Best/favorite thing someone's said about your Monster?

[The Bacon Junkie]

From Tonight at IBN...


Burnout Kid:  Dude!!!  That's the sh!t right there....

Me:  (actually I don't remember what I said)

BK:  Yeah, I just bought a 2008 R6s. 

Me:  R6 is cool...   

BK:  Yeah, but, <taps tank with finger>  it's not, like, a Ferrari! 

Me:  You should trade in the R6....   


Then...

Business Guy:  <walking by, stops, stares..>

Me:  Howzit goin'?

BG: That thing is beautiful.

Me: Thanks.

BG:  It's like a piece of art,  you should hang it on a wall.   



And lastly...  I had just started her up, put on my helmet, about to leave IBN...

Guy 3:  <with accent>  I like-a da music

Me: <rev throttle>   

Guy 3: yes, da music...  ride safe    [moto]



Now, I've never had many comments on my bike, certainly not singled out of a bunch of other Monsters at IBN, and the kicker is,  not more than five feet away was the gorgeous yellow 998 belonging to the "Captain." 

The only thing different about my bike is a new set of Suburban Machinery bars.
musta been the mood lighting provided by the orange street lights overhead.   

[JoeChieftain]

I had only have my 696 about 2 weeks, when a few of us were walking back from lunch talking about bikes. There are few spot out front for bikes that you can see from the skyway. One of the guys says, "If I got a bike I would want one like the red one down there." I tell him it is my new Ducati and he about fell over. He replies, let be know when you are leaving today, I want to hear it while your drive off.

Mike

[invinc3ib3]

So today my roommates were coming back from the parking garage where my roommate parks his Ducati 750 sport and i pack my monster.  They overheard a girl talking about the bikes in the garage to some guy and was saying how there were two ducatis in the garage and she didnt know who's they were.  She pointed to my friends bike and said thats a nice bike but the one on the bottom floor(my monster) is better.  It made me smile when they came back and told me.

[Jarvicious]

Random, partially inebriated guy in parking lot:  Ducatis rule!!!!! (salutes me with can of beer)

Me:  Oh, you don't have to tell me......

[zedsaid]

Riding to work today... on a surface street.  Woman walking her dog.... ignored me, but the dog swooped around at the end of it's leash as i rode by like he was saying "i want a ride".  Maybe he's thinking i've got a pugglepod?

[krolik]

The Pugglepod rules! [moto]

[NorDog]

Pulled my bike into the "Wheels & Tires" classroom here at MMI to check the air pressure in the tires.

All I heard was, "DUDE!  That's SICK!"  "Wow, clean!" etc. etc.

Now, I'm an old Harley guy from way back, and I still ride one today.  So I find the "Harley-Dude" reaction very funny.  Most H-D guys are just guys who like H-D's.  But every so often you see the guy who's drank a full gallon of the Milwaukee Kool Aid.

At school these guys are really funny.  If they had to ride a 18 speed mountain bike to school they would put ape-hangers on 'em.

When a guy on a Japanese sport bike pulls in to park, they don't even notice or look.

When I pull in on my S4RS, they TRY not to notice (okay, a few actually don't; kool aid taking effect).  But most of them get this almost angry grimace on their face and steal little glances at my bike.

Yeah baby, they want it!   

Not words, but I still think it ranks up there with "Best/Favorite thing someone's said about your Monster".

I rode the Monster to the H-D dealer to pick up some braided brake line I had ordered.  I kinda got a bit "aggressive" coming down the street to the parking lot entrance.  I parked next to a guy loading some parts on the back of his H-D.  I turned off the bike and he said something I couldn't hear.  I whipped off my helmet, removed my earplugs and said, "Sorry.  Earplugs.  Couldn't hear you."

He laughed, saying, "I said, 'And I thought Harleys were loud!'"  He obviously liked the sound and wan't afraid to admit it in public.  Good for him.

