Ducati Monster Forum

Well since it seems that I am the only person in the NE sector of Ohio with a Ducati, I will just have to post to my post to ensure I am the ruler of this board!!!  [thumbsup]

I really wish there was a little more action in the Ohio section.

You and me both, brother!!  I am from the dallas/fort worth area and there is always something happening!  This just down right sucks.  I have also been on the desmohio board and nothing is really happening there.  Oh well i will just have to keep myself entertained on thid board.  I can always ask my brothers and sisters in the DFW area to post here. (well some already did) but this is said. :'(

...this is said.

bwah hahahaha.  You can't type. HAHHAHAHA said, when you meant sad.  AHHAHAHAHAHA

Oh wait, no one else is here to marvel at my proofreading abilities. Damn.
and now you're mad I am a petty prick, Double D.

Well back to the other side of the island with me.

really though it's pretty bad.

So how's north Ohio compared to Texas?  Bet your balls don't stick to the seat as bad.

No they don't sick as bad up here, but in the winter time up here WILL SUCK!!  All my friends will be out riding and the LYD will be sitting in the garage with the battery tender on it.  As for your proof reading skillz, Who really cares, I know I can't type, but you got the point.  No hard feelings here at all!

Winter mostly sucks pretty bad.  I am didn't feel like winterizing, and got the bike in December, so I just bundled up and rode it on the nicer winter days.  Still plenty cold, but better than nothing.

Salty roads are pregnant dog though.  Watch out for those.

Yea I use to live in Northern Indiana (south bend) and I know, winter sucks, salty roads suck, and not being able to ride also SUCKS!!  I always hated winterizing my bike, when I didn't I did exactly what you did. Cold but at least i was riding!  [thumbsup]

All Hail the Ruler [thumbsup]

/bowing,scraping noises/

You get on outta hyar.  This is our island and I've got the conch now.  I'll smash those glasses on a rock.

Ooooh, the natives are feisty. Don't make me come up there! [laugh]

Please do.  Then it won't be a two person island of lame.

I've heard of Ohio... I thought we it that to Canada for something useful?!?!?!?!?

What useful bits have they got trade for?  Soundin' stupid?  Texas does that well enough for the rest of the country!  HEY-OH.   ;D

Hey Alan  :D

At least your new state has a board  :-\

With a Duc dealer in NOLA now I should be able to get a DSM (Dirty South Monsters) local club going  ;D

WoW! A post!!!

that's a great name [thumbsup]

Whoa, whoa, whoa.  We are about to have the fire marshall called on us.  This place is getting a little crowded.  Most people in here since the fire of '34.

Okay, I finally got my internet at the new house!!  [clap]  [clap]  So lets Ride!!   

How do you ride on the internet........I was just wonderin?

I think I'll start posting here a lil bit to increase the action!

Hope you guys are settling into the new house!  [thumbsup]

+1

What does Mindy think?

Mindy likes it.  We are only about 300 miles from the kids now, so thats good.  She likes the house and the area alot.  We are in the country, 1.25 acres of land, 1900 sq ft house with a 900 sq ft basement so we are looking at 2800 sq ft, and a 4 car garage!  [thumbsup]  But we are only 10 miles away from everything, mall, food shopping, etc..  Also only about 20-30 miles from great mountian riding!!  So when are you and your better half coming up for a visit??  I will get the camera out and post some pics on the DFWM page.

Bonnie I don't ride the internet i surf it.  I need the internet for a road map to see where I want to go.

And please start posting here its lonely, there's just 2 of us and fwtcc doesn't post alot.

I try, I try.  That and there's only two of us at opposite corners of the damn state.

So you like the new house?

The river roads down by me are fantastic, its truly a good day if you can get on them by yourself.

At least you aren't in the middle of the state, what a boring bit of nonsense that is.  Anything near Columbus is flat for as far as the eye can see.  I think at one point on 71 there is a point where there aren't even trees on the horizon.

