Ducati Monster Forum

Red framed, dry clutched, high piped Black Monster.

4th Ave & Pike Street.

5PM 5/6/08.

I saw J Roley on his Tang/Black S2R in Tualatin, 5/6/09, @ 5:15PM, on Tualatin-Sherwood RD.

Black over red trellis 695, headed north on 72nd Ave just north of Bridgeport Village.  He/she passed by our office at 9:34am (5/8).  I didn't get a very good look, as I was in the middle of a meeting.

05-08-08 6ish... Monster dark w/silver high mount Termi's on  I205 to SR500.  Me-Red 695, red fauxhawk on teh helmet.

051008

2ish am

northbound on Grand

2-up

yellow moncha with a single front

and

CF low pipes

I'm guessing M750

Parked at a medical office on Neff (Bend, OR), gloss black Monster, S2R1K (?), high mount Termis, and this was Thursday night around 6:30pm (before AND after Z's LAX game)... 

Met a dude at Fire on the Mountain today with a dark 750. It was sweet, I took a total stab at guessing what it was and I was right!! Yesssss! I actually SEEMED like I knew what I was talking about!

Anyway, told him about the DMF, he said he'd been on the DML awhile back, so I told him to come here instead. Told him about group rides, race day tomorrow, etc.

We'll see him around maybe.

Neenjah Mastah - the fountain of motorcycle knowledge!  Way to go. 

I spotted young Duc_Fan Daniel at Motocorsa.  He signed up for and went for a test ride on a Sport 1000 or some such thing.  Way to go Dan the Man!  Also, I caught him pining after the object of his affections (we all know her, she works in Apparel and Accessories at Motocorsa).   :-*

Me, I was there to finally buy some bar end mirrors, but guess who forgot his wallet at home?  Yup, doofus had to end up begging for a gas donation from Matt Boatwright in the Service department.  I knew i should have filled up closer to home.  But, about 12 ounzes of charity gas got me home.  Found my wallet there waiting for me . . .

There were beaucoups de peoples at the Motocorsa Demo Day.  Not surprising.

Danny - we expect a full report on your demo ride today.  You will be graded on grammar, spelling, content and how often you mention boobies.   :e:v

JohnnyD

I spotted a red 1098 outside of spuds(on Alki for those poor souls who don't know) last night.  It looked  [beer]

Well, aside from JohnnyD, I saw a large number of Ducs while on the demo ride on Skyline.

Also saw a Hypermotard on 205, southbound, Oregon City exit, sometime in the early evening.

I spotted a ton of bikes at the track today.  ;D

Too bad they rained out the taste of racing event.... some nice looking Ducs out there.

I saw an SV down in T4, oh wait, that was me!  :)


Maurice

Dude, it's called racing, not crashing. [roll]

How does it go?... 'if you're not on the edge of crashing your not pushing it hard enough'.

Mo 'ill nail it, takes a bit to crack the code which he will.

Good job brother Morilla, glad your okay... you are okay right ???

 [wine] like this one  :)

I picked up a monster that looked oddly super sport-ish in turn two. I think the monster was screaming "get these damn fairings off of me... they don't belong!"    But.... that's just what I thought I was hearing.  Glad you guys are okay.

Mo is gravity's whore

 [laugh] [laugh]

What kind of an idiot would put fairings on a monster anyway.... that is just pderbyerous.

Dude.... you looked good. If not for the rain... you would have been fine. From my vantage in the turn 3 box the racing line was dry but there was standing water on the outside of all the corners. If you guys could see the track from our vantage point... the dry lines were really obvious.  I think they would be smart to get feedback from the corner workers to the riders. It sucks that I could be sitting in the truck with Blinky and know which riders were going to go down based on which lines they took.

I heard one of the instructors at the PSSR track day telling a rider that you should only ever ride at 80% of your skill level.  As you get better that 80% gets better too and then you're racing!

Made sense to a chicken-shit like me  [moto]

I think 80% skill riding is a safe way to go on the street/ twisty road riding.  If you are not riding at your best in a race, you are left in the dust.  When I did endurance racing I drove 99% in the daytime, 97% at night and 100% at dusk and dawn.  We had to save the car for 24 hours, but if we didn't place in the top 3 we didn't make any money.

BTW I hate when people say "110%."  That's all that says to me is they are stupid.

we saw a red monstah (620?) on hwy 30 yesterday around 6ish. didn't get a good look at what the rider was wearing.

I read a great presentation once that someone posted . . . they made it from an engineering perspective and used numbers etc.

In the end the numeric value of Bull Shit = 110%  ;D

i spotted an m750 carbie outside the "klamath justice court" this morning in klamath falls. had temp tag on, and the gold-ish tank.

anyone,......... ???

update: saw the same bike parked in front of Bullet rentals and sales later today

I rode my SV around the block the other day... with no fairings on... no blinkers... no mirrors... and no plates... and they guy at the gas station asked me if it was a monster.  [thumbsup]

Riding home from work, Sunday afternoon (Mother's Day) and I see a GXR coming the other way, do the 2 finger wave and he flips me off!  He was leaned over on the tank, left hand fold across his body, flips me off, then folds his hand back down... So much for world peace, eh?

Two-finger wave... is it possible he couldn't see your hand clearly and thought you were flipping him off first?

I try to give people the benefit of the doubt.

Then again, he was riding a Gixxer...  [roll]

Hey now... uh... I got nothing... carry on.

That was me! I finally made it here. The rough start-up at 'the site that shall not be named' kinda lost me and I didn't really find out about this site until last night when I stopped by Maurice/Cierra's place. I agree we should meet up some time, I actually thought that was you from your post a while back when you saw me going th other way on SR500 in the rain. I will be dropping off my 620 at Daric's on Saturday and won't get it back for a while. I am having electrical problems and have to get my tires swapped too.

The Doc

Spotted Billy around 70th and SE Harold riding his dark.  Probably just picked up a baggy from felony flats, jk. 

Nope, my wave is low, down to the left, definately couldn't be confused as 'the finger'... his was most definately upward, single middle digit maneuver... Oh well, not losing sleep over it, I have enough stress in my life, just thought it was interesting...

Maybe you should try a different wave?  Here's some good suggestions:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqykEhOIaRk

I think i tried the hello kitty wave....

Cuz I am not a cool harley rider like marv.

I thought that was you Drew. Yeah that's my 'hood now for some reason and man, let me tell ya...  :-\

I was actually looking at an apt on 54th & harold

maybe i am an asshole, but the guy in that video was a complete tool :P

Yes, you are.

J/K :-* ;D


That guy was a tool.

Red frame/black 695 on Hawthorne across from the Bagdad, 5/16 @ 10pm.

Monster, Dark w/duals. on Woodstock just west of Reed College about 5:45. Me-red 695 w/red fauxhawk.

I was in the area at that time, but not on Woodstock. I was on 28th, then Holgate to 99 Northbound to I-5; but I don't hink it was me, you would have recognized me.

The Doc

Yeah I think I would have...we see each other enough. Only saw one other Duc yesterday, east side of the Morrision bridge. Dark, bronze frame, rider in jeans and a plaid shirt, around 2:30

hi

Saw the 696 in the show room on Saturday... did not go to the release party... but the bike is much nicer looking in person, the gauges are very cool. The stock mirrors would probably stay. The lights are very cool. The blinkers rock. The only down side is the cans are kinda fugly. The bike will probably do very well for the company. Should be an SV beater on the sales... if they can keep the price down. Anyhow... my two cents. I leave this in the spotted thread... as I wasn't expecting to spot the bike.  [thumbsup]

Saw mr. johnny ducati yesterday on 26 in welches/rhododendron area. We were in the Jetta, looked like he was headed back to P-town.

Lookin good out there JD!!  [thumbsup]

I must have been coming back from fueling up in Wemme.  I was out exploring some new back roads to, er, um, cough, - drive the speed limit.   ;D

It was refreshing to see someone wearing full gear on a day full of squids.

hes the man, no messing around.

You saw me didnt'cha?

Did I?  [cheeky]

JD - How refreshed were you in all that gear? You looked like you were sweating you arse off.  [laugh]

You need to get you some summer gear.

Yup.  No doubt, the gear is hot.  Other than jeans and an ugly all weather touring jacket, it's alls I gots.

I should get me some summery duds, I guess.  Like that Ryan dude.  He looked cool in that spiffy mesh jacky.  My monthly ducati budget (maybe 2 months) got spent recently on a new helmet, so new garments for me for a while.  My current helmet is a 2002, way past it's use-by date.

But, my cowhide duds aren't too bad at 80 mph.  It's just hard to maintain that the whole ride ;D.  So I'm really only hot just part of the time, see?

Ryan, what's the prognosis for Ol' Silver?

J

I just bought some Olympia gear.  It ain't styiin but the functionality is gonna be awesome!

Pearl white S4RS.  Termi shotguns.  Hwy 101  North of Gearhart about 2:50pm.  Sounded bad ass [thumbsup]

Ol' Silver is waiting on a shat ton of parts from the mother country.   :'(

Plus... I may ask them to look at the clutch in case my power play to get home was hurting it.

However, they claim they can put humpty dumpty back together before the end of the week. We will see... we will see.

On a side note... I don't think corsa knows this place exists yet.... so either we tell them now... or bad mouth them till we get caught... then kiss and make up... I got dibs on Kat.  [evil]

Ummmm . . . NO!

I've had dibs on Kat since 02 and I'm keepin 'em!  ;D

Kat was wearing shorts on Saturday.

I mean, so I heard.  I didn't look.  Nope.  Not me.  Nope.  I'd never look.  No no.  Not a dirty old man, me.  No siree, bob.  That's me, the guy not looking at Kat.  Yup.  Me.  Looking.  Not.  There.  You know.  

Good thing Dan the Man wasn't there.  The boy could of had a cardic infarction.   ;D

A who-da-whatta?  ???

Did you mean myocardial infarction?  (heart muscle death through oxygen starvation)

I think you meant simply cardiac arrest (heart stops - which would be fitting given JD's description above).  ;)  A myocardial infarction can cause cardiac arrest, but isn't the only thing that can cause it.

Oh, and on topic... I haven't seen any Ducatis today.

I think he'd just pass out from lack of blood to the brain...  IMHO...  [cheeky]

he needs some serious lack of blood to the brain time

 8)

Tuesday evening, NOPO/ St Johns Red monster with windscreen, parked on Lombard.

Umm, yeah...  my employer would disagree.

LIAR

The Doc

Monster Dark, high mount silver termis--on a trailer behind a silver Corolla.   I205 northbound about 1:30.  I'm guessing it was prolly Doc Woodrow. I was in my company rig, a Kadel's Autobody rig.

Okay, okay.  Maybe i did peek a teeny little bit.   :-[

Stop right there.

You're talkin bout my girl ya know.  [evil]

Just checkin' the menu.

I already ordered and have a great dish!!   [thumbsup]

Yep that was me and my baby!

The Doc

PS: That super ugly old trailer now has a fresh coat of paint, I spent four hours yesterday working on it. Now it is beautiful.

the Monster pilot that didn't jump out in front of my code 3 ambulance at the light on Barnes in front of St V's a few weeks ago

you rawk [thumbsup]

750 Dark in front of a Barbershop, or maybe the florist, on like 30th and Division.... around noon today.

Yellow Monster heading East on Evergreen at Imbrie intersection.  BTW I was the Yellow 620 heading West at same intersection.  [moto]

Hey... my 848 is ready... now I just need to get down there and pick her up... hope all them gears work.  [cheeky]

Excellent  [thumbsup]

Did they tell you to bring your check book???   :-\

Make sure you bring lewb

Warranty schmoranty  :-*

How are the ribs?

Not quite ready for riding but they'll get used to it.  I was kinda tender this morning but after riding home I'm down right sore.  But it's an ache vs a pain if that makes sense.  I'm going to continue riding to work at least and once the ache is gone I'll think about going out for fun!

Thanks for asking.

How you doing?

 [popcorn]

I'm fine.  Thanks.

Should be free. No money needed.  ;D

I'd bring lewb... just in case... can never be too careful ya know... :P

Yeah, cuz good luck walking into MotoCorsa and walking out without spending any money....

Won't . . . can't . . . happen!  [laugh]

I do it all the time...good thing they don't charge for eye candy!

Red S2R on NW 5th.

Monster dark, silver frame. Side of SR14 a bit out of Camas.

Red monster gold frame.  17th & SE claybourne

Red 1098 in the Hub Optics store at Bridgeport Village

Sat afternoon, sr14, black monster, grey frame, at the first look out headed into the gorge.
Sunday mid-day, red monster I-5 north just before Columbia Blvd headed north.

Sunday morning, about 11:30 am.  Monster Tri-Color going across the bridge near Fossil.  Also, later down the road a black (I think?  It was kind of a blur...) sport classic.

Saw a black monster yesterday on lombard crossing Albina around 4:45

rider was wearing black jacket, black helmet, and blue jeans.

6/18 @ 8:55AM, Monster Dark w/CF Termi High Pipes, heading south on HWY 217 near Scholls Ferry Rd.

Monster dark, sr500 east bound to 205 south. 6-18  6-ish.

I saw this guy the other day also, was trying to figure what type of bike that was.

it's a Hayabusa.
(http://thekneeslider.com/images/08hayabusa.jpg)

Black monster heading down McNamee ~11:45.

that was me!!


i saw a few bikes while going down (they were coming up) was one of them you? 

I had my hands full trying to do those turns i might have waved i might not have. That is the exact time i was going down it though.

Not much time for waving eh?

What'd you think?  I'm not so sure I'd like "down" on that road.

there were a few spots i was like "hey this is killer!" then id turn a blind corner and go "what the make the beast with two backs!" and slam it down a gear.  A little too curvy for me, i couldnt seem to get it out of 2nd gear many times. maybe if i got use to it. That was my first time so i was a little cautious, possibly with some work i could relax a bit.....oh  yes and going uphill would help....all in all i give it a 5 out of 10.   [beer]

Yellow Sport 1000 and silver GT 1000 on Old HWY 30 - the one that goes to Vista Look Out - yesterday ~10AM.

Oh, and about 150 Goldwings!

Yellow Monster w/ factory flyscreen headed North on I-5 just South of the bridge. Saturday night at about 7:30pm. I was in the wife's cage.

The Doc

M620 Dark, w/stock pipes, & windshield, 6/23 @ 4PM, on NW 11th, parked in front of Powell's Books. [thumbsup]

6/26 10:45 AM Red 848 turning right in intersection next to Sammamish Park and Ride and Pine Lake QFC.  Rider wearing red leathers....Nice bike man ;D

Monster Dark SE Alder Ct.