[Heath]

Today leaving work there was a couple standing next to their Harley talking it up with another couple about the bike.  When i came out I just smiled then went to my bike which was about 20ft away.

I started it up while putting on my helmet and gloves.  Next thing I know the Harley owner was walking up.

Me: Whats up
Harley guy: Oh man I knew when you started that up that was no Jap bike.  Man that Ducati is nice.
Me:  haha yeah I love twins, no Jap bikes for me
Harley guy:  tell me about it, sounds good man.  Have a nice ride
Me:  Thanks you too


Totally made my day right there.

[Drunken Monkey]

Nicest thing anyone's every said about my bike was "Congratulations, you've been picked as a wildcard for the '06 Monster Challenge final." 

After that it was a guy at a custom streetfighter shop who said "Awesome. That looks like what someone in the '30s thought the bike of the future would look like"

[TomT]

Soon after switching over to pod filters, friend took a test drive: "Twist that thing and it sounds like Jenna Jameson playing the trombone!" TT

[Popeye the Sailor]

Soon after switching over to pod filters, friend took a test drive: "Twist that thing and it sounds like Jenna Jameson playing the trombone!" TT

So...bad and kinda wet and slurpy?


You sure it was a compliment? 

[johndoe]

So...bad and kinda wet and slurpy?


You sure it was a compliment? 

No. . . I think he meant a lot of "inhaling"

[sfarchie]

While at teh Chrome store, I received 3 back to back compliments. The best came from a lady sweeping her store front. Pointing to my 696 she says, "You make this 55 year old heart want a bike." I told her she's still young, so go get one. 

Off the subject. Watching the AMA...Taylor Swift is singing. Oh my, she's cute! A little too heavy on the makeup for me, but cute nonetheless.

[ROBsS4R]

From Tonight at IBN...


Burnout Kid:  Dude!!!  That's the sh!t right there....

Me:  (actually I don't remember what I said)

BK:  Yeah, I just bought a 2008 R6s. 

Me:  R6 is cool...   

BK:  Yeah, but, <taps tank with finger>  it's not, like, a Ferrari! 

Me:  You should trade in the R6....   


Then...

Business Guy:  <walking by, stops, stares..>

Me:  Howzit goin'?

BG: That thing is beautiful.

Me: Thanks.

BG:  It's like a piece of art,  you should hang it on a wall.   



And lastly...  I had just started her up, put on my helmet, about to leave IBN...

Guy 3:  <with accent>  I like-a da music

Me: <rev throttle>   

Guy 3: yes, da music...  ride safe    [moto]



Now, I've never had many comments on my bike, certainly not singled out of a bunch of other Monsters at IBN, and the kicker is,  not more than five feet away was the gorgeous yellow 998 belonging to the "Captain." 

The only thing different about my bike is a new set of Suburban Machinery bars.
musta been the mood lighting provided by the orange street lights overhead.   

OMW home the other night I stopped by a 7-11

I pull up next to this guy on  Ninja.

He gives me this crazy look like my bike is about to explode. Hey you got something broken in there. I normally screw with the person with that sort of comment but I had no energy that night so I just told him thats normal.

I guess the best thing that anyone ever said or did was a car full of hot girls rolled down there windows and threw there heads out the window and were screaming Ducati Ducati Ducati. Good thing they could not see my face or they would not have bothered 

The other time I went to a Flat Track race and everyone was interested in all the track bikes till I rolled in and then I couldnt leave my bike with out answering tons fo questions. Same thing Happened when I left. As soon as I fired it up several people stopped turned and around and came to my bike like a Bug to a Light.

[Punx Clever]

Other day my down-stairs neighbor parked his red scooter next to my red S2r.  I personally though it was a funny contrast.

When my Korean roommate came home:
Roommate - Someone park a little bike next to yours

Me - Yeah, that's Nick's... you know the downstairs neighbor.

Roommate - Oh.  Maybee you tell him to move it?

I guess he found it offensive to park the scoot' next to the bike