Glad to see the Ohio board thriving [thumbsup]

Warms my heart... ;D

I like the house, but i love the garage, coming from a small 2 car garage, 1 bike, 1 car is all I could get in it.
I am glad that I am only a short ride away from great twisties!!

We are going to have to get together some time!!

The roads there are totally awesome, I have to admit.  I lived most of my life 1 mile from the KY/OH border (near Ironton Ohio).  The garage and house sound really nice!  Now you have room for another bike (Mindy mentioned something about liking Harleys - just plugging that in for the girl rider support!)
Hey, thanks for clearing up that internet thing.  I was really confused!  [laugh]  

BTW, Tommy and I would like to know where in the hell you are at in the state of OH...??

I would love too, except I am dethroned at the moment.

I know what your saying about the garage thing.  I have a 1 car garage that fits both car and bike but only because I drive a MINI and its not worth finagling the bike every time I park it in the garage to see that both fit.  For the winter they could both go in there though.  As it is now it is a bike garage.

I don't know how things are in the NE, down in the SW its pretty good stuff.

5 miles north of columbiana, OH on route 46.  But my address is columbiana, OH.  (NE)

Why are you dethroned??

I had a guy come over in my lane and it is actually totalled.  I have it in the garage taking off the good bits now, its been in there for awhile.  I was really hoping for a low buy back and a rebuild over the winter, they wanted 3k so the rebuild would have come close enough to what I paid and not have been worth it.

 I'm probably going to wait to see what I can get at the end or the beginning of the season because right now there isn't too much out there.  I am kind of considering getting an older Triumph and making a cafe racer.  I am also getting the big "D" so some of the Duc money will be going to extermination fees so I can keep my house.

big 'D" ??  ???  What is that?

I hope you are okay,  I was in a big one last oct.  Totalled the bike and now I have a rod in my left leg (femur), lucky for me one of my friends bought a new s4rs just after the accident and he sold me his 900.

I apologize, I tend to talk in metaphors.  I am getting divorced and have to give the ex some green for equity in the house/ to get her out of my hair.

I am mostly all right.  My foot was broken and they put some pins in it.  The pins are out and it is healing up.  As long as I avoid using the outside of my foot I'm all right.  I can walk mostly fine and can run but, too much and it it'll piss my foot off a bit.  Can't get back in to sports yet though.  I was playing soccer and softball.  I can field in softball but running the bases is a bit much because I can only use one leg to come to a quick stop.

A year out isn't that long, especially with added hardware.  How's the leg coming along?

Okay I get it,  I had to sell my 1st duc due to the big D (f 'n pregnant doges)!!

The leg is coming along great, no limp or anything, still can't run full speed, but I am also turning 40 this year and don't do alot of running anyway!

the rod just starts bothering me in the cold, so the move up here won't help.

The last couple of years winter has been mild, barring a week or two where Old Man Winter comes storming through the place like a drunk PMS'er, then its tame again.  I hope I don't jinx us but that is kind of how it has been the last two years.  Still ridable in November and out as early as February.  Of course I have been a tad bold and refused to winterize the bike, making use of the odd 45+ day here and there through December and January.

What was a cold day in Texas, 55?

A couple days in Jan got down to 30 (freezing) but within a couple of days it was back in the 50's again.  We did get a light snow at least once a winter, but most of the time it was freezing rain. No need to winterize in texas.  I am like you, when I lived in northern Indiana I didn't winterize either, as long as the roads were dry I rode.  But I am trying to talk my wife into putting the bike in the dinning room for winter, but she won't go for that, but its worth a try!!  My garage is not heated, so I don't want to leave it in there for winter.  oh well we live up north so expect snow!  I also hope you didn't jinx us, I HATE SNOW AND THE COLD!!!

I like the snow, hate the cold.  I stay at "fighting weight" so I get chilly pretty quick.  There is a lot of moisture in the air here as well which means its a biting cold.  Cincinnati is right on the line of the tropical and temperate zones so it just kind of gets pissed on as far as weather goes.  Fall and spring are wonderful though.

Seems it would be quite a pain to get in to a dining room, a bit of a conversational piece though.

