Ducati Monster Forum

Spotted a new one in the neighborhood....this morning about 6am.....southbound on Rural crossing Guadalupe....newer Monster....looked silver but definitely had the new style exhaust and headlight....696???

I think they make the 1100 in silver, but who knows with the switchable plastic panels.

Just read this post, but I have a white 696 and could have been in that area around 7am.

I haven't seen any new Monster 696s or 1100s in my area expect for one black one, but I have seen several older models.

Older models? Well, I'm old and my Ducati's have carbs so I guess that makes them old too.   Hey!

Don't worry Doug, us old-timers can stick together.

I'm not exactly a young guy either, so hey.   ;D    [moto]

Duc Sighting:

- Yellow Ducati with a yellow-jacket rider on the 202 San Tan heading west around 11am today

Clay? Anyone?

How can this be?  I'm in Maryland.  Who is this rogue-rule imposter???!!!

Speaking of imposters, has anyone seen a Suzuki Gladius and first thought Monster, then looked again and thought "POSER"! 

LOL  ;D

They called the SV a "poser" when it first debuted too.
Saturday, saw a white Monster/ red frame in Tempe.
Not a "poser"!!! 

Seen a yellow monster (looked like a 695 or 900, not overly versed in the older styles to be able to pick one out of a lineup) out here in Surprise a few times. We go to the same gym. If you are a member here let me know!!

Speaking of gyms...yesterday at LA Fitness on Elliot and Priest, a real nice tri-color 848 parked outside.
Oh yeah, it was only a couple weeks ago I read about the Nicky Hayden edition, 150 copies. and guess what was parked in the public lot just south of Durants?

Someone caught me... just did an oil change and was out doing an italian tune-up while making a run for some lunch... ready for the fall season!

-Clay

Tangerine Dream (obviously..orange S2R) yesterday at ASU pulling into the dorms on University. 




Today..White 696..riding "dirty" up Val Vista around 11:00.  Rider looked like a Hispanic male? 

He was carrying a gun?

Yeah..that's exactly it!



Red 696 spotted at Einstein Bagels today at 10:30am.  2 BMW motorcycle cops parked nearby. 

Saw AZMonsterMan on the 101 last night, me and YellowMonster.

(http://i541.photobucket.com/albums/gg365/AZMonsterMan/P1010946.jpg)

The guy that lives 5 doors down from me just bought a white 696....Darn I thought I was the only one in the neighborhood. Also there is a guy a few blocks over that has a red 696 with carbon termis....

Time for that Ducati "Color Therapy" upgrade kit!  [thumbsup]

Yeah... when I exited at Chandler Blvd he kept heading south on the 101... had a temp plate. 

Isn't that Dave's old bike?

Tempe Monster..black/red frame 695 a few days ago turning north onto McClintock from Elliot.



Today in Scottsdale Black Monster (I believe it had the black bag/wrap on tank). Red pinstrip on rims. stock cans.  Parked on sidewalk in front of store on (I believe) Drinkwater.

Hey hey. I figured you guys were heading home from TT Roadhouse. I've been wanting to get over there sometime but have been working Tuesday nights for a while. Yes I am the proud owner of Dave's old bike. My tags expired while I was waiting for a new regulator/rectifier to get shipped in. So rest easy Dave I didn't sell it without talking to you first  ;)

I thought it was awesome riding with you guys even for just a couple minutes.  [beer]

Should have posted a "part wanted" here in AZDRA.  I've got an extra one lying around here somewhere.

Bummer I didn't even think about doing a "part wanted". I will for sure in the future.

Damn!! I spotted a lot of Ducs and other toys out on the road this weekend, including, a Nicky Hayden 848, Tricolor 1098, ST, couple Monsters, Mercedes McClaren, 3 Ford GT's and several Ferarris.  Love this weather!!  [thumbsup]

Red 696/1100 on Camelback heading East around Biltmore yesterday afternoon. 

Hey!! Watch it, Bub....

My wife has a black Gladius parked right next to my black Monster. We both have black gear and silver helmets too....what of it?

hmm. parked yet fashionable.

That's what I was thinking? What ever happened to DucDucDave anyway?

Black Monster

Saturday

2PM - ish

202 Westbound

24th - 32nd St area....?

Wasn't me. I was in my car Eastbound at that same location at the same time....on the phone with my Gladius-riding wife.....ask her if you don't believe me....

New-Type Monster 696/1100

Saturday

2:30PM - ish

101 Westbound

Cave Creek - 19th Ave Area and continued on past 19th Ave...??

I was about 50 meters back in my car but had to exit at 19th, so I couldn't get particulars, like color, male/female. Who was it? C'mon...fess up!!

Two today:

1)

White new Monster 696/1100

8:20 am

101 Northbound at Chaparral in the HOV lane



2)

Green or Gray Sport Classic (Dietrich?)

5:20 pm

101 Eastbound from 7th St where I got on, to Hayden where the bike exited



Fess up folks!!

Grey/black S*R on Sat. evening riding with female on the way to Oldtown.  Rode with them most of the way down from N. S'dale and talked to the rider at the lights. 

Anyone here?