Blue w/ white stripe Monster peeking over the K-rail on 205N around Oregon City around 2:30PM yesterday while on my way to Salem from the airport.

Dark Monster Northbound on I-5 just before the interstate bridge today at about 7:45pm. I passed on the right and got off at Jantzen Beach.

I think it was Thursday.....   White 696 at the intersection of 53rd and Elam Young Pkwy in Hillsboro.

Took me several seconds to figure out what it was. Had the mini fairing so I thought it was an SV650 at first.

Rode north on 43 out of John's Landing towards the city for a few miles with a rider on a Black 900 (I think) on 43.

Scott

Saw a guy on a Red M900 (guessing but looked like one), Dark helmet, t-shirt, jeans, and Chuck Taylors... Waved while he turned off of Butler Mkt at the light...

My what?  What of mine did that bastard have?!  :P

Dude, he like had your shoes and stuff...  I shook my fist at him as he rode off, trailing a maniacal laugh...

I farted in his general direction... His mother was a hampster and his father smelled of elderberries...

English pig-dog!!

 :o

Schweinhund

 :o

7/2/08, 9 am, Tualatin, M620 Dark w/stock pipes heading south on SW Martinazzi @ Tualatin-Sherwood Rd.

http://alanis-morissette.thecandidphotos.com/

Alanis rides a monster!

There was a running joke on TOB about this, and how she posted under an assumed name.

Yah, Ash . . .

Those jeans make her butt look big - mind you my butt is big so I'm not making a snide remark about her backside that would be rude and hypocritical.  Notice the word Ducati is removed from the bike . . . makes me wanna know why.  What's with the tire tread on that silver bike - damn odd looking!

It'd be cool if we could get her to come down and go for a ride with us . . .

Ash . . . ?

White (i think) 696.  Rider wearing white dainese jacket.

Saturday about 3:30 pm.  Bike was merging from Johnson Creek Blvd onto 99E McCloughlin northbound.

I was just dropping off my wife at the Acropolis for her afternoon shift . . .












ha   as if . . .

Because we all know she works at Diablo's  ;)  Dude . . . you're mean.  :P

How was the surprise B-day?

thanks for asking Chuck.  It was a fun time.  Lot's of peeps showed up, kids, fireworks, burned fingers but no appendages or eyeballs lost, BBQ, and frozen birthday cake.  I didn't realize you had to thaw the damn thing before serving.  Overall - great time!.

Monster S4Rs Tricolore, Schaeffer Rd or Mountain Rd, south of Stafford between West Linn and Wilsonville.  Dunno what time, maybe 2:30ish this afternoon?

I took "the scenic route" to Milwaukie from N. Wilsonville today.  Beautiful backroads and perfect weather!

About 5pm monster dark on hwy 210 going towards scholls ferry road.  Peace brother!  [beer]

Tri color S4R on Greenburg road in front of Washington Square...  I was on Julie's white Ninja 250. I was so embarassed... was thinking... crikeys... I hope that is nobody I know.. ha ha... it was Friday at around 3 PM.

Yesterday, PIR Monster dark at the entrance, and a 696 dark by the Tower.
Friday, Woodstock at 47th. S4r white.

Two Dark Ducati Monsters in Pacific City on Saturday evening, a 620 and a 750, both with Termi exhausts. Oh wait that was BNBMike and Me!

The Doc

That's true.  The Doctor made a house call.

Red monster silver frame, Red belly pan, Termignoni exhaust.  SE 17th in Sellwood near the Space Age gas station.

Hey Driza, is that your Monster on the corner of 17th & Tolman or Yukon or whatever?

12:38 PM  7/14/08.

Turning left from Mather Road to SE Sunnybrook.  JohnnyDucati's turf - was going home to let the pooches out to pee.

Monster 620/695 with chrome tank, Ducati Wings logo, low chrome pipes, dark trellis frame.

It was eiither an attractive young lady driving it,  Or, it was a skinny guy with lumps. 

My brain is slow and can not process so many details in microseconds of driving past.

Who is this Monster driver?

(oh, and tsk tsk on you - you were wearing Nike running shoes - get some boots!)

 [laugh] That was me Johnny, I was in the area looking for your Misses since she wasn't at the A-Crop  :-\. The shoes were because I thought I might need some traction... OHHhhhh (Dice Clay version on the Ohhh)  :P

Just kidding Elvis  ;D

Bwaaaa haaaa haaaa - AWML!  [laugh]

who is this mystifying creature with the chrome tank?

No.  It isn't Friday yet.

No I have a silver frame.  I've seen that bike you are talking about though.  It hasn't moved in a month...

Red/White S2R 1000?

Showed up for the iMC Hagg Lake ride for RTW Day.

Saw a duc heading North on Greenwood this morning around 8:15.  I was on a red 696 headin South towards Ballard.  [moto]

White 848.  Yesterday (7/16), approx 7:45 am, Tualatin-Sherwood Rd, headed East (toward I-5).  Spotted near the intersection with Boones Ferry Rd.

Ryan, you take the scenic route to work?

It was probably that stolen one from our area  >:( BibleBoy you should have chased it down and kicked it over with your big long foot 

If it was yesterday... I don't think it was me at that time of day. I was on a call.  :'(

Dark monster w/ high mount cans (maybe Termis) headed South just outside the entrance to The Troutdale outlet mall Friday at about 6:30-7pm.

Dark Monster with a rather large rider in all black headed North on I-5 near Jantzen Beach about 3:15pm today followed by a Red Monster w/rider also wearing all black about 200 yards behind headed North also. I was on my dark '05 620 in all black w/an orange Repsol backpack heading South.

Yesterday - 3ish.

Dark monster, rider all in black on 14th heading "North"/up.

 >:( Oh sure pick on the fat kid... I figured if I wore all black you couldn't see me  :-[ damn it!

Black 696 w/ red frame last week sometime... I think it was on Reed Mkt heading east (in Bend)... Have no idea which day, everything is blurring atm... heh

Sorry man, if that was you, I didn't mean to say you were fat. Just that you looked, um, rather large; of course when we intelligent riders WEAR GEAR (unlike squids) I guess we end up looking larger. Of course at the speed at which I usually travel the longest look I get at someone going in the opposite direction is usually under a second at best.

The Doc

It wasn't me dude I swear it.  :-[ (could it have been?) mmm donuts (.)(.)

No way! I was looking for the gym.

Come on man you know I'm a lean mean cage fightin' machine!!!

Now you got me all horny picturing myself fat  [bacon]  [bacon]

Today, 7-29, 82nd and powell, about 1:30. Yellow Monster, low pipes. Rider in a brown shirt?? I think.  [moto]

Monday I was jogging down Scholls in front of the RedTail golf course... when a dark colored...probably black... m750 rode by with low pipes.... looked like a chick in jeans riding it... around 5 PM.

that was me. I am glad to see someone else noticing my figure.

Dude... I was 5 miles into an 8 mile run and it was 80 plus degrees out... at that point I usually hallucinate that every body that rides by is a hot chick... it keeps me going.  ;D

just kiddin it wast me.

Ok good... cause I swear they were tight jeans on child bearing hips.  [laugh]

Me me me!!!!!




wait...in oregon? nah, sorry, wasnt me.

Black monster with red frame on burnside yesterday at like 6 pm... downtown.

Everyday sighting at work on 19th and lovejoy....

Two monsters. One is a black S4 (i think)  some loud ass pipes and he has the lucky 13 icon helmet.

Camo monster...guy has painted his monster that canvas green color, looks like its from the army or something, its stripped to the bare bones and he has rigged up two metal sqaure army style cannistors he uses as side bags on his bike. He has a crazy ass helmet as well. I see both of those guys multiple times a day in that area.

I think those guys work for Icon which is right there. I saw them the last time I was there.

i tried to go in that store, someone stopped me before i could open the door and told me it was not a retail store....so basically go away...yeah i see a few monsters there now and again.

Yeah... they called me up to use my bike in a photo shoot.... but by the time I got there... they had already selected a different 848.  I was sad. There was going to be some hot chick draped nekkid on my bike.  [bang]

But, yeah, I don't think it is a store.

Scott did you ride to work today? Saw an M800 dark with stock pipes (I think they were stock anyway) and a cargo net parked in the parking garage on 1st. I wanted to sit on it but decided it would be better if I didn't.  :P

Ya know... we've had discussions about kicking a dude's butt if one of us walked out to our bike and found some wanker sitting on it.  And we've discussed flirting with a hot chick if we found her sitting on it.

So what does one do when they find a cute pregnant girl sitting on their Duc?

Discuss...

Pregnant woman are sexy, especially cute ones, and they don't lie, no reason to.. so I'd probably stab her  [evil]

Same reason why I decided not to sit on it. I wouldn't want people sitting on my bike.

Yeah C, that's me.  I've got a monthly pass to that lot.  Do you park there too?  I ride most days, the transmission in the Civic needs a rebuild and I'm putting it off as long as I can.

Never nice to sit on someone else's ride without asking.  But I've been tempted sometimes too.

Scott

I wouldn't throw a leg over someone else's bike without their permission, kinda a "do unto others" thing.  It's one thing when we're together as a group and folks "try on" others bikes, but this group is more like a local family.  It's also well known that the individuals in this group would not go straddle a stranger's bike without their permission.  I know you're all decent and respectful in that regard.

I just know that we've had some joking discussions about one of us guys walking out and finding an attractive woman astride one of our bikes, and what each of us would say or do in that situation.  ;)  I was just curious how people think they'd react if said attractive woman was also preggers.

Is that the garage that you pay $25 a month for moto parking? I talked to a guy in my cube row that just bought a "motorcycle spot" in one of the garages and it's 25 a month. Not a bad deal really. It costs more for a bus pass.

Nope, no moto specific spots there.  I think the cheap moto lot is on 4th, I know it's only $3 a day.  Nice too, right by the front booth and just a few blocks from work.

I pay $150/mo.  More than a moto spot but this way I can take my car and have a very short walk whenever my back hurts.  That lot is nice for me: 1 block downhill walk to work, no 7 story high spiral waiting in line to get out (Market & 1st), no impatient cagers trying to kill me in line, I never hit the Market street traffic, and always covered parking.  And Regence let's you take your parking out pre-tax.  Nice place to work :)

Scott

Jon's morning mirror routine.

monster dark with termi exhaust and the beer tray in front of "the city" downtown.

Black M750 w/ cf Arrow highmounts & no belt covers at the City of Beaverton Operations center parking lot at 9600 SW Allen Blvd. 8/14/08 @ 11:35AM.

2 black and 1 yellow Monster @ Plan B . . . oh wait . . . that was us  ;D

Hey, I heard an interesting tid-bit last night.

There's a boycott on Plan B because Jeff's partner pushed him out of the business.

What's that do to our hang out situation?

move it here:

http://www.hopworksbeer.com/

Motorcycle parking in front, nice place, not as loud, and much better beer. And the food is 1,000 times better.

Plus 1 to Hopworks... but there isn't as many interesting chicks at hopworks.

stalker

...and they probably wouldn't have stripper olympics too.

Saw a Foggy on the way to work yesterday - Heading North on 97... and a black 696? w/ red frame on the way to work heading East on Reed Mkt the day before that...

Last night around 7:30 at CycleGear on Stark, well-used red Monster.  IIRC it had a wet clutch... so that'd put it under 900ccs.

Yesterday I-205 north a bit after 5:30. Monster dark high pipes. Got off around Stark.

A couple nights a week there is a black 696 and a few other bikes, usually a bmw and a black supermoto. (not sure the models).  Parked at the Press Club on S.e. 26th and Clinton right by my house.  Sometimes there can be a dozen plus bikes around that intersection.

I see that gaggle there all the time. I go by there daily, usually on my Masi but when I'm on my Duc they stare me down  :-[
Great area to have a house by the way. Always be gettin' the K&F coffee  [thumbsup]

Saw a Dark Monstro today @ Spot79

I grew up on 28th & Franklin. so I know that area very well.  I remember when the clinton used to be beer only, (locals only and no hipsters).  The Reel M Inn  down the street has some great fried chicken!

Valentino Rossi @ Hillsboro Motorsports on tuesday.  Yes, the Doctor is in town for the Mt Dew Tour!






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6:06 AM heading East on 26, Shute Rd. Exit, rode by me and then rode by me as I was turning into work - Red w/white stripe.

What time?

Last Tuesday.  You missed him. :'(

Red 900SS turning into MotoCorsa 4:05PM with tri-colore Arai helmet.

BB - Wave back next time you Jackass!  >:(

Black on red Ducati Monster headed South on I-5 today at about 2:30pm near Delta Park, rider was a bigger guy wearing black and red; he took the City Center exit. I was driving the wife's cage.

Last Saturday I saw a white w/red stripe S4R? near Powells Books, hmm I just remembered that. Again i was in the cage, but with my wife that time. (I put S4R? because I am not good at telling what model/size different monsters are, does somebody want to clue me in?)

The Doc

Saw a S4R?? today around 3:00pm coming up Germantown road while i was going down it.  I thought it might be johnny ducati at first. Didnt get a good enough look. Was it any of you guys?

Wasn't me, bro.  I was blasting through Amboy right about that time coming home from Cougar-ama.

What, where were you?  I didn't see you, otherwise I'd have waved.  There were no bikes coming out NW Wilson, or pulling out from MC when I turned right onto Wilson and then into MC.  If you were sitting at the light, I was paying closer attention to the little white hatchback that looked like he was gonna jackrabbit out in front of me.

Wait... you sure it was me?  There was a red half-fairing 900SS sitting out front when I pulled in.  Actually, I don't think I got to MC until closer to 5, but I'm not entirely sure.  Wasn't paying awful close attention to the clock while on the ride.

OH . . . it was you!  [evil]

I was in my car at the corner of Wilson as you were turning on it.  Gabriel was being a lot fussy or I would have turned around and gone back.

Saw 2 Monsters on the Parkway (97), one a red S2R1K? and the other a white 696... 

8/24 @ 5:10 PM.  Hwy 217 @ 72nd Ave, heading north, Paul Smart & M695 black/red w/stock pipes.

8/26 @ 9:00 AM, Hwy 217 North, Grey/red w red frame S4R.  I was in the UPS truck that was following you. [thumbsup]

stalker....

Stalker in a frakkin big ol' brown UPS truck...  <shudder>  :o

Better than a joker in a big frikkin UPS truck that waves you on at an intersection then pulls out in front of you.

OH I had a freaking  [leo] do that to me this morning.  Light turns green I start to go he cuts in front of me - then hits the lights and siren.  I almost t-boned the bonehead  >:(

tisk tisk

it is your duty to "safely" enter the intersection

regardless of conditions

I did.