Crikey! Bad juju on 2 counts... :(

Did the "other guy"not stop/have insurance?

Good luck with the divorce... Been there, done that, twice :P

That makes it 3 juju's because he did stop, and was cited for the accident.  He fought the ticket saying I was doing 80 (right and all I did was break my foot, not become a splatter).  Me and the stand alone witnesses stories almost perfectly correlated and his was different.  She said she had been a car length behind me and we had just left a light less than a quarter mile before.  Man for that Hyundai to match me pace for pace up to 80 is pretty impressive.

After all sides had spoke the judge said, "I don't understand what happened here, let the insurance sort it out.  Not Guilty."

I was absolutely amazed and believe it was because I was on a bike.  He has insurance.  I am currently going through my insurance for the total then they are going to attempt to recoup.  Also, I had to go get a lawyer for the medical cost and that nonsense, so something that could have been plenty simple turned in to a giant mess, while I have to deal with another giant mess.  Can not wait for both to be dealt with.

now THAT'S bullshit!!!!!

Your insurance company should be going to bat for big time!

Fingers crossed for you [thumbsup]

Thank ya much, I appreciate it.

Not at all, I have a big double door for the backdoor, very easy.  Just have to have mindy move the pub table and then there will be plenty of room!  [thumbsup]

An as scott said:
+1

that's pretty far north, dude.  Never been there.  We bought the volvo wagon in Pitts. but were only there for a day.

I am 40 miles from pitts, NW!

Pitts was a reallly cool town, very old with lots-o-history.  I wish we could've spent more time there.  We were in the Poconos for 4 years - is your Tahoe a 4-wheel drive, you are fixin to need it.   

:o

No I lived in Texas why would I need a 4 wheel drive tahoe.  Thats why I'm trying to get a new car:  Chevy cobalt SS, a car that weighs 3000ish lbs with 260 hp and 260 ft lbs of torque!  I drove one the other day and man they are a fun car to drive, fast!!  With Bembro front brakes!!  Yellow of course!!  [thumbsup]

Please tell me it ain't one of them American cars....  ;)

 [popcorn]

georgie you know better than that!!

Just tryin' to get some excitement on this here board...   ;D [thumbsup]

Well then Vin, i know what your doing!!  But you know I wouldn't/couldn't, we all know who pays for the repairs/service on the LYD!!

You sure will.  I got rid of the 4x4 in lieu of getting raped by gas.  Not looking forward to it.

F Pittsburg.

Ok - we had a built up Jeep and a 4 wheel drive Burb when we were in PA, and we still slid all over the road.....good luck with that yellow car.

at least it is front wheel drive instead of rear wheel drive!!  

you can't do sh*t in a rear wheel drive, I had a BMW 318is that was rear wheel drive and I slid around many corners in that car in the rain....honestly, though, on ice, it really doesn't matter what you're driving.

you should get a  [leo] car like your lil brothers and put some studded tires on it, i've been sliding around in a jeep many times and had a trooper blow my doors off runnin about 60 on ice.

Er, I disagree: a Zamboni is the only way to go.  [thumbsup]

jesse james built a cool 1996 Chevy Impala Supersport / Zamboni in monster garage!  [thumbsup]

AND he's married to Sandra Bullock!!!!!!!!!!

And what's that got to do with the price of potatoes?  ??? [popcorn]

That's Idaho, not Ohio... Check your WikiPedia again :P (I know. I get confused too.)

Thanks............no really............where would I be without you guys and wikipedia............my whole life would be like that one summer when I borrowed my mom's lawnmower and I kept going over to her house and shoving it into the minivan - every week, go over, painfully shove lawnmower into minivan...then one day (towards the end of summer) my stepdad walked up while I was trying to cram that thing into the van and he just walked up and pulled the lever to move the front passengers seat forward.  You wouldn't believe how much easier it was to load up that lawnmower................or it would be like the time I...........well, I think that's enough for now....... [thumbsup] :-*








 >:( [evil] (make the beast with two backs you)

Your Dad sounds cool.

