after a couple wheelies."

Well no duh! So after a few retarded attempts at wheelie play, he ruined the clutch on a $72,000 motorcycle.


....again, I'll say it....I'm going to lean towards insanely stupid.

D16 wheely = awesome.

I would be more bothered by someone riding it around like a grandma holding up traffic and such.

it's a wear item.

+1

+1 and a few more (voices in my head)  [roll]

I don't wheelie worth a crap. But I could drift the crap out of it! Gimme Gimme  [evil]


It's not Grandmas china.  ;)

+11ty billion  [thumbsup]Hey I'm getting lonely, can you send those back? You said you were just gonna borrow them for the weekend.

Wheelies are way fun... Even more so when they are out of the corner, crossed up, and power, vs 12o'clock and balance point...

What do you do about wheelies when the bike you are riding will power wheelie in 4th, and in 5th with the slightest hint of a bump in the road? You wheelie the hell out of it! I almost ran off the track at Buttonwillow in the top of 5th because I didnt get the front end down! Not gonns shut 'er down until the brake marker baby!

D16 or not, its just a motorbike, and it should be beat on!

Hell, one of the big problems with the D16 is that guys dont ride them hard enough, and they carbon load the pistons and then you get valve to head issues... Beat on the thing!

But I guess if you cant wheelie..... ;)

You wouldn't do Paris if you're getting PAID to do it?

I say  [bow_down]

You hit the nail on the head. I think the people who are most vocal against wheelies are the ones who can't do them.

Alternatively, they just don't approve--reasonably so, I might add--that a person with the taste to buy a Ducati would treat a work of art so irresponsibly and so boorishly.  Harumph.

personally, i like to trailer my bike down to the starbucks

If you were a true Ducatisti, it would be a fully enclosed and airconditioned trailer.

[laugh]

Agreed.  Because it's hard to carry the tirewarmers and the stands if you try to ride there.

Rever Corsa stunt riding the Christian Audigier Ducati Monster for 2 Wheel Tuner. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqzrzGVErUc#normal)

 [laugh]

Ok, these guys are stupid for doing this in traffic on a public highway. Beyond that they are incredibly talented. Doing full verticle sustained wheelies at 140kph.

crazy Bulgarian on a motorbike (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9hZxeVJXfk&NR=1&feature=fvwp#normal)

passing on 1 wheel =  :o  :o

My 5yo wheelied his TTR50 over backwards this summer. He takes after his old man.  [moto]

Awesome...and why would it be anything other than?

Who cares if it's a 70K+ bike, it could be a bigwheel for all I care, and it's still awesome.

If they are willing to accept the consequences of a mistake (while not putting OTHERS in danger)  [thumbsup]

Can't judge for the location, because it's not given.

Better still is the driver in the camera car.  Passing 3-wide down the center lane?

Where's your engine oil during sustained wheelies like that?

lubin' up that gearbox REAL GOOD

I can't wheelie, but I like to watch'em.
I get more out of seeing how far I can push it in the corners than to stand it up on one.
Not to say i haven't brought  the front up, just not what makes me quiver.