(http://www.thismyshiznat.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/Rubber_Dick-man-and-van-giant-rubber-duck.jpg)

[laugh]

Dietrich, were you passing eastbound through the intersection of Broadway and McClintock at about 2 yesterday? If not, there's an impostor running around on an SC with a black jacket.....I was standing outside Ted's Hotdogs waiting to leave when said bike rolled past.

I've heard of this imposter, but I have a few alibis who can vouch it wan't me.  Plus, I was wearing a black-with-big-white-stripe-jacket.

This black jacket had a thin white stripe across the back.....clearly it was someone else.... [cheeky]

Saw a pair of Monsters (one black tank & red frame, the other I don't remember) headed into Prescott today up from Skull Valley on Iron Springs Road this afternoon around 3:00 p.m. I was headed down toward Skull Valley with a buddy & a pair of Mountain Bikes on the roof in a white beat to hell Isuzu Pathfinder.

Anyone here?

I was on my Monster this morning heading from Phx to Tucson during early rush hour.

Does that count?  [cheeky]

Multiple sightings in the past two days.

Yesterday..silver Monster heading East on Camelback (just in front of the Mtn) as I was heading west on my 1100.


Tonight..

Red 696/1100 w/ x-box exhaust heading North on Scottsdale Rd.  I was riding side by side on my 620 for awhile.  Kind of disappointed by the sound of the .  I thought those things were much louder?  I couldn't even hear it.  Maybe since my SIL megs are 110dB?

Yellow 1098 with wrapped Termis in Oldtown heading south.  Rode with him too for a few blocks. 

Monster sitting at the Billet Bar around 10pm.  Maybe red??  Just caught a glimpse.
 

Two Monsters of the S variety leaving GoAZ, turning onto Hayden, at about noon. One red, one gray or silver.

Yesterday evening, about 6:30pm, 101 Southbound Pima stretch, Pearl White M1100S.

Today, about 7:15am, 202 Eastbound, around Greenfield, red older Monster.

silver SS and an early model monster, red w/cf termis....oh wait...they're in my garage.
i better do something about it!

hi.  visiting tucson with the family for a couple days.

Wednesday around 3:00.  You were west bound on 10, just outside Marana.  I've drank quite a bit since seeing it, but I seem to recall black tank and red frame.  I was driving so I couldn't get a very good look, I was eastbound 10.

IZ?

Wow, I wouldn't go around saying you were driving down the road hammered out of your gord and can't remember the bike you saw?  You seem to recall?  [laugh] [drink]

He said he was visiting Tucson but he also brought "Marana" in the picture.  I just assumed he was from there cuz that's what they do.



Not me DG.  Black frame on both bikes.

IZ, am I ever going to see this new machine?

ha, i'll keep that in mind for next time.  Altho, the way the other cagers around Tuscon drive, how can you tell the difference between the drunk and the sober?  ;)

Wife's family is in Tucson, our hotel was in Marana.  home now, after seeing the aftermath of a horrific single car accident on I-10 west of Quartzite.

thanks for the AZ hospitality.

Yeah, when we ride up to DITR!


I've pretty much been giving them equal time since the 1100 doesn't have the new Leo Vince's yet. 

didn't even have to leave the couch!  nice sound coming down my street...twice.
Dava Drive in Tempe, tween McClintock & Rural just N of Elliot at 5pm and back about 545pm...really nice sounding S2R/S4R. Rider wearing a bright red helmet. If you live in the neighborhood stop by to say hi!

Earlier today.  Highland Ave./16th..Yellow 851, maybe?  Rider wearing matching helmet. 

SMS Conversation with the wife this morning:

Wife: Saw red monster
Me: Post it up in the Duc Sighting thread....
Wife: Don't have time or know how - it was red @ 7:11 am eastbound on Santan

On Thurs last week driving west on the 10 at Warner saw a white 696 I was on mine at the time as well time was about 9pm

10:44am
Prescott Valley
Black Monster.
Rider had some kind of black textile jacket on.
There was another bike there that I didn't get a decent look at.

What the heck were you doing up in Prescott Valley on a Wednesday morning?? When in Prescott Valley, be on the lookout for an absurdly huge, black, Victory Vision with the plate JETZN....that'd be my dad and he's out on that thing every day. That bloody bike is bigger than my wife's Honda Fit...!!!

Do you ride up to Prescott? Man that's a fun road.

I'm pretty sure I've seen that bike!

I should have asked a few weeks back... On March 6 at around 11 a.m., I was at a fundraiser for my neighbor and riding buddy Tom at Jay’s Bird Barn, located on Willow Creek Road, Prescott AZ, in the Safeway shopping center. Parked in the lot was a brand-spanking new Monster 1100S in Red -- the first one I've seen in the flesh. I admired the bike parked, and was later coming back into the lot with some stuff when the rider -- a petite woman -- was just mounting up to leave. She was initially confused by the Toyota RAV4 full of lunatics waving and pointing at her & her bike but then spotted the big Ducati sticker in the side window and gave a thumbs-up. Anyone here?

Red monster going south on Country Club......a few times around 730am.