I didn't word it well . . .

He was going in the same direction I was . . . 2 lanes over in the left turn only lane.  I was in one  the right or straight lanes going straight.

He cut across the straight only lane and in front of me and THEN hit the siren and lights.

I'm surprised the car next to me didn't hit him.

Just becuase you got a badge and gun doesn't make it OK to be stupid!  [roll]

tell that to the guy with the badge and the gun...

I did once.

I was offered an overnight stay in free lodging with 2 meals.

I'm not going to try that argument again  . . .
 [bang]

that's how i feel about it

One thing to remember

and I remember because I had a cop save my life one night

They have to do a job by themselves that any other emergency crew does with two

all fire and EMS rigs are driven with 2 people

one steers and the other looks for hazards and processes radio information

such as directions, special instructions, dangers, and updates

a cop does that by himself

so when I see them do as you described

and they do

regularly  :-\

I give them just a little leeway because I know all the shit that they are proessing in  any given moment

and if they flip on the lights after they flip on the throttle

I mutter

Asshole

but then forgive them


ok sappy jacob speech over

I'm going to go break a law now

I have had two near crashes while driving on the road.  The race track had a contact every time I went out.

Downtown Portland, 3 AM.  I'm coming off the Hawthorne Bridge and on to 1st Avenue South.  I have green lights as far as I can see.  Crossing Jefferson and nearly get T-Boned.  I swerve to avoid contact.  It a LEO.  He puts it in reverse, inches from my door, flips on lights and drives around me.

Little Nestucca Road, my secret moto road.  As some of you know, single lane bridges, two are blind going Eastbound.  I am on the bridge, nearly across, County LEO enters bridge.  I slam on brakes, only going about 20 mph and stop.  He stops, looks at me, I hold hands up like, WTF .  He turns on lights.  I shake my head, no way.  I do not move.  He backs up.  I pass and say "Dude I was already on the bridge." and drive off.

OK, I understand they want to be silent, but the only two times I nearly get hit are LEO's not following the rules of the road.... [bang]

Saw a pair of Monsters yesterday on the Prineville reservoir road around 2pm, a black one and a red one.

Were you on the moto when this happened?

No, I was in the Dakota.

johnny? i forget whether his is white or red, or a combo....

Was it parked at a corner? I see one there all the time and it looks like it never moves. Driza's parts bike maybe  [evil]

Spotted a nice S4Rs black w/white strip, gold forks, Arrows hanging to one side... Trader Joes (SE) yesterday around 4:30p. The rider was in gear sweat poring from forehead in check out line. Then I saw him pull a pint of ice cream out of his helmet right before putting it on. Pretty clever  [thumbsup]

He told me it gets 24 mpg  :-\ hurtin'

man i dig those gold forks....folks like johnny ducati own them...me wants them.

Could have been me but wasn't!   :)

black monster 620 or 695? low chrome pipes, nice open clutch, eastbound on Woodstock about 8:00 PM!  Rider in tan jacket with black helmet, I think.

8/28, 8AM, white 696 eastbound on SE Powell, stopped at the light @ SE Milwaukie.

Today (Saturday), about 3pm, red/white-stripe Monster S2R... dunno if it was an 800 or 1000.  Riding with a grey Triumph 675 Daytona.  They were headed East on Tualatin-Sherwood Rd.  Saw them stop at the intersection of Tualatin-Sherwood and Martinazzi.

Looked like the Trumpet had an Arrow exhaust on it... like the one I've seen up at MotoCorsa numerous times.

A second one today...

Red Monster, Termi lo-mount CF pipes, on 205 NB between ~8:15pm and ~8:40pm.  Passed me on the red 900SS near West Linn, just after we went by the viewpoint at Willamette Falls (where we slowed down because of the cop with someone pulled over...).  License plate was "BUONO" I think... it was a little dark, and I'm not positive, but I think that's what I saw.  Rider was wearing a black/red/silver jacket, looked like a Dainese.  Also wearing a backpack or Camelback.  I fell in and followed until peeling off at the Milwaukie exit.

Anybody on here?

Hey that was me bibleboy.  I was on my way back from Salem.  I was doing the cut and weave prior to getting up to you.  I hear cops around west linn don't have anything to do besides pull over speeders.  You are pretty damn good on your description too.  I was wearing a dainese and a camelback.   [thumbsup]

Just now on Scholls Ferry/ past Nimbus, Yellow 748. Rider was wearing black with a back pack, heading west bound. :)

Gotta love Blackberry's. Lol

some form of monster going up bald peak mt road while i was coming down. We both gave the down low peace sign going past each other. All i saw was the ducati logo as he sped by me, we were both hunkered down pretty good on a straight away going past each other fast. Couldnt see any details.

You were going so fast you went back in time and saw yourself. ;D

Just now, older, silver Monster, low (stock?) pipes, no tail chop, with the little sport windscreen, on Franklin Blvd., through downtown on 11th, then left on Jefferson, in Eugene.  Rider in Dainese silver/red/black jacket, blue jeans, black shoes or boots, silver and black lid.

Today @ 11:20pm, Black ST3s w/black hardside panniers, westbound on Mill Plain from Grand Blvd until turning right onto D street. Rider in a silver and black Joe Rocket coat and a black helmet. I pulled up beside him on the left and nodded (I was in my wife's little red car).


Today @11:45pm, Black on black Monster S2R parked at Clark College in the Northwest parking lot in the cycle spot beside the service vehicle spots. Nice tail-chop and high-mount CF Termi cans. I left a note 'join us at Ducatimonsterforum.org, The Doc.' The bike was gone when I left 45 mintues later at 12:30ish.

The Doc

Hey . . .

Someone here mentioned the guy with the metallic green Monster.  I think I recall them saying he lived in BVTN and may actually know the person.

Is it someone on the board?  Or do one of you know who it is and know how to contact him?

I've been thinking about a new paint job and had thought of going green.  Thought maybe if  I could get in contact with the guy and take a look at it I might have a better idea of what it would look like and ask questions about pricing, etc.

Anyone . . . anyone . . .

I thought billy said he knew the guy... and perhaps it was Aruns bike at one point?? I think I have pics of the green bike at home though.

Yah . . . it was mentioned it may have been Arun's bike at one point.

Can you post the pics?

Blue with white stripe, Monster of some sort, I really can't tell them apart on the road.

Thursday around 2 on Siletz Highway 229, between Siletz and Lincoln City.

Great road BTW!

I will have to remember to look for them when I get home.

Yesterday (Thursday), 6-6:30pm, I-5 Southbound near the Bridgeport/Durham exit.  Red with black stripe S4R(s?).  Rider in jacket, helmet, gloves... and khaki shorts + street shoes.  Ha license plate relocated under the tail near the rear shock, and had a shorty fender.  Stock pipes.

Today, 12pm-12:45pm, red 848/1098, at the messy intersection of Hwy 99/Barbur Blvd, Taylor's Fry, Capitol Hwy, and I-5.  He/she was headed down the onramp to get on I-5 southbound.  I was riding a grey w/red wheels ST4s, stuck at the stoplight, waiting to turn right onto the freeway.

I was out for a test ride, making a loop from the intersection of Hwy 99 and 217, South on 217 and down Kruse Way, up Boones Ferry Rd to Kerr Pkwy, North on Kerr (which becomes 49th St, which then becomes Capitol Hwy) back to I-5, south on I-5 to 217, and back to BMW of Western Oregon (near Hwy 99 and 217).

Saw a second red Ducati SBK earlier on that trip, but for the life of me I can't remember where.

Yes it did belong to my friend Richard in Beaverton but he has since sold it to stable the new steed of 1-Multi & 1-ST. Rich told me the candy apple green monster did at one time belong to that handsome Italian fellow that was mentioned  :)

Oh and the S2R at Clark was probably my mothers bike, she works there. she'll probably think you are a stalker for leaving a note, I'll hear about that one I'm sure  :-\

Richard works with a good friend of mine...from what I hear he misses the monster quite a bit.

STALKER!

saw chucks bike today on NW 23rd parked in front of the gellato joint. Yellow monster setup just like chucks, i thought it was yours til i rode by and saw the pipes were up high and chrome.  The only other yellow 620 ive seen.

GREAT, now I feel like a creep. I also don't know if you are joking or not. Regardless, I don't really care anyways, I will still spread the word about these, um, kinda cool people on here.

The Doc

It makes me cry  :'( when you refer to me as only "kinda cool". I thought that when I gave you my turn indicators free of charge to help you out, well I thought I would always be considered the coolest.
Now I feel sick  [puke] CREEP!

 :'(

I will always think of you as super cool Billy...... [thumbsup]

At the truck stop turn around in troutdate at 7:30.  Red sport bike maybe a 1098 but i didn't get a good look at it because i was a couple cars back and then the bike took off. 

Billy Bone!!!  That's who I spotted.  :)  At Clackamas Town Center around 6:30 this evening.

Yah . . . and then you leave us hanging at Mo's without your presence . . .

Ha, I saw you first! JohnnyDucati calls it Clackamas Clown Center  :) I hate the place but had to get some good stuff, Macy's has good stuff.

M695 Dark w/high mount CF Termis, 9/7, 7:15PM. Turn south on SE44th from SE Holgate, and right past my house. [thumbsup]  My dogs thought it was me and got excited until they realized I was standing right there. [roll]  My dogs are not too bright, but they sure are IZ_. ;D

Last night, off of vermont and scholls ferry, in Tigard/Portland, a tri color s4r sitting in the back of a trailer ... all taped up with blue painters tape to be ready for today's PSSR track day. (I assume here)  Guy lives within a mile of my house and I have yet to see him ride by... hmm.... who is this masked man...  [thumbsup]

I like the tri-colore . . . maybe I'll make the only 620 tri . . .

Speaking of which . . . Billy you know that guy with the metailic green Monster?

Do it!!!

I know Richard, the guy who bought it from Arun and sold it to whoever. I can get you in touch with Richard if needed.

Who was it that went through the effort of getting the custom metallic green paint? 

 9/11 @ 4:40 PM.  Beaverton on SW Arctic Dr.  M620 Dark w/ stock pipes.

9/11 5PM Ryan heading West on River Rd.

That was you right?

Black clad rider on a black Monster, around 5:30 in Tigard on 99 & capitol hwy.

Scott

Me? Could have been. I did spot a pearl white 696 in Lake Oswego parked at about 2nd and Lake... or is that main street.. I dunno.... down town yuppyville....   ;D   4ish.

Well . .  were you or were you not riding on West on River road Senior Dumas?

I was... but I don't think at that time.

Two Lamborghinis headed south on Boones Ferry Rd between Tualatin and Wilsonville, in front of Tualatin HS, around 8:30am.  That was some purdy Italian music.  [thumbsup]

No motorcycles on this beautiful morning.  :'(  Not even a scooter.  ???

Red 1098? on 23rd and something or another street parked in front of a restaurant

That could have been me. 8)

I've seen that bike there a lot.  I think it's an S or R version, too.  I wonder if that dude owns the restaurant . . .

Nah, chopped low pipes and stock headlight.

Scott

9/15, 1:53 PM, Beaverton, SW Hall Blvd & SW 5th St.  M620 Dark w/yellow flyscreen & stock pipes, heading north on SW Hall.

9/15 monster 695 (I think) Black with red frame... low mount stock pipes...rider had on a back pack of some sort... small like a camel back...

Black Monster parked in the H-D oil slick outside the Queen Of Hearts biker tav . SE 72nd & Harold, 6:30pm 9/15

A yellow Monster (rider w/yellow helmet) pulling over at the Aladdin Theater/The Lamp, 6:44pm 9/15.

Two Monsters [thumbsup] on Tacoma heading toward the Sellwood Bridge tonight (Fri. 09/19) at 20:00.  It was dark and my visor was a bit smudgy with all the headlights, so I didn't get a very good look at either bike.  The lead rider was wearing black and the wingman (behind by a car or two) seemed to be wearing yellow.  Wingman had the CF Termis.  I was going the opposite direction on Tacoma, sitting in the intersection on my m750 Dark waiting to turn left onto 17th.

Cheers,
Andy

Black monster with a really cool custom paint job...like red stuff around the Ducati lettering & a lil bikini fairing... at 4 pm on Scholls in front of Red Tail golf course.



++++++++++++++

Anybody see the S4Rs that they have at MotoCorsa... black with the silver stripe... and everything carbon fiber you could think of... yikes it was pretty.... I almost bought it.

Thursday, Sept, 18th @ 9:00am, Grey on Grey Ducati Monster 900 w/ low-mount D&D pipes, cat's-paw instrument cluster, parked on 30th at the apartment complex on the corner of Steele and 30th near Reed College. 'Vanity plates' w/ two words written on them typical of members of this site, I won't post what was one the plate b/c they might not want it posted here. Each word was three letters long and it was one of those yellow Oregon plates. Anybody we know on here? I work at Reed, maybe we can meet up for a ride sometime.

The Doc

black and orange monster high pipes. Rider was wearing a black leather ducati jacket, Arai helmet.  South bound on the SE 11th from belmont

Saturday,Sept,20@10:30am, Yellow Monster on Hwy 6 headed west in the pocket of two other bikes( maybe a HD in front and a Grinder in Sweep). Met in curve too quick to get details.

1:00pm, Yellow Monster 800Sie w/Fast by Ferracci Low mounts, parked @ Beaverton Yamaha,Honda,Suzk.

2:30pm, Same group from Hwy 6, going east on Hwy 26@ Glencoe Overpass

black monster (http://www.xqsme.smugmug.com/gallery/6036814_cHvac#378029460_s9SBi) looking thing, seen on Sunday in NoPo on some nice new pavement.

9/23 @ 5:10PM, HWY 217 North, Pearl White/Red S4Rs stuck in traffic.

9/23, around 9pm, PNWRiders gathering at the Ava Roasteria in Beaverton, black/white S2R1000 with full Ohlins suspension.

T'was our very own femme fatale: Sabrina!

Very nice to meet you!  [thumbsup]  Sorry to hear about the new, uh, "mods."  :-[  That sucks, but at least you're okay and the damage is relatively minor!

Also saw an older red Monster 750 (carb'd) with FBF "Forza" CF exhaust at that gathering.  Met him too, but can't remember that rider's name...

what kind of meeting is this? in beaverton? i know the place its right down the street from my house. Is this another group of ducati riders? Or just bikes in general?

Just bikes/riders in general... I found out about it late yesterday.  On pnwriders.com, under the Portland Area/Region forums, they've got a Tuesday Night Coffee gig.

