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

[sofadriver]

"is that as fast as it looks?" had me grinning for a while. 

[faolan01]

"Wow! So that's what a Ducati looks like in real life?"

a couple of hours later

"A Ducati? What did that go for new, 20 thousand?"

[Dirty Duc]

Now I dont want to detract from the hillarity of your story...but what do you use for a thermos?  I usually just get a couple icecubes in my coffee and chug it so i can get to work...none of the travel cups they sell seem suitable for coffee transport in a backpack...

this one works
http://www.amazon.com/OXO-Grips-LiquiSeal-Travel-Stainless/dp/B0001YH1LG

[triangleforge]

I've got two of these, and they're awesome & absolutely drip proof -- http://www.amazon.com/JOEmo-Stainless-Coffee-Teabrew-Travel/dp/B001M9O7ZM In looking for that link, I found they now make a 16 oz. size, which would address my one quibble with the small capacity of ours.

And to get back on topic, I heard two things about the ST2 over the weekend that made me smile. The first: "Jeez, don't you ever wash that thing?" and the second, from one of two German exchange students staying with us, after his first-ever ride (on the back) of a motorcycle: "Wunderlich!" said with a huge grin.

[Jason1]

A guy came over to my house to buy a jacket I had on craigslist and when he saw my bike he first asked what it was and then replied " That just looks like testosterone on wheels" he was riding a Katana

[sublime]

At a gas station fueling up, an old man was fueling up his car behind me, saw him look over a couple of times. After a little while he came up behind me and tapped me on the shoulder;

"That's a beautiful bike. A true classic. I remember those from the 60s."

He stood silent for a while, looked at it, and then walked back to his wife who was standing by their car waiting, smiling at him. Guess he got a bit nostalgic and his wife recognized that.

Edit: This was during my first ride ever on the bike by the way.
During that same drive I also saw a car ride along side with me for some time, hitting every light with me, and when I looked over I saw a mother driving and a little boy hugging the passenger seat window staring at the bike with a smile. I also stopped in front of a cafe and two girls quickly dropped their coffee to pick up their iPhones to take photos of me.  

Edit2: Monster 620Sie

[wannabfast]

i think this thread should be renamed things said about your ducati, because not everyone gots a monster

[Buckethead]

i think this thread should be renamed things said about your ducati, because not everyone gots a monster

No need. Just chime in.

Driving home from school the other day, kid in a Subaru is hanging out just behind me in the lane to my right. Eventually he gasses it like he needs to get around me and when he get ahead about 10-15 feet, he throws a big thumbs up out the window. I gave him a throttle blip and he laughed and gave a fist pump.

[eric]

"Bellissima!"
On Pacific Coast Highway, from an Italian couple on their honeymoon. They loved the Sport 1000S. They didn't speak much English but they were on a trip through the US on a cruiser.

[Sundog]

A whole bus load (literally) of Japanese tourists in Oz wanted to get their pictures taken individually standing next to my bike in a car park at a scenic lookout, many asked to hold my helmet in their hands and if they could put their hand on the seat (at least they asked). The bike was filthy from a dirt road I'd been on and I had my sh*tty old black leathers on, very dusty, the ones covered in patches and I distinctly heard (Japanese words) blah blah blah "Mad Max!" blah blah.

Made my week that did...

[dtarsky]

I've been only riding my 2011 M696 since the end of December and got more accolades than I can even describe in one post. As time wears on, I don't get as many but I think it is because I just had such the crap eating grin early on and people picked up on it.

Almost every day, I get someone asking me how fast it goes. I say, "Well I haven't really gone over 90 but I think it can do about 120." I just shrug it off because for me it isn't about how fast the bike gets but rather the technical excellence which makes riding it a dream.

The other riders out there get it and don't ask about the speed but cool questions IMHO about how the suspension works and the trellis frame.

My favorite moment so far was when a guy pulled up next to me in his truck on a two-lane street just so I could see his thumbs-up out his window. I love the love I get while out on my bike but it at the same makes me want to be even safer and responsible as a rider so I make those people even more proud.

[wannabfast]

yea ive only hit 115 on my bike, but its not the top speed, its how it gets there, i just love the brute acceleration and power curve, non of the jap bikes ive ridden have that kind of power delivery, that being said, i havent been on anything bigger than a 750 except for my 796, so that is something too, but like i said, its the mad flat torque curve that gets me smiling

[stopintime]

............
I love the love I get while out on my bike but it at the same makes me want to be even safer and responsible as a rider so I make those people even more proud.

That's a good point

[RAT900]

it was a while back...I recall her words were "riding on your bike makes me wet"  (and no it wasn't my grandmother)   

[freeclimbmtb]

it was a while back...I recall her words were "riding on your bike makes me wet"  (and no it wasn't my grandmother)