Bill

Red first generation supersport with yellow wheels and frame going eastbound on University between McClintock and the 101.  Then passed westbound 2min later.

Red Monster, 202 eastbound, exiting Greenfield, 7:50am.

Yellow M900 carburetor model with D&D pipe.
Parked at Pure Fitness at Scottsdale Rd / Curry in North Tempe.

Yesterday afternoon up here in Presskit -- a beautiful Sport Classic headed out of town on Gurley; I was the honking nutjob on the ST2 who scooted through a couple of yellow lights to catch up with you at a red.

Got a pre-sighting for ya....Il MostroNero and the wife's little Gladius will be in PV with pop's and his Nutty Vision (JETZN) on sat and sun. Look for us on saturday at the Victory dealer sometime after 12 noon.

In PV?  Did I read that right?  Where's a Victory dealer in Paradise Valley?

Prescott Valley (nee. Jackass Flats)

Aha! Now I feel like a jackass! ;)

Saw a black Multistrada (first generation; it'll be a while before we spot a new one up here in Presskit) headed North on Willow Lake Road yesterday.

Saw a black monster out at Usery Pass on Saturday morning while we were training with the cycling team.

Me!!

...with the wife trailing on her Gladius. We were on our way up to Prescott.

Yay!! I win Duc Sighting for this week. What's my prize?

Awesome!  [thumbsup]

I was hoping that it was someone from here! It was a really beautiful day to be out!

Prize? We get a prize??  [popcorn]

Friday at approx 6:10pm heading south on the I-10 near Warner - red Monster w/white stripe.

Red 900 with rider wearing red/white jacket heading down Hayden as I was leaving the dog park this morning off McDonald.

4:15pm-ish
riding south on Scottsdale Road, just north of Thomas
Black ST3s with luggage (sides and back top)
Rider: black helmet, brown button down shirt, tan slacks (riding home from work?)

Spotted a silver Monster this weekend in Fountain Hills. Saw it a bunch of times (I was training in the area).

Red on red Monster..possibly 695..Thursday morning heading West on 202 in HOV while I was passing in opposite direction on my 1100.

Any idea who the red Sport Classic headed out of Prescott on White Spar yesterday afternoon might have been? I think we've crossed paths a couple of times before, so probably a Prescott local.

I was headed back into town after a quick run down & up the hill to test out my clutch bleed & the world's ugliest brake/clutch levers which I'd just put on the ST2 -- I broke a brake lever earlier this week and these gold ano bits were what I had in the parts bin...

Yesterday. Black Monster 1100.  Flying north up the 51 in the carpool lane around 5:15pm passing all the cages stuck in the regular lanes.  White short sleeve dress shirt. Black half shell helmet.  IZ...was that you?   8)

I was flying up the 51 in the HOV lane around 5:16 pm on a black 1100 Monster but wearing a white, short sleeve V-neck T with black half helmet.

I must've been right behind him!!

Weekday mornings..I see a red Monster 696/1100 riding West on 202.

In the afternoon, I see a Red Motard heading south on 10 while I head North.

Saw a yellow-tank Monster on the way to work this morning in Prescott -- I was taking a left off Montezuma onto Sheldon (riding the silver ST2) & he/she was doing the opposite, hanging a right onto Montezuma off Sheldon. Waved hello in between 1st & 2nd gear. Anybody here?

Saw what looked like a red Monster heading North on I-10 around 6:30am near the Warner exit.

I'm always running late.

Spotted older gen Monster around noon at the gas station on the corner of Mesa/Guadalupe today.  Senna color scheme 

It looked like the owners were putting another bike (HD/chopper-type) on flatbed?

I saw that monster. I was going down Guadalupe coming from Country Club after ordering some parts from AZSBK around that time.

Were you on your Monster?  I was on my 1100.     

I was.

I had on my backpack with my new chain in it. I was heading East.

Speaking of chains..

Mine is screwed!!  15K miles.  I guess I need a new one too!  What kind you get and where you get it?

(http://www.cyclegear.com/images/replacementmaintenance/did_gold_prm_x-ring_chain_blk_MD.jpg) (http://www.cyclegear.com/spgm.cfm?L1=&L2=&L3=&L4=&item=TUC_12-2205_G)

D.I.D. Gold Premium 520VM X-Ring (http://www.cyclegear.com/spgm.cfm?L1=&L2=&L3=&L4=&item=TUC_12-2205_G) at Cycle Gear.

Although yours might not take 520, I think the newer Monsters are 525.

Cycle Gear also has a sale on a breaker/rivet tool.

(http://www.cyclegear.com/images/replacementmaintenance/stc_chain-break_rivet_tool-kit_MD.jpg) (http://www.cyclegear.com/spgm.cfm?L1=&L2=&L3=&L4=&item=PRC_L35-247)

I bought one of those tools a few years back - turned out to be a major pain in the arse. Hopefully the one you got works better than mine did.

2 red Monsters spotted on Guadalupe heading West this morning about 7:30 and then about 8:00. Both newer generation.

Red 999 heading south on Scottsdale..just south of the 101 earlier this afternnoon. 

Saw a red 696 a few times this past semester at ASU.  Anyone here?