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

[SupraGuy74]

I hate to sound cliche and all but took a girl home 2 nights ago got off gave her a hug at her door and came back to my bike and started gearing up, looked down and well that passenger seat was wet, guess those ducati performance megaphones were doing there job.

[BMiller]

On my old M900Sie after a St. Patrick's Day ride in Charleston, I'm rolling down King Street and come to a stop at a red light right next to where some drunk college age idiot sitting on a stoop by the bars with a drunk girl that hopefully will wake up one day and realize she can do much better then this guy are sitting.....(mind you this is middle of the day) he yells at me "hey man.....you need to get that fixed" he's referring to the sound of the open clutch.  And me without missing a beat "There's nothing wrong, it's a dry clutch.  This is a DU-CA-TI, you can't pronounce it, you can't afford it" and I pull off with a priceless stupefied look on that guy's face.

In Indy for GP 2 years ago I had my 998 that was a total frame up build parked on the circle downtown by the big war monument thing.  I'm sitting on the steps by my buddy about 10' away (mind you there are bikes EVERYWHERE) and a group of guys walk by and stop at my bike.  They have a pretty decent discussion and are trying to figure out what model it is since I have no decals what-so-ever on the bike and none of them are that familiar with Ducati engines apparently.  Finally one of them decides it is a 916....I laugh, but don't correct him.  It just made my day watching the convo happen.

So many other stories from all the different Ducatis I've owned.  Very cool people out there.  I'll share a few more when they flash back.

[PhilB]

My Monster looks (and is) very well-used.

I rode it to the MotoGP at Indy in 2010.  On the Sunday afternoon, my sidestand broke.  At the campsite that night, there was nothing available to lean the bike up against except a garbage can, so I did that.  Later that evening, I was in my sleeping bag and I heard two guys walking by.  One said "Hey look, someone threw away a Ducati."  The other said "Looks like it needed it."

PhilB

[fastwin]

 

[Howie]

My Monster looks (and is) very well-used.

I rode it to the MotoGP at Indy in 2010.  On the Sunday afternoon, my sidestand broke.  At the campsite that night, there was nothing available to lean the bike up against except a garbage can, so I did that.  Later that evening, I was in my sleeping bag and I heard two guys walking by.  One said "Hey look, someone threw away a Ducati."  The other said "Looks like it needed it."

PhilB

Welcome back!

[BMiller]

My Monster looks (and is) very well-used.

I rode it to the MotoGP at Indy in 2010.  On the Sunday afternoon, my sidestand broke.  At the campsite that night, there was nothing available to lean the bike up against except a garbage can, so I did that.  Later that evening, I was in my sleeping bag and I heard two guys walking by.  One said "Hey look, someone threw away a Ducati."  The other said "Looks like it needed it."

PhilB

I'm pretty sure I have pics of your bike, does it have a bumper sticker that says "tuck in behind me I'll show you where to crash" or something like that?

[PhilB]

Welcome back!

Thank you.

I'm pretty sure I have pics of your bike, does it have a bumper sticker that says "tuck in behind me I'll show you where to crash" or something like that?

Yep, that's my bike.  When and where did you take pics of it?

PhilB

[BMiller]

Thank you.Yep, that's my bike.  When and where did you take pics of it?

PhilB

2010 Moto GP in Indy.  I volunteered every year but last year (I got married and vacation/money was low).  I worked parking that day and actually pulled ya in.  I have a pic of you by it as well.  Here ya go:

[Buckethead]

1   85k?! 

Hell, yes. 

Ride that mofo. 

[Betty]

185k! 

Don't s'pose the Maico or the Heinkel have that sort of mileage PhilB?

[PhilB]

Don't s'pose the Maico or the Heinkel have that sort of mileage PhilB?

The Maico, no.  I bought that in 1992, all original condition and only 6500 miles on it, and only but another 10K on that.  The Heinkel, more like yes.  I bought that in 1987, with about 25K on it, and put about another 60K on, so it's got 85K.  I think that's not a bad record for a 175cc scooter.

PhilB

[Betty]

The Heinkel, more like yes.  I bought that in 1987, with about 25K on it, and put about another 60K on, so it's got 85K.  I think that's not a bad record for a 175cc scooter.

PhilB

Awesome. The outlaws have four Heinkels (one an outfit) and they probably don't have that much on them combined. The Tourist moniker is rather apt from what I have seen ... they appear to be a good touring scoot.

[PhilB]

Awesome. The outlaws have four Heinkels (one an outfit) and they probably don't have that much on them combined. The Tourist moniker is rather apt from what I have seen ... they appear to be a good touring scoot.

Yes, it is.  The guy I bought it from, in 1987, was a young fellow from Berlin named Oliver.  He and his friend Christian had a pair of them that they had fixed up back in Germany, rode to the coast, shipped them to NY, and toured North America on them.  The went from NY to Seattle, turned around and went back to Sturgis for the big rally, went up across Canada to Alaska, then down the west coast to Mexico -- 13K in 5 months of touring.  I was in SoCal at the time, and they were near the end of their trip and taking bids for the bikes to pay for their plane tickets back home.

PhilB

[duc996]

I was at a telecom event over the weekend where they rented my bike for four hours to take the ceo for a backride from the entrance to the stage, where she's suppose to get off,while warming up the bike waiting for my cue, the employees outside the hall were all taking pics and all i heard was.. that bike looks awesome!then i got my cue ,rode on a red carpet going thru all the employees in the middle of the venue, and i felt like a rock star  (i said to myself thanks ducati)

[Kopfjager]

where she's suppose to get off