Myself, the red Monster, and Sabrina were the only Italian bikes representin'... only other Euro was a red Daytona 675.  Whole bunch of Universal Japenese Sportbikes were there.  The folks I talked to seemed cool, but I didn't get around to everybody.

Apparently it usually starts around 7 and goes for a few hours.  They were meeting later in the evening (9pm) as of a month or so ago, but lately they've pushed the time earlier, since several of the "regulars" have real jobs and have to get up in the morning.  ;)

I thought it was kinda neat, because every now and again I need a good coffee (Starschmucks doesn't really cut it), and I don't like to have alcohol when I ride.  Plus, this coffeehouse has some good sammiches to go along with their beverage selection... the turkey/cranberry was excellent!  The DMF could meet there regularly and I'd be totally down for that.  [thumbsup]

Put something together goof!  ;D

would work out well for us westside guys....not so sure about the east side freaks........hell i could walk down there in a few minutes.

Dan - Warn us next time so we can all go!  ;D

Will do!

If it's dry next Tuesday, I'll prolly be there again.  I'll post up sometime Monday or Tuesday morning if I plan on goin'.  [thumbsup]

Euro-bikes representin'!

9/26 9AM, Tualatin, White 848 heading east on Tualatin-Sherwood Road.

Fully faired Paul Smart looking thing at 9am in downtown Lake O.  #16 on it.

Scott

Me thinks I saw a chuck this morning on 23rd in front of mIo gelato.. there was a yella monsta there.

9/28, @ 10AM, Red 748 heading east on SE Foster RD between SE 72nd & I-205. [thumbsup]

Not I said Rabbit.  I was slaving away from the break of dawn for Wifezilla  >:(

I so FRICKIN wanted to ride today too!  [bang]

Saw a black Monster w/ Termi's parked outside the Safeway distribution center in Gladstone on Friday.

Yellow 749 at the State St. and Lancaster Rd. 76 in Salem gassing up yesterday afternoon.

Passed a silver w/ black stripe Monster, headlight fairing and stacked right high-side cans, heading west on Brooklake Rd. just west of the Pilot station on I-5 near Brooks, of all the strange places and directions to be heading. One accomplice, wasn't sure what he was riding.

And a red 848 north on 205 @ Oregon City at probably 5:30 PM today, passing or tagging along behind, I'm not sure, a three wheeled Goldwing.

9/30 @ 9AM. Red w/black stripe & red frame S4R heading north on HWY 217, I was in the UPS truck behind you. [moto]

Silver with black stripe s2r1k, arrows, open clutch cover... black coat and helmet wearing jeans 1-5 N through the curves either Sat. or Sun.

I was the one on the Tangerine s2r800.

Well if that were a girl, than it might have been Rhonda.  She just picked up a silver/black striped S2R1k last week. I know she was riding this past weekend.

 ooh as a side note.. does anyone on here have a monster (my dad saw it, said it looked like mine (so s2r1k) silver, but with a black circle on the tank and a 16 'racing' number. the swing arm was a 'teal' color.  Anyone, anyone..  Bueller?

That would be a possibility then the person did look to be on the shorter side on the height spectrum.

Ha ha, not all of us are height challenged!!  though she is, so yeah.   [roll] Lol

That sounds kind of like a Paul Smart 1000LE.

See that's what I thought too.  But a sport classic does NOT look like an S2R1!  And I specifically asked if it looked like my bike.  maybe he was confused.  ???

Met a guy with a blacked out 695 (I think) last weekend on Sauvie Island.  Termis, everthing you can make black was black and he had a cup holder on the right side.

Thursday noon, black 695 '07 with red frame.

At the Subway shop on 99W just off of 217.  I was having me a sammich, Monster rider pulls up.

Dude's name is Ashley.  I forgot to ask what his handle on here was.

The dude is righteous - hope to meet up with him on some rides soon.

J

10/22 @ 7:51AM, M695 Dark w/ stock exhaust, mirrors, & beer tray heading west over the Ross Island Bridge.

10/22 at around 6:30pm, black Monster with high mount exhaust heading east on Burnside past the Crystal Ballroom.  Looked like DesmooOne.

Scott

I spot my bikes in the garage, everytime I come home...  [bang]  Would be better if I was riding them.

10/24  12:40 PM, M696 Dark w/ Termi pipes, at the intersection of SE 39th & SE Hawthorne.  [thumbsup]

Dark Monster w/high-mount metal cans, rider wearing black coat w/yellow shoulders and gray helmet, 10/28 @ 11:58AM, SE 9th & Grant - Portland (between Division & Hawthorne).

Just saw a red gt1000 riding next to a black monster.... on highway 99 in Tigard, in front of Fred Meyers.

Saw a white 696 today around 1:30ish on Division around 60th heading towards the river. 

2006 S2R800 Dark, with ceramic black ExBox exhaust parked in my garage...  :'(

Black 999 Ducati with CHESIRE MOTORSPORTS in the cool white lettering real big across the bottom of the bike.  Right next to a Paul Smart. Both parked in the Good Sam bike parking area in parking Garage #2.

Saw a very nice, black SportClassic at UPS on Monday... needs to change out the mirrors tho... Mickey doesn't belong on a Duc...

Me, yesterday, finally recovered enough from dislocating my knee-cap to get back on and ride, and rolled the bike over to 10000 miles!!!! Whoooohooo!!!! I know, I know, many of you have done this and much more many times over, but it is a first for me so phooey on you.

The Doc

PS: Odometer when I arrived home: 10010 miles.

10010 is 18 in binary. ;D

There are 11 types of people in the world.

Those who know binary,
those who don't,
and those who try to tell this joke out loud.

 ;D

The BIOS team I worked with on one product had t-shirts made up that said "I have an 11 inch penis." on the front.  On the back it said "In Binary"

 [laugh]

Is typing on a Message Board considered "Out Loud"?  How many people that type "LOL" actually have LAUGHED out loud when they type those 3 letters? 

Oh and Happy Halloween everyone!  :)

Spotted G and M today in P-town, they stopped by to see the squirt and we went to Wendy's.

Thanks for lunch guys!!

A 749 and an S*R Monster at the Sno Cap in Sisters... around lunch time on Saturday.

Black Monster w/rider all in black - heading W on River Road yesterday ~2PM.

Where is River Road? Maybe that was me. I was in all black riding around yesterday at 2pm.

It's also known as Scholls Ferry.

Goes from Tigard to 210/219 and out to Hillsoboro.  Go past some farms (including an Alpaca farm) and intersects with Farmington.

oh that road. nope wasnt me.

Dark Monster (695 - 620?) riding two up on California Avenue in West Seattle leaving the overlook.  [moto] Would have liked to cruise Alki with you, but had to get back to the office.

I went riding today and spotted nothing. Of course it was windy and cold and when I got off the bike, I used the exhaust as a hand warmer. But, it was worth it. Woo hoo!!!   [moto]

A dalmation.

I took a ride today, it was cold!

An owl.

I've ridden the last couple of nights, and it was in the 20's both nights on my way home... bike covered in frost, etc... I was totally fine (thank god for great gear) but seeing is another issue.  I had put the antifog stuff on my visor prior to riding, but last night the condensation actually frosted my vision and I had to stop at one point to scrape the inside of my visor... THAT sucked, not being able to see... that's the only issue I've ever had w/ my Shoei, it fogs up too much...  Oh and I didn't see ANY other riders either to work or obviously from work at 11pm...

chuck did you take acid again?

Try a rubbing a couple drops of diswashing liquid all around the inside.  It is just about impossible to buff it clear, but you can get it to the point where you can see well with only minor streaks.  I've tried everything, but this seems to work pretty well at keeping the fog/frost at bay. 

Roger that!.  The best anti fog, it only takes a bit to leave a "protective" film.  I did that to my ski goggles and glasses too.

They make a mask to wear under your helmet endorsed by British Super Bike riders too.

Fixed it for ya.  ;)  I grew up with two of 'em in the house.

A Leapard.

Also fixed for you. Used to fight crime with one.

A jugaur.
 [laugh]

Acne

Dirty wine glasses.

Kids with the chicken pox. (or measles, you just don't see a good case of the measles these days).

The Doc

what the hell are you guys talking about??  ???

feltching by Mr. Rackley.

"Spotted".   S p o t t e d.   S  p  o  t  t  e  d.    S   p   o   t   t   e   d.    S     p      o     t     t      e     d.   ;D

Apparently I am the only one out there actually riding in this beautiful weather we have here from November 1st to May 31st. So the only thing people spot is either me, or other, um, things with spots . . . (dang it, did I just somehow insinuate that I have the measles myself?)

The Doc

I have been riding about twice a week, im going riding today, tomarrow, Sat and Sun. As long as its not raining and im not working im riding. I dont take that long of rides (about 2 hrs round trip) but its still nice to get out.  Lately ive been taking more of a slow paced route, going out from beaverton up to skyline, over to Cornell i think it is, down over to HWY 30, back over to st. johns bridge over to marine drive, over to 1-5 then slab it back to beaverton. The roads in alot of routes i use to take for turns during the summer im trying to stay away from due to slickness. So for now, staying on the main roads or keeping it not too backroads works for me.

Yah, when i went out on Sunday the back roads were wettish and covered with leaves and stuff.  So it was more of a relaxed pace ride but still nice to get out for 2-3 hours.

My coat ripped out and it's out for repair so I won't be riding for the next week or 2.

So, I did Skyline a couple of times on Sunday. I passed a few bikes... what might have been a red monster 620 as I was flying by at one point. Quite a few Buells... none of which would waive back... all the Harleys waived though... and a mom on a Ninja 250 with a 6 year old kid on back. I can see Cierra doing that soon.   ;D

On Sunday I wound up going up to St. johns bridge, over to marine drive then taking that all the way down to 205, then over to clackamas town center then took the back roads to beaverton. I saw one monster, black going down marine drive the other direction. Marine Drive actually kicks ass, i didnt know how far down it went (along ways) at one point i was racing side by side with a jet while the columbia was on the other side. Beautiful ride and no traffic.  Fog though, lots and lots of fog.

Top of skyline... you rose about the fog... and you could see the mountains over the fog... it looked like a blanket of snow as far as the eye could see, with the mountains peeking out over the top and then deep blue skies above... it was cool... damn camera phones suck at capturing it though.

where were you at on skyline? At one point skyline hits cornelius pass road, there you have a choice either go right and go to hwy30, go left and go back to beaverton/hillsboro or go straight then up that hill (to the right) i think that is skyline as well?  Ive gone up there along ways that is fun too.

the day before thanksgiving (wednesday) Black monster 750/900?? High mount pipes pretty stripped down bike, came in Beaumont Market around 7pm or so wearing Icon jacket and helmet with a chrome bag... I was working and heard the bike start so I had to go to the front doors to look what it was.

I can't see taking a 6 year old on the back, I wouldn't trust that he could focus and stay holding on enough. Maybe when he's 10.  [cheeky]

I have a 6 year old, ive had him sit on the back of my bike just to see if he could reach the foot pegs. Nope, and hes big for his age. I wouldnt take him on it anyway. MC riding is crazy, were all crazy for doing it but i cant stop. Wouldnt feel right to take a kids life in my hands on a bike.

Spotted a Rider in all black on a monster w/a gloss black tank & a black frame filling up at the pump at the corner of HWY 99 and Holgate today (12/10/2008) at 4:00pm. I was driving past in the unmarked work van.

The Doc

Sounds like VEECTOR to me.

It wasn't me, unless somebody stole my ride. >:(

White 696 parked on the sidewalk on MLK @ NE Sacramento.  1/10/09 @ 12:30pm.

1/20/09, 2:25 PM, SE 39th & Division, Silver Dark heading west on Division.

Saw a Dark Monster on top of the Johnson Creek overpass as I went under last Saturday, late afternoon. Rider was in blue jeans and a black jacket.

Desmosedici RR Corner of Brookwood and Baseline in HB 6:30PMish 1/22.

went for a spin around town today.  Saw a Hypomotard at 13th and west Burnside heading east bound about 3:45.  Saw a black monster 800 or maybe 900 just a few later on NW 23rd.  Think i saw the same monster again at Motocorsa since he was heading that way.  Today was a day to get out there and ride, lots of bikes around town. 

I saw a Red UglyStrata yesterday while I went for a small ride... might have to do so again today... :)

Saw a orange sport classic westbound on Woodstock at about 10:45.

dammit two of the nicest days here in portland since fall and my bike is down for the count.

I don't even have that excuse... I'm stuck at work.  [bang]

I do gotta go order the belts and tear into the 12k valve job though... then mine'll be down for a weekend or two.  (one day if it needs no adjustment/shims, possibly multiple weekends if I have to order shims)

Rode to work the last two days, so nice!  It's just a teaser though.  No doubt 6-8 weeks of rain and cold is now on the way.

Spotted a rider on a dark colored Monster coming with me west across the Ross Island Bridge.  You were behind so I only saw you at the end when we split, you went north and I went south.

Scott

I rode. In the Snow. It was cold. Really Cold. So cold I had to stick my hands in a pitcher of luke-warm water when I got to work b/c they were so frozen.

The Doc

Red monster on 173rd and about Walker... Aloha'ish... about 2:15 pm.... Red sport classic'y lookin thang about 40 minutes later on some scholls - sherwood back roads. Lots of baggers... not a lot of sport bikes... may be the lack of hand warmers on most sport bikes.

Red monster with termi's this am on the corner of NW22nd and Lovejoy around 7:50am.

Ton of bikes out today... the only monster I saw was a tri colore on Oleson.... nice riding... woo hooo

saw a beautiful monster parked in the beaverton high school parking lot today at 4:30pm

You think one of them high school kids rode it? Man I hope it was a cool teacher... and not a 16 year old.

no it was sitting by itself, school was way out and all the kiddies were gone.  Hopefully it was a teachers......

Those damn teachers make too much money then. Always complaining that they don't  >:(

Ya don't suppose it belonged to the janitor  :-\

I only wanted to make sure that it wasn't some kid. We all had to wait till we were older till we got ours. It just wouldn't be fair if somebody had one at 16.  ;D

I hear ya. I get mad if i see someone in thier early 20's get one.  [thumbsup]

I saw a Captain America today crossing the intersection at SE 50th & Powell. Gad dam that was cool.

Monster dark heading east on sr500 before 54th. Lovely day for a ride.  [moto]

Passed a red 999 with a couple Kawks westbound on Marine Drive today @ 5:00.

