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

[Takster]

I'm Fijian, and I think we do "man skirt" better.

Squid 

[kingbaby]

I know its all just a matter of taste, but I'd no sooner be seen riding a "Big Dog" than I'd be seen wearing a skirt.

Skirt (as in Easter maybe?) I mean they do go well together.  It does look like an Easter egg.

I should have let him ride this one (NO. it's not a Big Dog).  She would have opened the door.   



It left Monday for Milwaukee    Unfortunately they don't get a lot of attention in the trailer. 
One more perfectly good reason to always ride them.

[NorDog]

Skirt (as in Easter maybe?) I mean they do go well together.  It does look like an Easter egg.

I should have let him ride this one (NO. it's not a Big Dog).  She would have opened the door.   



It left Monday for Milwawkee    Unfortunately they don't get a lot of attention in the trailer. 
One more perfectly good reason to always ride them.

You actually ride those?

[kingbaby]

As matter of fact, Yes I do. 100K bikes are like asking a rodder with a 800k street rod if they drive it.  No we don't take them cross country, or to the track...Thats what the Monster & 1098s are for.

People are afraid the Ducatis are going to blow up when I pull up beside them (Dry clutches).

When i ride the customs they are scrambling to find a camera, while all the time worried I'm about to get their girlfriend.

And before someone asks, No, it's not comfortable.   My granddads H-D was comfortable.
And this aint granddaddy's bike.   

[ducpainter]

As matter of fact, Yes I do. 100K bikes are like asking a rodder with a 800k street rod if they drive it.  No we don't take them cross country, or to the track...Thats what the Monster & 1098s are for.

People are afraid the Ducatis are going to blow up when I pull up beside them (Dry clutches).

When i ride the customs they are scrambling to find a camera, while all the time worried I'm about to get their girlfriend.

And before someone asks, No, it's not comfortable.   My granddads H-D was comfortable.
And this aint granddaddy's bike.   

Why not the best of both worlds?

A custom bobber.

[NorDog]

As matter of fact, Yes I do. 100K bikes are like asking a rodder with a 800k street rod if they drive it.  No we don't take them cross country, or to the track...Thats what the Monster & 1098s are for.

Well, I think you mistake my question to be motivated by the price of such machines.  I didn't ask because of any question of value, but of comfort and enjoyment.  Presumably a rodder has rather normal seating, not to mention usually classic styling.

I mean no offense, but I don't "get" bikes like that.  I don't find them comfortable, practical, or aesthetically attractive.  While they often possess evidence of incredibly excellent craftmanship (think Rick Fairless, NOT Orange County Choppers), of the three benchmarks of beauty (unity, clarity, and proportion) they lack unity and proportion.

Don't get me wrong, I'm of the school of "If the guy likes his bike, more power to him".  My HD friends rag on my Ducati, and more than a few Ducati folks rag on my HD.  I just roll my eyes.   

It's just for me I see no element of enjoyment in such machines: I don't want to sit on them, ride them, or look at them.  They seem primarily to be an exercise in a "style" (disproportion uber alles) that turns me off, regardless of the price.  But $100,000.00?

[hypurone]

Well, I think you mistake my question to be motivated by the price of such machines.  I didn't ask because of any question of value, but of comfort and enjoyment.  Presumably a rodder has rather normal seating, not to mention usually classic styling.

I mean no offense, but I don't "get" bikes like that.  I don't find them comfortable, practical, or aesthetically attractive.  While they often possess evidence of incredibly excellent craftmanship (think Rick Fairless, NOT Orange County Choppers), of the three benchmarks of beauty (unity, clarity, and proportion) they lack unity and proportion.

Don't get me wrong, I'm of the school of "If the guy likes his bike, more power to him".  My HD friends rag on my Ducati, and more than a few Ducati folks rag on my HD.  I just roll my eyes.   

It's just for me I see no element of enjoyment in such machines: I don't want to sit on them, ride them, or look at them.  They seem primarily to be an exercise in a "style" (disproportion uber alles) that turns me off, regardless of the price.  But $100,000.00?

'nuff said...

[kingbaby]

What ever you were just trying to say with all your fancy words ( I went to school in Northern New Mexico, which is as bad as WV...So I hear), We just thought it would be entertaining to see what you guys would say about one of the bikes i'm working on (it has won two US bike build offs, been on the Discovery channel, cover of three magazines, one which was a state tourist mag.    Predictable make the beast with two backsers you are.   

Here is one I built & ride.

You guys are freaking hilarious!







Oh, and think Rick Fairless...OK.  Here is one of my bikes, and a picture of it is hanging directly behind his desk.


Sorry to taint you & this holy thread. 

[sroberts152]

Coming home today after picking up my 1100, my friend said "I hate you". 

[Monster Dave]

Coming home today after picking up my 1100, my friend said "I hate you". 

Priceless. 

[ducpainter]

What ever you were just trying to say with all your fancy words ( I went to school in Northern New Mexico, which is as bad as WV...So I hear), We just thought it would be entertaining to see what you guys would say about one of the bikes i'm working on (it has won two US bike build offs, been on the Discovery channel, cover of three magazines, one which was a state tourist mag.    Predictable make the beast with two backsers you are.   

Here is one I built & ride.

You guys are freaking hilarious!







Oh, and think Rick Fairless...OK.  Here is one of my bikes, and a picture of it is hanging directly behind his desk.


Sorry to taint you & this holy thread. 

but...

they're not monsters.

[NorDog]

Predictable make the beast with two backsers you are.   

You guys are freaking hilarious!

Oh, and think Rick Fairless...OK.  Here is one of my bikes, and a picture of it is hanging directly behind his desk.

Sorry to taint you & this holy thread. 

Rick Fairless, an exceptionally fine craftsman and (I know from personal experience) a friendly, down to earth and unassuming man.  He just builds ugly machines, in my opinion.  That he likes your bike means nothing to me.  Sorry.

It seems you put too much emotional investment in dropping names, $$$ spent, and what other people think of your aesthetic (that means "sense of style").

If this stuff is what you love, cool!  Have at it and enjoy.

Just don't expect everyone on a board dedicated to Ducati Monsters to share your passion for these types of machines.

There's no reason to get all (_!_) hurt and start calling me names.  Or, to put it another way, in the immortal words of Sgt. Hulka, "Relax Lighten up Francis."

Oh, and who's the "we" your refer to when speaking of yourself?  Just curious

[KEH]

Or, to put it another way, in the immortal words of Sgt. Hulka, "Relax Francis."

I believe the quote is "Lighten up, Francis".

Sorry, I use this quote all the time!

[NorDog]

I believe the quote is "Lighten up, Francis".

Sorry, I use this quote all the time!

Thanks for the correction!  I do wish to be accurate.

[Grampa]

looks like a job for poptarts