Ducati Monster Forum

I just bought my first motorcycle a 2007 M695 back in February and haven't done much distance riding yet.  I ride around town and what not but would like to meet some people to go on longer rides and make friends.  Also i was looking for some people that do maintenance and mods and the such.  I want to install the pro italia tail chop kit i bought but the piss poor instructions kinda have me scratching my head. 

You came to the right place for rides and mod/maintainance help.

You might wanna familiarize yourself with some of the posts, etc. here before wanting to look for a friend out of this group  [laugh]

not so sure i like the sound of that warning.  Suggestions on who to avoid?

chuck is kidding. Go on the labor day ride its going to be a huge turn out of people. Look for the post.

Yes, we are kidding.  Thus the  [laugh] face.

Welcome to the family!  ;D

I did the pro italia on my old s2r.... it wasn't the most fun... but it looked great. I think there may be some pictures on the mods  threads.

I'd avoid Chuckles... he smells funny...  or so I hear from Ryan... and BB...   :P

Congrats on the bike and if you ever make it to Bend, look us up!

Marvel and Gracie

I don't care what they say . . . I did not have sex with that clown.  [evil]

clowns need loving too.   :D

Okay, that's kinda scary... yer gonna fit right in.


(For the record, I never said Chuckles smelled funny... I have warned people to be wary of him, though ;) )

you didnt warn me you loser!!!! gosh!!! i was caught completely off guard.  >:(


 [laugh]

Sorry!  :o

You must've started hangin' out with this group while I was too busy with work to log in.  Ask Cierra... I was gone for a while, so much that she thought I hated the group or something.  It was just work.  So-called "voluntary overtime" has been killin' me... but I've made an effort to put in an hour or so on the DMF here and there.

Anyway, I have since returned to my post as the designated "sane" person (though I myself am not so sure of my sanity when hanging out with this gang sometimes...)  ;)

You're the closest to sane I think.  [thumbsup]

And I think they made me more insane.... ;D


Oh, jb, you'll figure out real quick that threads get jacked within the first five posts usually around here.  :D

boobies!


(~)(~)




pierced! [evil]

R-I-G-H-T . . .  we're the only sane person here.

You're right clowns need lovin too . . .but then you smell funny . . . so let someone else take on the task.

And the next one of you that lets the 12 year old S. Carolinian in gets grounded!  [evil]

damnit i am 13!!! get it right!  >:(

Oh well then . . . Everything is fine . . .

How's the weather down there in S Carolina (yes I know it's N but I see the vein pop on your neck when I say it wrong so .  . . )

you have no idea how it makes that vein pop. i even get a little tic when you say that.

i'm actually in BFE texas right now for work. NC is finally getting some rain while I'm gone. Weather's been decent, on my ride this past saturday it was high 70s in the foothills and low 80s in the piedmont (yes, they are two completely different climates this time of year). It was awesome! Now i'm in make the beast with two backsin 90 degree weather in BFE but its ok. All will be better come saturday.  [thumbsup]

Wait, what?  ???  Does JBubble look like one of those impossibly young gymnasts or something?  I take it she doesn't look like the 20-something she is?

Muther, you perv, going after little girls...  [cheeky] (j/k)

You mean Mo right?  ;)

Its my naivete that puts me at 13.  ;)

Bwaaaa haaaaa haaaaa . . . ummmm . . . OK.  ;)

What does you being 13 have to do with Christmas and the Nativity scene?


Oh... you said naivete... which definition you going for?

1. The quality or state of being naive; natural or artless simplicity.
2. The state or quality of being inexperienced or unsophisticated, especially in being artless, credulous, or uncritical.

I kinda pictured you as the artless simpleton.  [laugh]

shhhhhhh.


artless simpleton huh? i see how it is.  :P

But I meant it in a good way. ha ha ha ha.

I am a tad too snarky today... getting in trouble at the office already.

I expect nothing more from you  ;)

 [laugh]  Both of 'em, come to think of it...



I'll have to judge that for myself.  ;)

I'm doomed.

Perverts!!

Co-worker "God you're cranky today."
Me "I am not cranky."
Co-worker "You sure sound it.  Everyone thinks so."
Me "I'm getting cranky becuase everyone keeps accusing me of it."
Kristine "Sweetie . . . you're the only one in the building who doesn't think you're cranky.  Go home."

 >:(

Why the frown? I would be happy to have somebody tell me to go home. It's sunny outside!!  I think that cranky is just part of your personality. You just have different levels of cranky. You need a road trip to Vegas to uncranky you.

I like your sick and perverted picture.  It makes me feel kinda funny,  like when we use to climb the rope in gym class. 

2 days and 2 hours by bike to get there.  Dude that's a long trip . . .  Probably pricey too.

So it sounds great and I loved to go but between needing to take 5 days off from work to really enjoy it and the $$ that I don't have right now I think I'm gonna have to pass.

Maybe next year.

The Portland to Reno portion of the ride is the most fun piece any how... the only thing on the 95 between Reno and Vegas is brothels... not a twisty road to be seen for miles.... it's like a 600 mile straight road. Lame.

4 days?

600 mile day there
2 days of fun
600 mile day back

I could do it on the Monster . . . That's a lotta miles on your bike.

Not quite... he said the road from Reno to Las Vegas was "like a 600 mile straight road."

Portland to Vegas is a little over a thousand miles by a fairly direct route through Reno.  Reno is 577 miles just beating down I-5 until NorCal, when you veer east, then the roads get mildly interesting.  Of course, you'd actually want to go over the Cascades somewhere and head down 97, then take back highways once you get south of K Falls.

It'd be a solid 2-day trip by motorcycle if you tried to take any roads more interesting than freeway.

Here's a Google Map going from P-town to Reno, then on to Vegas:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&saddr=Portland,+OR&daddr=Reno,+NV+to:36.168923,-115.161438&hl=en&geocode=&mra=mi&mrcr=1&mrsp=2&sz=9&sll=36.73008,-115.806885&sspn=1.752189,1.724854&ie=UTF8&ll=40.371659,-119.498291&spn=6.661499,6.899414&z=7