mbalmer
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« Reply #75 on: August 28, 2008, 10:28:40 AM » |
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Is it June yet?
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« Reply #76 on: August 28, 2008, 11:42:07 AM » |
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Different versions of "That is a beautiful bike," from the various firemen surrounding it, as it was wedged under an SUV. I just replied, "was, was a beautiful bike...  " |
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2005 S2 R R.I.P. ... I'm totally cool with my friends saying "You remember when William bit it?! That was awesome! How do you explode in a fireball while being crushed under a waterfall?! I don't think I'll beat that..."
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« Reply #77 on: August 28, 2008, 11:45:30 AM » |
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"here's the key"
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Gaspar, Melchior and Balthasar kicked me out of the band..... they said I didnt fit the image they were trying to project.
So I went solo. -Me
Some people call 911..... some people are 911
-Marcus Luttrell
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« Reply #78 on: August 28, 2008, 11:56:41 AM » |
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Let's not forget that one  "here's the key"
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237,000 km/sixteen years - loving it
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vampireduc
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« Reply #79 on: August 28, 2008, 01:07:34 PM » |
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Not a compliment but a cut at it. Let me set the scene. Gate gaurd in lower Alabama getting onto an Army base. With my now sold 97 m750
Gaurd: Hmm...is that one of them "do-K-T's"
Me: yes sir.
Gaurd: who makes'm?
Me: Ducati
Gaurd: hmph...Don't beat no V-Twin.
Me: it is a V-Twin...(then interrupted)
Gaurd: Damn Jap bikes
Me: Good day sir.
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Of the good in you I can speak but not of evil. For what is evil but good tortured by its own hunger and thirst.
'97 M750...sold
'99 900ss...project, waiting on parts to finish the rebuild (sold)
'99 750ss...parts for the 900ss (sold)
'97 M750...again!
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whidbeymonster
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« Reply #80 on: August 28, 2008, 01:31:42 PM » |
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since i am a woman, the best thing some guy said to me was,
"damn girl, that's a badass ride! how does your husband look on the back?"
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Fresh Pants
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« Reply #81 on: August 28, 2008, 03:08:08 PM » |
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Just a thumbs up from a teal Camaro through tinted glass. Not sure how I feel about.  I gave him a nod. |
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Bwooooooahhh
Braaaaaaaappp
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sbrguy
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« Reply #82 on: August 28, 2008, 03:14:31 PM » |
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its a shame that the m620 is a wet clutch bc part of the whole ducati thing is the whole dry clutch sound.
i know whenever i'm in the car next to a ducati, i specifically listen for the clutch sound, and of course the sound of the exhaust is so destinct.
fortunately it seems everyone knows "the look" of the ducati and likes it.
common for people just to say "nice bike" or when you tell them you ride a ducati they always have the same look of "ohhh one of those things.. cool"
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TiNi
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« Reply #83 on: August 28, 2008, 03:15:28 PM » |
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Just a thumbs up from a teal Camaro through tinted glass. Not sure how I feel about. I gave him a nod. |
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DuciD03
.... when did that happen...?
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BTW: thats a bad pic of Bono, not me .... ;)
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« Reply #84 on: August 28, 2008, 07:42:30 PM » |
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... on a long ride on Vancouver island, heading north on the old island highway; I'v been passing more then the usual amount of HD's. Gas light comes on and I pull into the next gas station in the next town ... as I pull in I can see that a group of HD riders has just pulled in and are filling there bikes; one pump is available and I'm thinking "oh s**T" I'm committed. I very self conciously get off my bike; the very rough HD guys are eyeing the odd one out .... one HD guy pops up form other side of the gas pump ... "ducati ... there nice bikes ... you got a killer bike ... and i know some who would kill ya for a bike like that "... he smiles; I still don't know of he was joking, turns out he has 4 HD's. I still laugh nerviously thinking bout it ... I say" ya HD's are nice; the next bike I get'll be a HD" ... just to appease the crowd ... they soon roar off in the direction I'm traveling ... I hang out at the gas station for a while to let them get some distance.
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« Reply #85 on: August 28, 2008, 08:23:21 PM » |
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then you pass them all
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Big Troubled Bear
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« Reply #86 on: August 28, 2008, 10:37:28 PM » |
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Best comment I get comes from my 3 year old son, whenever he sees a bike no matter what make he calls them scooters, but when it comes to Monsters he calls them Motorbikes |
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 Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity. |
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ducfun
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« Reply #87 on: August 29, 2008, 08:29:52 PM » |
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this thread is  thanks for starting it! As for mine...I love the stares at stop lights and as I pass cars/bikes on the road. Best one so far was a guy in a silver porshe that slowed down to give me a . I threw back a shaka sign. I think each of us sat there looking at the others ride for a but until he pulld off. |
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Popeye the Sailor
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« Reply #88 on: August 29, 2008, 08:34:02 PM » |
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I live in Ducati central. No one has ever really made any comments about my bike except to tell me that I need to clean it.
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If the state had not cut funding for the mental institutions, this project could never have happened.
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somegirl
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aka msincredible
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« Reply #89 on: August 29, 2008, 08:45:02 PM » |
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The mechanical engineers at the office were admiring the clean design of my bike. |
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