SR800 dark in west linn today.  sounded sweet

~JD

Dark monster with rider all in black, perhaps carrying a messenger type bag? Headed North on 28th between Steel and Holgate at 3:30pm today. I was headed South towards Reed on my '05 620Dark, wearing all dark gear w/tinted shield and an orange Repsol bag. We both waved.

The Doc

Dark monster... rider had on a yellow jacket... on Oleson... this morning like 9ish?

Red Monster w/flyscreen fairing Northbound on I-5 @ 5:15pm yesterday near Delta Park. I waved from my Monster Southbound.

The Doc

Dark 2000 monster 750 at the gas station on the corner of Lovejoy and 22nd. I stopped to talk to the guy, he works for ICON down on the corner there. I had seen him almost every morning riding his monster there to work. Real nice guy, designer at ICON. Had the lucky 13 helmet on. Monster has some tasty mods on it. Anyways, i told him about the DMF here and he said he doesnt have an account on here but comes here for tech issues. He seemed stoked about the rides we go on, and said hed love to join us for some rides. Anyways, im gonna email him maybe we can get him to join our flock. Im going down there to ICON to get the latest catalogue he said hed give me some decals as well.

I wonder if we could do a group buy on some stuff...I need some summer time pants.

He probably knew mason.

I saw a yellow monster parked at the corner of Alder and Broadway last night at about 4:50.

Oh and I ended up parking on the fourth floor balcony of the Portland Center for the Performing Arts last night. Aren't freight elevators handy?

The Doc

White 848 on Scholls Ferry Road @ Washington Square, headed towards Ryan's house.  I was in the UPS truck heading the other way, at 5:45pm.

 [evil] [thumbsup]

Who was on the other bike?


Is Julie an aunt yet?

3/23 @ 12:25 PM, Beaverton, SW 5th St & SW Lombard, black/tang Monster w/clip ons and high mount CF pipes, heading east on 5th.

that was me.  I just finished changing my oil and was doing a run around the block. I thought that was you victor in the UPS truck as you went by. I think the tang part is the new decal i put on last week, got rid of the gold old school one and going for the tang!

Salt were you riding in the same area last friday?

 No it wasn't, you don't have CF high mounts, you have shorty-stocker-low-mounts that we cut the nuts out of!  [laugh]

Yeah but i was there at 12:30 on 5th and lombard, and went right past a UPS truck i was headin east as the truck was going west.  Maybe cause my pipes are painted black victor thought they were termis. I dont know.

vic what was he wearing,  i had on a black jacket /black camo pants with an icon helmet (silver/black/flames) with a silver reflective face shield.

dammit maybe it is another monster ........

no i just got my tank back on a few days ago. Today was my first ride in like 3 months.

 [thumbsup] Congrats man! That's gotta feel good for ya. Any pics of the refinished tank? No leakys  :)

I think I spotted the Silver Surfer just now!

yeah im stoked, tanks better than new i learned a ton in the process and i got a new decal on the tank. Dam it felt good to roll down the street again even if it was only a few blocks.  Im ready and waiting for the good weather, think this thursday, friday and sat im riding if the forecast stays the same. Ill take a pic of my bike, i also got a pair of heel guards and had them powecoated black and put on.

saw a black S4RS at work, 17th and Mcbrod

That sounds like it.  I didn't get a good look at the pipes, so I could be wrong on the high mounts.  Besides, how many UPS trucks can there be at that intersection? ;D

word.

Well last friday I spotted what seemed to be a female riding a Dark monster none S*R in downtown P town in the afternoon.

(Salty, I was getting ready to take a stab at how feminine you look)  :D

Wonder who it was.

~JD

Passed a two-up Dark Monster getting ready to turn east onto Halsey from NW 223rd, around 1PM.

John and I did a long ride... spotted lots of cool things.   :-)   Dark monster in Vernonia... driver looked familiar.   [moto]

Monsters everywhere in NE. saw a Dark parked at place called Pause on Interstate, and another Dark with Red frame going towards the place.  I rode with a Red S4R today. Does that count? lol

And it has been confirmed, I saw JohnnyD coming back on I5 SB today too. :)

. . . and he was bone-tired, too.

Fun ride today with Ryan. 

Stopped at the McMenamins Grand Lodge in Forest grove for a rest.  1st time there for me - very cool place.

Bazillions of bikes out today.

Spotted a red monster on 26 heading west at around 3 45.  no clue on model.

~JD

Hey JohnnyD, was that you I saw on 205 northbound around 10am?  Red/white stripe Monster S4R or S4Rs, rider wearing a red/white/black Ducati jacket.  Followed us for a bit, passed, then peeled off onto I-84 West.  I was riding the red SS, followed by my bro on his scorched yellow Triumph 675.  If that wasn't you, then you have a copycat riding around.  ;)  Saw the Monster rider give a low wave when pulling in front... I waved back, but dunno if you/the rider was looking in the mirror at the moment.

Also spotted a black Multistrada riding alone out by McIver State Park near Estacada.

I think those are the first Ducs I've seen out in the wild this season.

Time of day is pretty close, and I did head up that way.  I vaguely remember seeing the yellow Trump.  Didn't you merge onto 205 from Foster or was it Powell?

I'm sorry I didn't recognize your SS (I love those btw) so I must have been paying attention to traffic instead.

I would have ridden along, but, er, um, you know, that damned Testatretta has that sticky open trhottle problem ;D.

Hope you had a good day riding.

The ride from Banks to Vernonia.... like 1 leo per mile... total saturation patrol on that stretch... then leaving Vernonia we had one tail us the 7 miles till the turn off. Did not see anybody pulled over, but they were really out in force to keep us reasonably safe.   [leo]

Close... we came around the cloverleaf at Johnson Creek.  All I remember seeing when I went to clear traffic & merge was a whole passel of motorcycles filling the rearview mirror.  Not surprised you saw the yellow Trumpy but not the SS, the staggered formation Dave and I were riding in meant I would have been obscured until you were nearly alongside.


I totally understand.  Mine has a related problem... periodically when exiting a particularly sweet corner, that Supersport just seems to get a little overexuberant and linger on WOT a little longer than is prudent.  [evil]



Thankfully for the little group I was with on Sunday, Clackamas County Sheriffs' officers seemed to be preoccupied with patrolling areas other than rural Clackamas County.  ;D

I spotted a red/gold M900 at school (bcc) and passed him on my way home on I90.  he got off in issaquah

I spotted somebody on a Monster with a red frame wearing red and black headed North on I-5 near the Rose Center. I couldn't see what color the tank was, it might have been red or black. I waved from my 620Dark wearing all black with my standard Repsol backpack and my LEGO visor. They waved back. I was headed south and we saw each other through the pillars supporting an overpass. This was at about 8:45am today.

The Doc

Whazzat?

Lego vizor... its a plastic sheet you put over your vizor... makes it look like you are a lego man... yellow face with smile on it.... ya know?

This comment is useless with out pictures.

Are you talking about tear-offs?  Bug to face, rip off a layer of plastic to get a clear view?

Going out on a wild limb, here, but this has to be my guess.

(http://www.vintageinkonline.com/images/stories/arai-legoweb.jpg)

Bwaaaa haaaaa haaaaaa!

LOVE IT!  [thumbsup]

Getcher visor here:

http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=19437.msg385375#msg385375 (http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=19437.msg385375#msg385375)

Yes, that is exactly what I am talking about. I will try to get the wife to take a couple of pics of me on my Duc with it on. It is a ton of fun in traffic, especially when little kids wave like crazy!

The Doc

Custom blue Monster heading East on Division.

Bree on HWY 10 heading East?

 [laugh] [laugh] [laugh]

That is friggin hilarious!  I can just see the smiles and laughter from little kids.  ;D

Okay folks, here thay are, photos of me wearing my Lego face.

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Saw a monster parked on the sidewalk in front of 24 hour fitness at mall 205 around 5:40.  Not sure what kind of monster it was because i didn't go over and look at it. 

Saw a hypomotard with a blue SV on the klickitat loop today.   

Saw a Dark 696 parked in front of a little bar on the corner of Morrison and Grand in Portland today at about 3pm. I stopped and went in to see whose it was, but couldn't find anyone who was the owner and nobody knew whose it was. A couple of guys came  out and looked at my bike (Dark620) and the 696 and then I left. The bartender didn't know whose bike it was. It had High-mount Termis on it. Anybody know whose bike this was.

The Doc

Johny Ducati in Estacada heading out of town north and then again heading East out of Stevenson - Yes?

I was coming back from Ripplebrook through Estacada about 1:00 PM-ish.  Then headed home.  Got home about 2:00 ish.

Were you riding, Chuck?  Don't know how I could have missed you.

Didn't go to Stevenson.  Must have been some other handsome devil that looked like me.  :)

JD

Lotsa Ducatis out on Saturday!  Of course, I was up in NW P-town near MotoCorsa, so seeing numerous Ducs on a sunny day up there is to be expected.  ;)

First one was a black Monster 696 I parked the SS next to at Zupan's around 10-10:30am.  Then shortly therafter I heard another Duc go by on 23rd, but couldn't see it from where I was at the tables in front of Peet's Coffee.  Went up to MotoCorsa, then headed out on their little test-ride loop before making my way back down to EDR.  Found a pair of Icon Field Armor kevlar undershorts on closeout, so I picked up a pair.  *shrug*  It's better then nothin' when one is wearing jeans around town.

Silver B-17G flying west over Beaverton, 4/20/09 @ 3:10pm. [thumbsup]

you saw a B-17??

or

were you celebrating 420?

i saw it too, i was taking a break in NW portland having a smoke, heard a very distint plane sound looked up and there it was! Good thing i wasnt the only one that saw it. It was around 3:00pm i saw it today.

That's badass! You both saw it so it wasn't a ghost ship trippin', or was it? Could of been

In town for tours... check today's paper if you want to fly in it.

4/21 @7pm.  Monster Dark w/high mount cf pipes, parked on SE 37th & Holgate.

Red/white S4R parked on SE Holgate @ 32nd, 4/23, 8:00AM

~10:30am Thursday, headed east on the Ross Island Bridge.  Dark Monster with high pipes.  I was in the black GTI goin' the other way.

Mid-90's Monster 900, red over bronze frame.  Leo Vince high-mount cans, in aluminum, stainless, or Ti (couldn't tell which).  Stopped at a light on those convoluted streets between the west end of the Ross Island Bridge and the onramp for I-405/Hwy26 at 6th Street, ~7:20pm Friday night.  Rider was fiddling with his silver/chrome Napoleon-style barend mirror.  I was sittin' in the cage right next to ya.  Notable: Rider had red-framed sunglasses on under his helmet.

Wow, that a detailed description. :o


Did you get the color of the riders eyes too?  ;)

No you wanker... sunglasses.  Otherwise, I was close enough I could have.  ;)

Details start to pop out when you're stuck at a stoplight and a cool old-skool Monster stops alongside.  Maybe 8 feet away for 45 sec to 1 min.




Oh, and what's up with seeing no other Ducs today?  Sallies.  [cheeky]  I was out on the SS... and got caught in the cold rain.  Had to stop by the Corsa Cafe to warm up.

Just followed a Dark Monster with low pipes from E84 onto 5S.  You turned off at the Terwilliger exit.  I was in the purple Honda hatchback.

Scott

Wow!  Lots of motos out today, even though it was a bit brisk.  [moto]  [thumbsup]

Black Ducati ST (newer one with the later-style headlight) with bags, Stafford Rd overpass over I-205, around 2:30-2:45.  I was on the red SS coming up from the freeway, ST rider waved as they went by.

Yellow Ducati ST (older style headlight) riding with a YamaKawiHonZuki something-or-other in Wilsonville a short while later, at a stoplight along Wilsonville Rd.  Maybe 2:40-2:50ish.  Again, I was the rider on the red SS who waved while going by.

Red with white numberplate 749/999 in Newberg on Hwy 99, probably around 3pm.  That bike's color scheme looked kinda familiar.  ;)

Once the sun broke through the clouds, it was a beautiful day for riding through wine country!

PSSR Day today... lots of ducs out there... 1098 with a custom fairing that turned one of the headlights into a super spy video camera mount... very kick ass... wish I had my camera.

Aren't you supposed to still be at the track?

Tired and sick... and my damn tent got blown over... so I packed it up at 2. I only missed a session.

another swine flu victim.

... and it started to sprinkle... and I didn't have my rain tires. 

I swear... this must be that damn swine flu... aaargh.

Fixed it for you!  [evil]

Passed a red Monster with white stripe, red frame, on Marine Drive today around 4.

Grey / Black monster with red frame. This morning, 7 am... at 72nd by Costco in Tigard.

I was in my ambulance eye make the beast with two backsing somebody on a red Monster with those kick ass high angle carbon Termi's with the slash cut tips

wearing a grey Ducati jacket

on 217...Thursday night

What were you doing on 217?

" . . . eye make the beast with two backsing somebody on a red Monster . . . "

Don't you read?

Besides that. [roll]

AMR usually doesn't roll on the west side.

Was kinda surprised I didn't spot any Duc riders yesterday.

I went for a ride on my b-day.  All of 26 years old!  ;D  So yeah, went down to Oregon City, then out Redland Rd, cut across on Fellows Rd to Highland Rd, made my way down to Hwy 211, west on 211 to the Tulip Festival near Woodburn.  Hung out with some friends for a while, then meandered back.  It was high overcast filtering the sunlight, but the temp was great, even in my perf'd jacket.  Saw plenty of other bikes, but no Ducs.  :-\  Oh yeah, all riders --even the Harley riders-- were in a charitable waving mood.  [thumbsup]

Saw a few Ducs out today... did some riding on the 848 two up... stopped by Corsa and did the Multi Strada two up as well.... damn that it the most comfortable two up bike I have ever ridden..... aargh... now I need another bike.  [bang]

Nah . . . just give me the 848 and buy the Multi.  No need for another bike.  :D

pearl 696 on the milwaukie expressway 30 minutes ago

A friend of mine was looking over the SS today... she's like 5'-nothing.  Made the comment that someone her size could probably ride on that backseat, but she was asking about whether a taller person like her friend (5'10") would fit.  My reply was: "A Ducati Multistrada is my next bike, for that very reason"... I've heard favorable reviews from 6' women riding backseat on it; it's a great 2-up bike.

Saw a white S4R ride past while I was sitting there at work... *sniff*  Must've come off of the Parkway and then went past my work, then right onto Wilson heading east over the Parkway...

Um, I haven't lived in Oregon long, but I don't think there's an Interstate 94 here....

Did you mean 84? Or post in the wrong local section?