:-*

Really cool!!

Your blonde must have been showing!

no, she was wearing jeans  [cheeky]

WTH??!!!!!!!!

TMI??!!!!!!!!!!!

 [laugh] [popcorn]

Yes.

Would have to agree!  8)

Not that we couldn't have guessed... :P

TRUE!  Oh how true!

Wassup O Hi O?!?

Anybody here??!!!!  [moto]

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WHAT??  ???

Just checkin on you two.  ;) 

Hello hello!

Hey yo fwtcc - hope you and LYDBLQ have a kickass day in Ohio!!!!!  [thumbsup]

Thanks, I am going to need it.

You 2 crazy Ohioites have any Labor day weekend fun plans?

I am going to go for a ride probally sunday, and our landlord invited us to his house for swimming (unless its heated, NO WAY in hell I'm getting in), drinking and BBQ.  Plus, I also have tuesday off (maybe another ride in a different direction.  Gotta ride when I can, the cold is coming!  >:(

How about you?

Cincinnati has a fireworks display for Labor Day that is one of the best in the nation.  Definitly beats the 4th at DC's.  I've got that and then, right now, nothing else.  Kind of a seat of the pants kind of fella though, so let's see where I end up.

RonR's having a pool party, good food, beverages, lots of Ducati's, Ferarri's, hot chicks in bikinis... the usual.

Sounds like fun... Let us know if you find any mischief [evil]

Sounds good.  I'll do my best!  Have fun with the buxoms, ducatis, and ferraris.

P.s.  I hate you. ;D

Get in line... :P

I'm late to the party. I roll around the northeast part of the state (Akron) and will be hitting a few BBQs tomorrow.

I live in a condo development and there are two other bikes in the complex (a massive harley that weighs as much as my car and a neighbor's 848). Both of those guys are headed to Bike Night in Independence on Wednesday. I've never been. Is it worthwhile?

 [roll] [laugh]

Cool! Ohio is up to 3 Ducatis [thumbsup] [thumbsup] [thumbsup]

whooo!!  all 3 of us!!  man this place is really starting to grow!!

Anybody have any new fantastic news?

Not today!!  Just here at work.  :(

But yesterday was great!!  Look at the pics on the other thread.  [thumbsup]

How about you??  Got any good news!

Nothing special, fireworks were pretty good.  Your ride looked like a good one.  I need to get re-saddled.

...though all of my friends are not excited about that moment...

F them!!  Ride baby ride

I can kind of see where they are coming from.  I have wrecked A LOT of cars.  I have yet to have to sell one, some of those are my fault others, not.  My response is riding is completely different.  Got to pay a lot better attention, or end up a splatter, shit's serious.

I am kind of accident prone though, damn my polish roots [shakes fists]

I can relate,  i have been in 2 motorcycle accidents in 5 years.  But even before I was off the crutches, I bought this one.  Get back on that horse!!  and RIDE BABY RIDE!!

I plan on it.  My pockets are a little leaner and I am pretty picky, I hope I can find something soon.

You should be able to find something this fall or winter!  [thumbsup]

We actually have a decent selection of used Monsters in the DFW area. Post up- what are you looking for? What price range?

Nice S2R here http://www.southwestsuperbikes.com/

my mom lives in Ohio, She makes good mashed potatos  [thumbsup] Almost as good as Bonwilder ;)

Still talkin' mashed potatoes, right?!?

good one L 'Smartass, but it doesn't matter if we're talkin potatoes or whatever, everthing and everyone is an almost to the bonwilder [thumbsup]

Holy Shizzznit Batman! 

This place is busy today!


Who would have guessed Ohio is the center of thhe Ducatisti universe???    ;D

 [popcorn]

I would have!  ;D

more of a Black Hole, kinda...

Buy a Harley and fit in?

NO F'N WAY!!!

Lovin' it down here in the Hocking Hills area.   Dolph  " King of the Hills. "

Where is that at??  Only been here a couple of months.

It is cold here in Texas. Almost down to 40...