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

[jvax]

Wasn't said to me directly, but on another forum where I posted a pic when I decided to sell.

Reader 1:
"Am I the only one who has a chub after looking at this bike?"

Reader 2:
"Nope. I think many of us are sporting wood over this bike. "

Reader 1 again:
"Will you take my wife in trade? She cooks and cleans..."

Guy who bought it from me:
"It gave me a chub too, that's why I bought it."


I sometimes go back and read it again, and it puts a smile on my face every time     Can't believe I'm still bike-less   

[BoDiddley]

A guy I know that is a pilot and flies cross contry in an old plane told me "That looks dangerous"   Then he went on to disbelieve the horsepower to weight.  He seemed to think it could go straight up if it had a prop and wings......so I agreed with him.   Maybe if I took off the coolers?    S4Rs

[Shifty]

I'm a service advisor at a VW dealership and I park my Duc about 15 feet from my desk so I hear all the compliments... 

I get about dozen "holy crap who's Ducati is that?" per week. Since I'm a bit humble I just kind of smile and say "Oh, it's mine...", always prepared to give a bunch of "thank you's" in reply to the compliments that inevitably follow. I used to have a red/black 620 that got a ton of "damn that thing is mean"-type comments. My new blue/white S4R seems to get more "that is a beautiful machine"-types (and the kids seem to like the brighter colors). Either way, I'll take em. 

The other night a couple stopped in to drop a car off and their 15-year-old son was eyeing my bike. Turns out he was getting ready to take the MSF class the following day. We went out and I showed him and his younger brother (who was about 5) some of the key points of the bike and what set the Duc apart from more "conventional" bikes. The open clutch really intrigued them, they wanted to see it spin so I grabbed the key and fired it up. Everyone's eyes lit up when it started and I gave it a quick blip and the younger kid jumped back about a foot. We all laughed, he looked up at his brother and yelled over the racket, "You need to get THIS bike!" That was a lot of fun.

[Kopfjager]

"That thing sounds like a small block"

[fastwin]

Out of all my scooters nothing sounds better than a 2 valve, air cooled Duc with Termis. My Hayden Rep RC51 with Ti Satos takes a close 2nd. My 999 with 57mm full Termi set up sounds like Honda lawn mower compared to my S2R1000 w/Termis. Just sayin'

[Raux]

Not sure if it was a compliment
but when leaving work i was warming the bike up and blipped the throttle
there was a young female lt that was aboutten feet away that wss suddenly about fifteen with a wierd smile on her face

[Dannyboy]

Riding home from work today, I got passed by a new M3.  The guy passed me and then backed off.  When he was next to me, I looked over and he gave me a big thumbs up.  I thought it was cool considering his car cost 6-7x what I paid for my 696.

[hillbillypolack]

Best thing someone said about my Monster?

"that swollen gas tank makes your ass look small"   

[mjk778]

Typical oooohs and ahhhhs never get old and are quite common, but today I showed a buddy of mine who knows nothing about ducs or any motorcycle for that matter said "THAT FRIGGIN THING LOOKS LIKE IT JUST ROLLED OUT OF MAD MAX THUNDERDOME"

I just smiled

[freeclimbmtb]

Walked into work a few minutes ago to my boss:
"CASEY! get over here!..."
"whats up?"
"you cut me off last night!"
"...huh?"
"were you in PB last night?"
"...uh no not really...OB..."
"No I'm pretty sure it was you...there cant be very many black and red Ducatis with NH plates in San Diego..."
"Oh...yeah must have been me..."




D'OH!!!


(At least he was laughing about it)

[ManaloEA]

A couple of months ago, my son was walking home from school with a bunch of friends (girls and guys). I happen to drive by, so I waved to my son, and he shouted "Hey Dad". My son told me later that one of the really cute girls exclaimed. "Is that your dad?!? He is so cool!!".

Yesterday, I had to run across town, and a family in a minivan was at a light when I pulled up. The girls in the back kept looking over at me. Finally, I looked over and blipped the throttle a couple of times. They all smiled.

[krolik]

While I was out for a bit of a ride today, I got the from a little kid in the back of a Jeep while stopped at a light.

[fastwin]

I love that. The adults in the car don't even know you exist but the little kids in the car seat, etc. are fascinated and can't stop staring. It's like you are invisible to the adults but are a 10 foot tall alien with tentacles to the kids. I always make sure and wave at the kiddos. Hopefully some day they will be riding their own bike and waving at little kids.

[Cat]

I had a guy on a Harley pull up next to me at a stoplight last week, look over at my bike, and say, "Awesome bike!"  I've been riding since 2007 and have never gotten any comments before...guess I just didn't have a sufficiently awesome bike before now, right?

[Artful]

I had a guy on a Harley pull up next to me at a stoplight last week, look over at my bike, and say, "Awesome bike!"  I've been riding since 2007 and have never gotten any comments before...guess I just didn't have a sufficiently awesome bike before now, right?

I like to think when someone doesn't compliment my bike they're just too awestruck to comment. That has to be it. Right?