No worries man.  [thumbsup]

red & white S2R at the Gemini(?) State and A st in LO

5/14, @ 5:50PM, M620 Dark w/high mount Termi CF pipes, CF belly pan, LED integrated tail light, heading south on 217 to I5 south to Bridgeport Village exit. [moto] [thumbsup]

Nice KBC Stealth helmet. ;)

Yellow 620 stopped and asked what we were shooting downtown outside the Custom's Building around 1pm. Always puts a smile on my face when I see another Duc. And I needed it, because it was a rough day.

Red w/white stripe S2R parked downtown (Bend) seen it several times now... who are you and will you entertain me? [drink]

Dan at MotoCorsa 5/16 @ 11AM.

Rode down to the Rhododendron Fest in Florence for the weekend.

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Find the only three Ducs in a sea of Harleys pictured above. Ironic that the only Monster was parked next to a white, albeit older, Toyota Supra--I own one of each. :D

Ran over a nice asphalt seam next to a railroad crossing in Harrisburg. Rear tire hit my plate, plate hit my light and knocked off the lens. So if anyone finds it there on the tracks, please pick it up for me. Alternatively, I'll order a new one, or make Chuck give mine back. Probably the former. I wouldn't want anything that's been Chuck'd up.

Just kidding, Chuck. You probably think I'm a real mother Chuck'r making jokes at your expense. Hope you had a good Chuck'n day, Chucklehead.

S2R 800 dark waiting for her friends at after the road construction on S. Century drive.  Saw one of their friends parked under a shade tree little later outside of Sunriver.  Didn't look so happy.... ??? 

Yesterday, noonish getting gas on Hwy 30 MH900. Rider in black with jeans.  A little later in Vernonia,  a trio of yellow Ducati goodness, 749/999, Monster s*r, and another Ducati sportbike thing.  The Apiary loop was a great ride yesterday. Everyone was in a waving mood.

Ok, fess up. Who were you?? Saw two red Monsters, travelling southbound on Murray Blvd, passing Hoyt I think it's called that anyway. About to go up the big hill on Murray towards Haggens. Damn hedge was between us, couldn't see the specifics of your bikes. :(

Not I said rabbit.

5/18

999s at the Bimbo Bakery on SW 5th St in Beaverton @! 2:45 PM.

Red/white S2r with Angel Eyes Headlights  [thumbsup] parked on SW Corbett Ave, 7:20 PM.

I've seen that S2R before

Veector, MotoCorsa, Saturday.  Yeah, this is just the flipside of his post.  ;)  I'm just now getting around to this weekend's sightings...

Sunday, sometime between 12:30 and 1:30, yellow 749/999 headed north on I-205 near the Johnson Creek overpass.  I was headed southbound on the SS... we were both lookin' right at each other as we went by.

Sunday evening, not sure what time (7ish? maybe?), black 1098S on Sunnyside Rd.  I think it was the same bike headed east that my bro and I went by, then he turned around and followed us west on Sunnyside to I-205, where the 1098 turned onto 205 Northbound.  If that wasn't the same bike, then I saw two black 1098s headed opposite directions within five minutes of each other between 122nd and I-205 on Sunnyside.

If that was anyone on here, I was on the red/white SS and my bro was on the yellow Triumph 675 Daytona.

I passed a dark monster who was headed North on the 205 bridge at about 7 am today. I was headed South and have seen this bike in the same spot several times in the last few weeks. I guess I'm always headed to school at about 7am and whoever this guy is heads the other direction at the same time. I was on my newly named Dark620. Her name is "Zerafina", in Hebrew it means 'On Fire!'

The Doc

Spotted Doc heading West on Woodstock alongside Reed College (this was back on Friday, shortly before noon).

First I noticed the Monster approaching at a distance.  Next I saw the orange backpack straps and thought, "Hmm, that's awful familiar."  Then I saw the Lego face and laughed out loud as I realized who it was.  Man, I've got to get one of those :)

Me: Dark 750 w/high-mount Termis heading East; blue jeans, anthracite Shoei helmet and black Dainese jacket.  Peace sign down low.

Cheers,
Andy

Yeah I saw the high mount Termis and literally thought "wait, I'M on my bike!!" I saw you, but was a little busy dealing with a woman in a Lexus who had been tailgating me for about three miles down Woodstock.

I work at Reed College for the catering company on campus and rode through this year's Renn Fayre wearing that Lego face. It was great.

The Doc

5/28,  two sightings

1st:  SW Western & SW 5th St in Beaverton, 11:40AM, Monster Dark w/high mount cans and bar end mirrors.

2nd:  SW Scholls Ferry Rd @ 217 overpass, 6:40PM, Monster 750/900, Red w/gold frame, rider in shorts. :P

Black or dark monster on 84 headed eastbound at around 530-545 today. Rider had a black jacket on.

ETA: Also saw a VStrom with a bicycle strapped to the back seat.

That's one prepared adventure rider! [thumbsup]



  ;D

6/8/09, two sightings, both in Beaverton.  1st, SW Murray Rd @ 5:45 PM, Red S4Rs with rider & passenger in t-shirts and shorts. :P

2nd, SW Hart Rd, Black M6965 or M1100, I didn't get a look at the swingarm.

Blasphemy!  Profanity!  I weep at the vulgarity of these S4Rs apostates!  :'(

(Nah, not really.  I just saw an opportunity to use funny catholic werds!   [laugh])

Sunday evening, ten minutes to 8, I-84 just east of Troutdale.  I was headed east, saw a gaggle of sportbikes including a black over red frame 1098s headed west.  Couldn't tell what all else was in the pack, other than a couple YamaKawiHonZukis.  Might've been another Duc or 'priller in the group.

Man... it was a beautiful day here in Hood River today.  Hope it keeps up tomorrow.  Methinks the SS needs ridden to work.  [moto]  And maybe taken out at lunch.  [evil]

Yesterday about 3 in the afternoon I saw a red 1098 heading north on 39th by Division. Flat Black Shoei helmet with a brown t-shirt

Cherry looking red monster, DSS, low stock-looking pipes, no tail chop, M620/695/750/900 ? parked in front of the "GUN BROKER" pawn shop on 82nd Drive in Old Clackamas (down from the Clack. Post Office) at precisely 12:20 PM today.

So, which one of you is packing heat, eh?   ;D

White 696/1100 headed down Division near 50th. Only saw it for a split second so I couldn't tell  you much about it.

That wasn't me... but, yeah, anyway...  ;)

---------------

Spotted a group of motorbikes today parked outside The Inn of the White Salmon.  Two Multistroodles, a couple of BMW R1100S, and one or two other bikes that I didn't catch the make of.  Man, wish I had one of those 'stradas and was out touring.  The weather was great today (though it did get a tad muggy later on).

If it isn't raining tomorrow, I think the SS will get to wake up and make its way down the hill to work.  Maybe it'll even get to stretch its legs a little, taking the scenic route on the way home.  ;)

Monster rolled past me at Burnside and 242nd in Gayshum around 6PM. Looked to be a 620, and most importantly, was yellow. High five, brother.

I saw a yellow monster headed west on 26 out of P-town yesterday at about 6pm, the rider was wearing a small orange backpack (maybe a camelback) and I think they took exit 69a? I can't remember for sure. My wife, kid, and I were in our tiny little red Hyundai Accent, my wife waved but I didn't think they saw her. Probably wouldn't recognize us anyway, at least not me while no ton the bike.

The Doc

Red Sport Classic or Paul Smart on Grand a few blocks North of  Holiday.

Dark monster... high mount pipes... I think... Hoboken Wednesday night... 10 ish.... but I had a tad of a drink on.

Well I finally saw one in the wild. :o Red Streetfighter headed up SE Powell around 7-8, can't remember exactly. I saw the headlight in the distance and as it got closer....damn that thing looks [evil] while it's rollin down the road. I want one to [moto] on.

Mother saw a Streetfighter too on his way to work the other day.

I wanna test ride one but I can't even get it off the kickstand.

Yeah I want to test ride one too, but then I'd have to sell a kidney or knock over a bank to pay for one.  Plus my monster's plenty to get my into trouble, I sure don't need twice the power.

Yellow 1098 heading South out of Tigard on 99W 2:30ish.

White 696 (1100?) going south from St. Paul, Oregon on whatever that road is.  I think it had Termi pipes. 

I was going north, having gone across the Wheatland ferry.  BTW, St. Paul is getting fired up for the rodeo next weekend.

Closing speed must have been, um, let's see . . . let X=speed of red S4Rs going north, let Y=speed of 696 heading south, so the closing speed Z=X+Y, so that makes it about, uh . . . a lot.

 ;D

Enginerds  [roll]


 ;D




I'm game if you need an accomplice

Two crazy monsters tricked out in SoHo district in front of Ducati dealer in Manahtten

TTIWWOP [evil]

Enginerds... yes, and proud of it!  [cheeky]

So yeah, saw a red Multi parked outside the Rodeway Inn in Stevenson, WA.  Sometime between 8:30 and 9 on Sunday night.  I was on my way back out to White Salmon.

Went for a great ride that day... down 35 from Hood River, across 26 to ZigZag, Barlow Trail Rd to Marmot Rd.  Stopped at a friend's place for a BBQ gig, hung out, used the SS as a baby picture prop (gotta indoctrinate them young ;) ).  Rode from Sandy up 26 to 257th, north to the Historic Columbia River Hwy, stopped for the obligatory pic at Vista House (nearing sunset... beautiful view of the Gorge sunlit from the west), down past all the falls, across Bridge of the Gods, then SR-14 back to my place in White Salmon.  Rolled in just as it was starting to get dark.  That was a darn-near perfect Sunday.

Will post the obligatory pic as soon as I can get it off my phone and into Photobucket.

that is my favorite ride but I take ten eyck out through aims to get to the vista house

It's definitely a great ride.  [thumbsup]  The weather this weekend was fricken spot-on, too.

I was gonna try taking Ten Eyck up through Aims, but after looking at the map, and seeing how low the sun was getting, I really didn't want to miss a turn and wind up wandering around out there.  I'll give it a shot next time I'm out that way in the middle of the day, because that looks like a neat area to ride through.  Think I've been through there once before, but we were heading the other way (from Corbett to Sandy).

Red Monster of some sort, headed west on I-84, near exit 22 (Corbett), about ten miles out of from Troutdale.  I think you saw me headed east on the red SS.

Black Multistroodle headed east on SR-14, middle of Stevenson, WA, ~1:30pm.  I was headed west in my cage, black GTI, so I doubt the rider noticed me specifically.

The morning was beautiful for riding... air was still moderate to cool, with sunshine-warmed asphalt... that was bliss.

Maybe that was Ryan, tryin' out the new ride.  [thumbsup]

I thought the same as it approached... but no.  This one was a little too... "broken-in"... and when he went by, eyeball-to-eyeball, it was obvious the rider wasn't Ryan.

Plus the fact that when it is Ryan, the surrounding area is suspended in time and the asphalt smooths over before his front wheel... or some coolass Chuck Norris type of thing  [bow_down]   8)

Yeah... wasn't me... I have like 400 miles on her now... 350 of it two up... the other 50 are skyline.  ;D

Spotted a silver multi with hard cases on Division by 34th today around noon-1ish and then a black monster with ti termis headed east on Powell by 30th around 3.

Saw a rider on some red SS type with yellow helmet and black and yellow jacket (Hey!  That's my look!) on Cervantes in Lake O over the weekend.  This was looking down from my dining room so you would not have seen me.

Scott

Northbound 101, just south of Tillamook, yesterday around 1ish, all black Monster and gear.

2001 M900 dark w/DP CF low mounts & Cyclecat Clipons.  7/09/09, @ 13:00, Beaverton, Sw Eriksen @ Sw 10th St. [thumbsup]

NIce talkin' with ya.

7/11, 4:00pm, Red 1098 going past my house, twice.  Later a Black Monster w/CF Termis

You're being stalked!

7/15, 12:30, Eugene off Franklin Blvd at Evergreen Indian Restaurant- Tricolore under a fully enclosed leather tank bag... Nice Bike!
I was walking back to safe bike parking near work and snapped a picture!

 (http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3483/3724053415_093e65ecf6_b.jpg)

Safe Travels!

For a second I thought that green bike rack in the background was some sort of tubular off road headlight protector.  Seemed close enough to the Tri-colore green...

Scott

Yeah... uh... no, no that is not what that is. Correct you are in the close colore match. Even the fact that it is tubular, totally tubular... but no Scott. No!  [roll]

 [laugh]

friday the 17th.
Spotted a white and red Ducati headed north on Hwy 53 at 7:30 and then again headed south on 53 at 8:30. Never been on that road before but definitly going to take a ride on it soon. [moto]

That fat guy with the gaudy jacket on his Yellow monster following a red 749.  Heading south on 47.

749 started to wash out mid corner.   :o  (Neikos?) tapped the brakes, changed line, passed him on the inside, powered out into the next corner and was gone . . .  Guy on 749 slowed way down and was left behind.

Rossi ain't got nuthin  [bow_down]

Possible spotting.  Ryan. White 848. Last Saturday 18th.  Highway 101 going south with some cruisers.  WTF

Could it be you?  :o

~JD

Nah... that was my buddy Robert...  I swapped the 848 for a Fuglystrada.

you even gave him your leather jacket?  You bought a Multistroodle? waaaah!  [moto]

~JD

Red and white Monster heading west on Scholls/River Road 6:15AM.  SSS aftermarket exhaust.  Rider wearing red/black jacket, red helmet, jeans, hiking boots, and black Intel back pack - for shame not wearing better gear <wagging naughty finger> please take better care of yourself.

We love you.

620 dark monster going up Oleson road around 8ish... rider in cargo shorts and polo shirt.

Red Monster turning onto Lockhaven from River down here in Keizer, Friday around 6 PM.

Yellow monster, termis, ducati steering damper, all kinds of cool goodies... Times Square Manhattan parked on the street... I stopped to take a pic.  [thumbsup]

Black 999 parked corner Division and 30th.  Used to be a buddy of mines bike, but I guess it got sold within the last week. Someone is lucky

Plastic, new style, White Monster.  Riding East on Mission / 22 in Salem.  Rider wearing yellow jacket and red helmet.  Today 11:45 ish.  Dude, upgrade your cans, I couldn't even hear it in traffic next to me.

Blue M1100 on SE Powell, @ 8:00 AM heading east.

What?  what is this place?  A virtual forum . . . on the internet . . . about motorcycles . . .

My brain . . . is aching . . . (holds head) . .. . I seem to remember this place.    :o

lol

Yes, I suck.  I haven't posted since I can't remember when.

Daniel - did I see you southbound on I-205 at 2:45 PM, just north of Johnson Creek? 

I was north-bound in the cage.

Spotted: 1 Honey Bucket in Victor's front yard.

I rode my bicycle, bicycle, I rode my bicycle by there today and spotted Kro's yard-dumper I did. Nice idea for the summer months bro.  8)

 [laugh] ur house looks awsome, and the garage too!

no i'm not spying or checking up on u, beat it

On Sunday the 29th?  Quite probably.  I was on the bike that weekend.  Can't say I was right there at 2:45pm, but I would have been headed southbound sometime between 1pm and 3pm, and yep, I'd have gone past Johnson Creek.  Seeing how there's only one of my SS that anyone knows of in the Portland area (with the tail cowling and whatnot)... odds are good ya spotted me.


So yeah, apparently there's somebody who lives/works here in Bingen or nearby that rides a red Ducati ST with factory hard bags.  I dunno how many times I've seen him on SR-14 on the main drag through Bingen now.  Gonna have to look closer to see whether it's an ST2 or ST4.  It has the early-style headlight.

You can take anything you want out of the dumpster, just don't put anything in. [evil]

Woman on a white M1100, heading north on SE 39th between Holgate & Powell.  9/12/09 @ 8:40AM.

Older black and silver gray Cagiva sport bike heading North on Barbur this morning around 8:00, rider in black helmet and jacket.

Scott

Red 696 at the Keizer Starbuck's in front of Roth's today about noon.

And a white/red S4rs westbound on I-84 around Parkrose at 2:30, saw your forks shining from a mile away.

I think I saw RandimusMaximus the other day (um, or maybe it was today, wow I am tired) at Stapleton and SR500 when I was pulling onto SR500 to head to work. WHoever it was was on a red Monster and wearing all black gear with red stitching on it. We both waved, I was riding Zerafina, wearing all black with a bit of silver on the arms, and my standard Repsol bag'o'many colors on my back.

The Doc

PS: I start back at school on Monday the 5th of Oct. School loans will let me get a new comp to replace this ancient P3 Dell running XP, and that one thread looks promising about the Windows 7 for students at a reduced price.

That was actually me  ;).  I live just a bit farther down 4th plain. 

Oh, duh, I knew that (I did say I was tired when I wrote that), I knew it was you I just typed the wrong thing. Eh well, I waved anyways.

The Doc

Spotted Saltlick on 10/16 at his house in Beaverton.  He answered the door as I was delivering a package to him. [bacon]

Dark Monster, parked at Court and Capitol in Salem.  Today Noonish.

Black Monster with high pipes, 800?  Rider wearing all black rain gear and matte black helmet.  Saturday I-5 South out of Portland, 1:30ish in the cats - & - dogs rain.  I was driving the VW Touareg next to and behind you so no one would pass and splash you.  You got off at the Multnomah exit.

Saturday, saturday, saturday, ummm, nope that wasn't me. I didn't ride that day.

The Doc

Hey JohnnyD, were you out enjoying the sunshine on your S4Rs on Sunday afternoon?  Sometime between 2 and 3?  I saw your jacket & bike combo crossing Hwy 212 at the intersection of 135th Ave/Hubbard Rd (by Precision 4 Wheel Drive).  Gawd I've missed the sound of a Ducati... winter sucks!  Nice to hear yours come uncorked as you goosed it across the intersection.  ;)  Wish I'd been out on the bike.  I was in the red Durango, turning left onto 212, on my way to Sandy.

Red 1098 parked in front of the Home Depot on Andresen in Vancouver Last Saturday (Jan 9th) at about 6 pm or so. I didn't see anyone in there with a helmet, but I was looking! I ran in real quick with my wife and baby (okay so 15 monthes iss't so much of a baby anymore) so we weren't there for long. I can't remember if I have seen it there before, perhaps the 1098 belongs to an employee.

The Doc

I saw Crow-lick on 23rd waiting at the light to wheelie onto the freeway on saturday.

Musta been mackin on whatever chicks hang out at motorcosa these days.

 [beer]

Was that you on the Multi?

We were in our new car.   8)

No wonder I didn't recognize you. [evil]

When you "new", do mean brand new? I don't believe it. You wouldn't.

5 yrs old, by far, the newest car I've ever owned.   [thumbsup]

In fact, it might be the first car I've ever owned with fewer than 200,000 miles.   [clap]

damn hippies

red streetfighter turning left onto Hwy 224 from 82nd drive at 18:53 021710

Saw a dude pull a Chuck leaving Motocorsa on an 848 test ride . . .

You know . . . drop a brand new bike . . .

Dudes' OK.  Pieces parts fell off the bike when they stood it up to wheel it into the service bay  :-\

And now Arun's got bigger dollar signs in his eyes.  [evil]

 [laugh]  Something has to support his Desmosedici habit.

(He told Erica and I he owned one... or he at least was riding one out in my neck of the woods late last year)

that big steel plate and loose gravel still right there in the middle of the motocorsa street?

Yep.  That's what the guy went down on.  Spun the tire on the metal and crash.

Saw a first generation red on red monster on SR-500 headed West between the Andresen exit and the Stapleton exit last Friday at about 7am. I was headed East on my Dark Duke 'Zerafina'.

I also think I saw a SportClassic headed North on 122nd  right off the exit from I-84 that same morning, I was approaching the light from the exit, and only got a quick glance.

The Doc

I saw a chick in knee high boots and a skirt on a dark monster riding down Hall today. I was jogging... I did a double take.  [thumbsup]

This spotting useless without pics.

Sorry... Dont usually jog with a camera.

What good are you!?

just for the record it was not me..........I dont have knee boots. Must've been Krolik. [laugh]
BGB

Busted!  :-*

3/13/10, 17:30, Fred Meyer at SE Hawthorne & 39th, Jon Fay buying groceries. :)

lies

it's well known that jon fay lives entirely on strippers

Well, maybe it was his sister that was buying the groceries & he was just there with her. ;D

I forgot until just now, I saw a black on red monster parked on Washington in downtown Vancouver last Saturday at about 2:30pm or so.

The Doc

Black Monster headed southbound on I-5 about 4:00 today north of Woodburn.

Forgot to mention a red frame S4Rs headed southbound on I-5 on the 19th at around 2:30 PM at Woodland.
And a Monster going up an off-ramp in downtown Seattle on the 26th, with a burgundy tank and a white frame. Weeeieiiriieieirirrd.

Black/dark monster w/low mount CF pipes on SW Jamison Rd in Beaverton, 3/31 @ 1415PM

Dark Monster with stock pipes, 3rd & Cascade in Hood River (near the main drag), 1:05pm today.  I was too far away to see/hear any other identifiable characteristics.

I saw Ciera getting off East-bound I-84 onto South-bound I-205 yesterday between 8:30 and 9am. She was driving an older model white Civic. I was in the red Hyundai Accent 2door that swapped places with you in the interchange lane or whatever its called.

The Doc

Nope, that weren't meh.

Really, wow, I would have sworn it was you. Since it wasn't then I guess it was just a really uncanny resemblance, oh or maybe you have a twin that you don't know about. That girl looked just like you, but I wasn't sure if you had a car that matched that description, now I'm glad it didn't happen at a light or something, otherwise I would have ended up waving at somebody that I didn't really know.

The Doc

Dude she is NEENJA.  Under cover NEENJA.  You post up you see her.  You blow her cover and she have to kill you.

You in big sucky suck now!  [laugh]

On to something completely different . . . anyone know how to tell if you need to replace your brakes?  I seem to recall something about a viewing window or something.  Mine squeeky squeek horribly so I assume they need it but don't remember how to check . . .

Really need to check my valves too.  Someone should remind me.  ;D

Excellent thread jacking skills.... by the way... somebody by my house has a hot 900ss in grey with red wheels and a full leo system.... they thing makes me shwing everytime I hear it go by... too bad 999 pipes costs over 3k.

1 word for you "Let's core them!".

Gray Monster 900 Novellus parking lot yesterday.  Yellow Monster 620 Novellus parking lot yesterday.  Red S@R 800 Novellus parking lot yesterday.

Red Aprilia Tuano with TONS of carbon fibre and aftermarket goodies that in the words of a woman I work with "makes me wet." Novellus parking lot yesterday.
 [moto]

They must pay people at Novellus too much. ;D

I wouldn't know.  ;)

You can look into the caliper from the back and see the pads.  Of course with tons of grit and dust and the fact that the pads are probably worn so thin you can't see them separately from the backing plate, well.... if you don't know what to look for you won't find it.

It takes less than a minute to pull them out entirely and look.  Check your manual and just do it.  Then you can use the window ;)

Scott

89 Dodge Dakota Dark with a 2001 750 Dark spotted where I store my motorcycle in the winter.
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Laura took my truck when she flew to Hong Kong.  I don't know why she did, she doesn't like to drive or park it.  While she was traveling, she had it painted matte black.  It's awesome!

Dark Dakota! [thumbsup]

I flogged the trip-9 through Skyline... too many nice bikes out to describe... saw a few Ducs too.... what a nice day.... wooo

I spotted some moto GP bikes in Quatar today and also some SBK in Spain. I was such a busy girl!
BGB

Female rider on a white M1100, Ross Island Bridge, 4/15/10 @ 6:45pm.  [thumbsup]

Red Multi with hard cases in Sandy this morning.

I saw a red 999s in Buffalo yesterday... it was sweet.

red hyper on corn pass around 3pm yesterday.

Black Monster with white stripe headed South on 122nd near Halsey in portland yesterday at about 12:30pm

The Doc

Friday, 4/23, 8PM @ MotoCorsa, that tall drink o' water Ray!









And a bunch of other ne'er do wells.

Are they still letting him in the state?

I thought there was paperwork signed?

Sunday afternoon, sometime before 4... Hwy 224, between the 212 junction and Carver, couple of Ducs.  Looked like a 749/999 (or something with a similar headlight configuration) and a red Monster with flames on the tank.

My bro (Dave) was solo on a yellow 675 Daytona, and I was riding with my wife on a black '07 CBR 600RR (the Duc was in Stevenson, we were in Portland, the weather turned gorgeous, so I borrowed by brother Tom's gear and moto, Erica wore the new gear we had bought her on Saturday).

Coworker of mine... who knows Chuckles... says, "I swear I saw you on a red bike and Chuck on a yellow monster.... going by the Thriftway on Oleson Rd this Sunday...."   

Dang... somebody spotted me... lol.. at least it wasn't when we were being hoodlums...

We went by a Thriftway?  She iDed us?  In our gear?  Wow . . . I knew i liked her for a reason  [thumbsup]

Red/white S2R, 5/6/10 @ 6:30pm, heading east on the Ross Island Bridge and then east on SE Holgate.

White 696/1100 today turning on to Lolo pass from 26 around 4pm.

Black monster headed East on the Glisan/I-205 overpass on Saturday around 2pm-ish. Monster headed East on Woodstock in front of Reed College some time about 4:30 or 5pm on the same day. I couldn't tell what color it was, but it sounded like a nice set of pipes on there, I was over 300 yards away, but it was definitely a Duc. My coworker was impressed I could tell at that distance, and he said it sounded awesome too.

The Doc

5/14/10, @ 3:40PM, White M696 on SW Arctic Drive in Beaverton.

Black 2010 Multistrada 1200 @ Motocorsa . . . I SO want one . . . oh and boobies . . . and stuff . . . and things . . . and stuff . . .  [thumbsup]

5/15/10, 7:45 PM, Silver/Black S2r1K, 2 Multistradas, & 1 Sport Classic at Apex (http://apexbar.com/) SE 12th & Division. It was the tail end of the SFRC (http://www.sang-froidridingclub.com/) spring opener.

5/27/10 11:55AM, Red Streetfighter, Beaverton, SW 3rd & Watson.

mars_bd (http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?action=profile;u=2736) on his '02 750 at the Safeway on SE Woodstock, 5/30/10 @3:45pm

Red 750SS with BMW metal paniers cobbled on Friday 7PM ! the intersection of 99W and Durham.

I've seen that one a few times on Tualatin-Sherwood Rd.

I spent the weekend in San Francisco... I swear there is a Monster on every corner.  [thumbsup]

Red Multistroodle with sidecases, I-84 west, sometime between 8:30am and 9:30am, Tuesday morning, between Hood River and Cascade Locks.

Vantucky WA Friday  164th and Mill Plain Red 800 ss

6/11/10 6:25PM, Silver w/black stripe M900, low mount CF Arrows. 2 up, on I5 north @ Tualatin.

Black or dark monster with a DSS up here in Hoodland yesterday afternoon...

Chick on a Black monster with stock pipes, Making the corner at south 5th and Main, Klamath Falls.  My wife thought it was cool. Made the comment of "maybe I could learn to ride your Monster"

S2R1000

Red with white stripe

Meridian Park Hospital

South East parking lot next to the Heli Pad

Multi 1000/1100, black, with soft-side bags and aftermarket pipes.

Followed me into Stevenson, WA yesterday between 4 and 5 pm.  I was on the SS.  Ryan, you out for a ride in the Gorge yesterday?

Nah, not me, I got the hard bags and the stock pipes... I been looking at pipes... but mainly for the 999 and not the Strada...

Yellow Monster heading north on 99W @ 124th in Tualtin 12:25PM today.

Bendy?

Negative. Sounds like we gotta choke a pregnant dog.

Vancouver, BC knows where it's at. Besides a few putter-butt scooters whining around town, I saw about 5 Ducs in a two day period. Largest one was an opalescent or pearl white 898, full exhaust-sounded grrreat! Oh, there was an 08 S4rS tricolore which is "larger" than the 898 but some may argue the speed there.
I want a full exhaust now.

Monster Dark eastbound on I-90 in Coeur d'Alene this morning at 8:45.

Grey ST4 in the Tualatin Post Office parking lot.

Lots of motos in Victoria, BC this weekend.

All 3 Duc sightings were on Sunday:

First Duc was a black Monster, with the rider wearing a yellow helmet, sometime between 11am and 12pm.  If that was anyone from this board, my wife and I went by on the big grey scooter, waving and grinning like idiots.  ;D

Second one was a red Monster on the main drag in front of the ferry terminal, sometime between 2pm and 3pm.

Last but definitely not least, there was an S4RS Tricolore parked by the US Customs & Border Protection building at the ferry terminal in Victoria.  It was parked there from 1:30pm until at least 3pm... after that Erica & I were on the ferry and I couldn't see the bike anymore.  Had Washington plates on it.  Someone from this board?

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Parked at the Waucoma Building in Hood River.  I've seen it multiple times, probably one of my coworkers, otherwise it belongs to someone from the Forest Service or CenturyLink (who share the building with Insitu).

There's also a newish Hypermotard I see parked out there, and an Aprilia Shiver 750.

Of course, all of them wear MotoCorsa license plate frames.

4 heavily modified Monsters just out of Tillamook South on 101.  They were following me in the "Darkota."  Good thing I was going slow, moto-cop  [leo] with radar pointed our way.  From WA or CA, all had the plates where you couldn't see them.  Lead guy had a ton of gear, clubman's and a video camera.  I let them pass so I could look and listen and  [drool].  Too bad I can't go shopping for the week on my Monster.  I need to ride, soon. [moto]

Wendys, on 185th/tanasbourne. cherry red 999R? very nice.

Hey buddy, cool to see another Ducati on this side of town. If you want to ride, hit me up!
Chris

Seattle area (somewhere around Boeing Field, I think), sometime between 6-8pm, I-5 southbound... Foggy edition Monster.

So, its foggy in Seattle?  Now thats news. ;D

M800 dark w/reverse megaphone pipes, 7/31/10 7:30pm, in front of Fire on the Mountain, 17th & E. Burnside.

Yellow Monster w/blonde hottie riding it and some dude on a red Brutale Lake Oswego in Wizers parking lot.

Red Ducati ST, Sunnyside Rd headed east, just across the overpass of I-205, 1:15pm today.

WTF spotting of the day... saw a 250 cc scooter with a sidecar.... I almost pulled over to take a picture... weirdness.

Laura's 150cc 2 stroke scooter has a side car option.

Red streetfighter in the welches/sandy area this afternoon.

It's probably the same model I plan to put on my RE in few years, the Cozy.  I will mount to just about any scooter but the smallest I've seen them on are usually 150cc or so.  Nice little cars but the do look a bit like a carnival ride up close. :P

Scott

(http://www.scootpink.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/scooterlustpinkstella.jpg)

Speaking of sidecars... Erica saw the sidecar on a pre-WWII vintage BMW at the Western Antique Aero and Auto Museum in Hood River on Saturday (we were there for a fly-in).  She said it looked really comfortable, and she wouldn't mind if I showed up at home with a vintage Beemer + sidecar.  ;)  Her one caveat was that it needed to be "done"... i.e. not a resto project.   :(  Oh well... still an excuse to go shopping for vintage BMWs with sidecars.   [evil]

I wonder what she'd think of one of those 2WD sidecar Urals?  That'd be a hoot out here in the Gorge.  Ride it rain or shine, clear roads or mud or snow.  [moto]  One of Insitu's senior VPs has a Ural.  Every now and again he motors in to work, with one of his dogs in the sidecar.

How big is the dog?

Urals look like BMWs with all the pretty rubbed off.  They're not really all that bad but when you look at them up close you can really see they are communist copies of old beemers.

Scott

Spotted a nice aprilia 125 on the street.... Dang, england requires these ginormous license plates on bikes.

Average size Golden Retriever.


I know... commie copies of the old Beemers.  I don't like that aspect of them... but the utilitarian aspect, and the fact the Russians tend to build everything like a tank is appealing for rural-area use.  If I lived in town and just wanted a shiny toy with a sidecar, I'd go for an old BMW.  But... same reason I sold the SS: I wouldn't want to ruin a pretty thing out here in the country.  Hence, the ugly communist bike would be preferable for my situation.

...

Back to the subject at hand: only Ducatis I've spotted recently are the regulars here at work.  A red 999R and a Hypermotard-S.

M620 Dark, 9/14/10 @ 9:30AM, Beaverton, Sw Allen Blvd & Sw Western Ave.

Could be julie riding without me. Lol

The two wheel drive aspect could really suit your new digs.  And Russia is more capitalist than we are these days.  It has lead to things like unbridled organized crime but capilatist nonetheless!  :P

Red 695, 9/18/10 @ 13:30 in Colton, OR.

9/25/10 Crashed red 1098 approx 5 miles south of Vernonia on HWY 47. :'(

I rolled past the wreck, a couple of ODOT trucks were there, there was another bike parked next to the 1098, and both riders were walking around. It was on a fairly straight stretch of road, but it looked like the 1098 ran off the road.

Red/white Monster parked in front of the movie theater in Oregon's armpit; Lakeview. Today at 5 PM.

And a red 1098 rolling into town on Hwy 140 an hour later.

blue and white S4R I think with Arrows about 4.30 ish on 25th and NW Thurman. Who was that with an open face and bubble shield helmet ??

M620 Dark on Tualatin - Sherwood Rd, friday 12/17 @ 8:45AM

Red on red frame w/ white stripe Monster, turning right onto Commercial from Trade St. in Salem. 2:15 PM, 3/30.

Black Monster turning onto Jacobson from Helvetia in Burrito, 2:30ish PM, 4/19.

saw me one of them fancy new Diavals on 84 headed west today around 2pm

all black

Yellow 620 w/tank ding and low pipes heading west on Tualatin-Sherwood Rd, 5/4 @ 4:50PM.

Yesterday at 6:25 pm, Red Monster 900 with high mount carbon fiber pipes, and wrapped headers parked downtown Vancouver somewhere near 19th and F Street? I was on my bicycle and am not sure of the crossroads.

The Doc

Around  2 pm on Scholls, passed a dark monster while riding on julie's dark 620. Low pipes.

Was in the great NW for a weeklong biz trip  [thumbsup]

In Seattl on International by the airport near 186th (I think) - black monster parked in a restaurant lot by the entrance....coolest mode of transport in the area

Black M750, Beaverton, 6/7/11, 1430, near Bearverton HS.

In the last month I've seen a shit ton of ducs of varied feather in groups heading up the hill

then

last week

I spotted an 851 headed down 26 towards Greased-ham

and

then while taking Virgil to the Airport this morning we spotted an old 70's era Laverda in outstanding condition

They are taunting you. [evil]

10 AM saw a Black with red stripe monster... looked evo'ish... shotgun pipes with the new body style... still had tags on it... parked illegally in the Washington Square parking lot... close to the Cinnebon entrance... looked sweet.

Saw a black monster NE Freemont / 57th @ 5pm.

Dark / gray monster yesterday... dude had a blue spandexy jacket on.

Dark M695 with low mount Termi's and the beer tray & fork reflectors still intact, 8/2/11, 1230pm. parked in front of the Starbucks at Beaverton Town Center. ;D

Spotted: Hot chick on a black S2R800 Dark heading North on 97 into Bend... Ironically she was waving at me going the other way on 97... oh wait, that was my beautiful wife, The Vixen, riding Cara...



And she was wearing SHORTS!!
/me commences with the verbal lashing on safety...

8/6/11, 11:15AM, Silver S2R acting like an asshat, lane splitting and running stop signs on SE Chavez Blvd. >:(

8/18/11, 8:50AM, M1100 w/ RCR X licence plate heading north on HWY 217

8/30/11 @ 5:55pm. Black S2R heading west on Tualatin-Sherwood Rd @ Boones Ferry.

Spotted Krolik on his Monster, 9/24/11 @ 4:41pm. He was waiting on a red at SE 21st & Powell. Still looked like a hooligan!  [thumbsup]

I resemble that remark.

10/25/11 4:35PM, Hwy 99 north, Newberg to Sherwood, red M750 w/low mount CF pipes & lane splitter mirrors.

1/1/12 @1:30pm SW Scholls Ferry Rd & SW Barrows Rd. Red S2r or S4R. Only saw the SSS as we rode past the other way.

1/30/12 7:15am, Dark Monster w/cf high pipes riding past my house. SE 44th & Holgate

Bellingham, WA.

Couple days ago I saw an older style yellow Monster, maybe a 750, not sure.

Yesterday, mostly blacked out, very nice looking older monster, red pressure plate, parked on State street.

Red M696 in Newberg, parked at Climax Portable Machine Tools. 4/10/12

Wait, there is a shop in Newberg for portable climax tools?

Vic, Mo, Cierra, Ryan, Johnny ...

Multiple times, multiple places ... [clap]

A big one, too. ;D

4/24/12 @ 5:30PM, I-5 North @ the Terwilliger Curves, Red/white S2R w/Quat D xbox exhaust.

There was an older style Monster, yellow, off of Beef Bend Rd in Tigard/Sherwood 4/22/12.  Totally thought of Chuck, but alas nay.

5/4/2012@9pm,Black S2R w/Arrow pipes outside The Observatory, SE Stark & 213 [clap]

Thought I was the last.  There were 3.  Bendy moved and the other guy died in an accident last year or the year before ...

Everyone at work thought it was me.  i was getting all kinds of texts that morning and people coming to my cube.

5/14/12 @ 2:30PM. McMinnville. Silver S4.

Scott, were you on your Royal Enfield today at SE Hawthorne & 39th around 12:30?

No, that was some other guy with a Teal RE and a yellow helmet.

Seriously dude, who else would that be?  I went for lunch and a little ride since it was slow at work and the weather is nice.

You didn't happen to see my new muffler for it, did you?  UPS tracking still says "out for delivery".  I tried to tell the website that I know you but it didn't care.

Scott

I saw you stop at the Chase bank ATM.

Yup, puttered around down Hawthorne, got some cash, and hit the food carts on the way back.  It was a lovely day.

When are you going to finish the Ryca?  Your cold garage excuse ain't holding no more.  C'mon man, we want to see it.

Scott

6/25 5:30pm, I5 north @Terwilliger cirves, M800 Dark w/high mount reverse megaphones.

Just saw Victor parked outside Kelly's Olympian.

Easiest place to find downtown motorcycle parking. [Dolph]

Black M620 heading south on Hwy 99W in Lafayette, 7/24 @ 4pm.

Mercer and 5th (Seattle) today at 12:30 monster Dark heading North.

2/2/13, 15:00, I5 north off ramp @ Nyberg Rd, white M1100.

3/30/13, Chuck at MotoCorsa.  ;D

Funny thing ... I saw you here too!

What are the odds?

So there is still life in the North West...

What? We were just hibernating until the sun came out. ;D

More life here these days than in the MOB

 :o

Yea the Mob is pretty dead dude. Go check it out.

Ryan, was that you on your Ural this afternoon on 99W?

Scott

Yesterday I saw a cafe bike coming at me as I was waiting to turn off Barbur right where it crosses 5.  Tiny thing, then it passes and I see the tank...  Victor!  I think you were looking the other way and didn't see me.

Scott

Probably was me.

Wednesday afternoon.  Monster Chromo.  In Hood River.  Tucked away in the little parking lot at the end of the block that Full Sail is on.  I think that's the Tofurkey office?

Friday, 8/16/2013

Bingen, WA... parked along SR-14.  Sport Classic GT1000, and a Multi 1000 or 1100.  Around 1:30-2pm.

Gov't Camp, OR/SkiBowl... Monster 1100S.  White tank skins, Ohlins suspension, aftermarket dual headlight, pipes, tailchop... one of the sharpest-looking new style Monsters I have seen.

8/20/13, 1745, I5 northbound near Corbet exit.

I spotted Chuck! [Dolph]

Black first-gen Multistrada, SR-14 eastbound, just east of Bingen, WA, around 9:30am.

Silver Monster, crossing the Hood River-White Salmon bridge (southbound), about 7:20pm last night.  Older model... classic frame/tank, DSS.

9/20, @ 18:40, a Chromo in a crappy used car lot on SE 82nd.

10/10/13 1pm, McMinnville, NE 3rd Street, Black w/white stripe S2R 1000.

Sweet 748S heading north on I5 (well we were stuck in traffic together). 5/2/14 @ 5:35pm

Black & silver S2R 1000, 6/5/14, 17:20, Tualatin, heading east on Tualatin-Sherwood Rd.

8/29/14 @ 9:45 AM. McMinnville, NE 3rd ST & Lafayette. Monster Dark, 620 or 800.

8/31/14 @ 7:00 PM. N Mississippi & Shaver. Black S2R w/Termi pipes.

Black M620 w/beer tray & stock pipes, neat clubman bars, and vintage Ducati logo, 7/6/15 @ 13:20, McMinnville, in the parking lot at NE 4th & NE Cowls.

2003 M800s Dark with staintune pipes, cyclecat clipons & barend mirrors along with a new Dark Diavel parked outside of Pause (http://www.portlandmercury.com/portland/pause-kitchen-and-bar/Location?oid=93913) restaurant on friday, 8-21 @ 6:30pm.

I saw a Vincent Black Shadow parked in McMinnville, 2PM, 10-23-15, at NE 3rd & Evans.  [thumbsup]

Later the old dude who owned the bike came and rode it away. It was cool to see one in person and to see it being ridden. [Dolph]

It's great to see old bikes.  It's even better to see owners who ride them instead of letting them sit.

On Thanksgiving, 14:30, I spotted Arun walking past my house w/his mom. [thumbsup]

Hey Mother, did you get the jeep fixed?

Sweet Red 900SS in McMinville, 4-11 @ 2PM.

Mo @ the Overlook Restaurant, 9:00 AM, 4/14. [thumbsup]

I saw a nice square case Super Sport in Newberg today, on HWY 99 around 4 PM.

It must have been a good day to go for a ride in McMinnville today, I spotted two Monsters. The first was a black M620 w/Arrow high mounts, tail chop and clip-ons parked w/a Red 959 Panigale on NE 3rd Street @ 2pm, the second was a silver S4r a few minutes later, also parked on NE 3rd Street. [Dolph]

Spotted bnbmike @ the Kenton Cup & Saucer today at 9 AM.  [thumbsup]

Spotted an M620 ark w/Arrow high mounts at the Trader Joe's on NW Glisan in Portland today around noon.

It was great to see 3 Monsters heading up West Burnside today @ 1PM. Mine, a silver/black S2r & a white/red M1100. [thumbsup] [Dolph]

Riding with other Monster riders is a blast for sure!

The guy on the S2R said he had just bought it a couple a couple of week ago. It had Arrow pipes and CRG lane splitter mirrors.

I saw a 959 Panigale Corse today. [thumbsup]

In McMinnville, on NE 3rd St @ 2:00 PM.

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Apparently today was the Distinguished Gentleman's Ride. [Dolph]
I saw them ride past, a whole lot of Triumphs (they were the local sponsor), with some Ducatis and others mixed in.

12/8/18, 8PM, Kitted out Multidtrada on N. Rosa Parks Way, with Chilean plates. [thumbsup]

4/23/19,  Red M1100 in McMinnville OR, @ the corner of NE 2nd & NE Ford.

Saw this today on Cooper Mountain: https://i.imgur.com/TBQN0WF.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/UmTt5O5.jpg

Red Monster at the corner of NW Germantown Road & NW Skyline Blvd, 6/12/24 @ 5:35PM. I was heading the other direction on my Monster. ;D