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

[DUCURTI]

I was headed into a Subway sandwich shop that was right next door to an Italian deli when the owner of the deli pops out and says, "anyone who rides a Ducati like that can definitely spend more than $5 on lunch."

[Billyzoom]

Mine happened last week, and it was two comments from the same kid.  I rode up to Wrightwood and up the 2, then stopped at a gas station, parked in front and bought a soda, getting ready to ride back.  As I sat in front of the bike, just people watching, a skater looking kid comes over and sits near me.

Kid:  "Is that your Ducati?"

"Yeah.  Do you ride?"

Kid:  "Yeah, but just dirtbikes.  Man, I love that bike."

"Thanks."  .... ... ... ...silence ...  ... ..

Kid still staring at it..."I LIKE EVERYTHING ABOUT THAT BIKE."

"Thanks!  There are lots of Ducatis up here, huh?"

Kid:  Yeah, they're up here all the time.  But yours is the nicest one I've seen."

Pretty cool.  Nice kid.

[NFG]

I moved to a new house and the garage was too tight a fit for the car than I liked, so I bought the Monster.  Easier to get in and out, and it was a good excuse, helping me sell the idea to my wife.  A few weeks after getting it the new neighbor was walking by as I'm outside giving it a wash, and I'm worried he's gonna give me grief for the Termis.  I was having trouble getting it started in the mornings at the time, and it was a lot of very loud start/stop noise.

"That's a really nice bike" he says.  Colour me thrilled.

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I'm down the Gold Coast taking pics of a bunch of pole dancers on the beach, and we get to talking between snaps.  Motorbikes come up, and I said I just bought my first.  One girl asked what it was, and when I told her she says "Ooooh, that's nice."  The rest of them agreed, and I've been their official photographer ever since.  =D

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Everyone knows the name, even people who aren't into bikes.  I don't like to brag though, so when someone asks what kind of bike I have, I usually answer "A red one."  They press for more details, and I say it's a Ducati Monster, and they always react as if I've just smacked 'em in the face with a shiny balloon.  "Oh, cooool!"

I sometimes see other bikes, and I think about buying one, and then I realize I really do enjoy having my purchase decision validated by the ignorant masses.   =D

[TwoWheels]

I moved into a new room at work last week.  I have a window now that overlooks the parking lot, and I can park my bike in front of the window.  Several times I've noticed people walking by my bike and taking some pretty serious looks.  Sometimes they don't need to say anything at all.

Yesterday afternoon I was in the parking lot gearing up for the ride home.  An attractive woman in a volvo says "Nice bike, it must be fun".  I think it's pretty fun.

[Veloce-Fino]

I moved into a new room at work last week.  I have a window now that overlooks the parking lot, and I can park my bike in front of the window.  Several times I've noticed people walking by my bike and taking some pretty serious looks.  Sometimes they don't need to say anything at all.

Yesterday afternoon I was in the parking lot gearing up for the ride home.  An attractive woman in a volvo says "Nice bike, it must be fun".  I think it's pretty fun.

I would have been all over that situation. "(insert cheesy pickup line about riding 2up)"

[Bones]

I would have been all over that situation. "(insert cheesy pickup line about riding 2up)"

same thing happened to me at work and attractive female said to me: "you should give me a ride sometime."

to which I promptly replied: "anytime. And I'll even take you out on the bike too!"

damn, my face still hurts......................

[rgramjet]

I was sitting at a light and a very attractive woman pulled up next to me in a VW Beetle Convertible.  She looks at me and says "Nice Bike" and gave me the thumbs up.  I replied "Nice car, but why isnt your top off?"  She immediately reached for her business card case pulled out a card and handed it...........












And then my make the beast with two backsing alarm went off......

[J_Allan]

Dealer: "Your bike will be here by Monday"

.....definitely the best thing anyone has ever said about my Monster. 

[Goat_Herder]

Dealer: "Your bike will be here by Monday"

.....definitely the best thing anyone has ever said about my Monster. 

Congrats!

[angler]

Just finished sitting 3 hours for a tat and was gearing up.  The other artist in the shop asked me what kind of bike I rode.  When I said Ducati, the guy he was working on said:

"You mean that sick black one across the street?" 

I said most definitely.

[billruiz]

Okay, with the Iraq drawdown happening, I'm stuck all by myself in our building on a Sunday. So it takes me about 5 hours to read every post in this thread...I LOVE YOU GUYS!!! 

I do remember running into a former co-worker (when I was a temp at Pitney Bowes) at the local bike night. He asked me to start my bike, so I did. He then proclaimed I should take it back because it's making a clanking noise. I said, Hell no! I paid extra for that!" He looked at me, "WTF?" Two barely 20 year old girls walked by and yelled (complete with eyeroll), "It's supposed to sound like that!"

[lethe]

Okay, with the Iraq drawdown happening, I'm stuck all by myself in our building on a Sunday. So it takes me about 5 hours to read every post in this thread...I LOVE YOU GUYS!!! 

I do remember running into a former co-worker (when I was a temp at Pitney Bowes) at the local bike night. He asked me to start my bike, so I did. He then proclaimed I should take it back because it's making a clanking noise. I said, Hell no! I paid extra for that!" He looked at me, "WTF?" Two barely 20 year old girls walked by and yelled (complete with eyeroll), "It's supposed to sound like that!"

Now those are good girls and with such an obvious display of intelligence and good taste. 

[PhoenixS4R]

I was going through city streets on the way up to my favorite twisties, when a member of a group of very well dressed, mildly mannered african american gentlemen shouted, "NIGGA YOUR BIKE SOUNDS HELLA BUSTED"

[Veloce-Fino]

I was going through city streets on the way up to my favorite twisties, when a member of a group of very well dressed, mildly mannered african american gentlemen shouted, "NIGGA YOUR BIKE SOUNDS HELLA BUSTED"

This entire statement made me shit my pants with laughter on so many levels.

[pitbull]

same thing happened to me at work and attractive female said to me: "you should give me a ride sometime."

to which I promptly replied: "anytime. And I'll even take you out on the bike too!"

damn, my face still hurts......................

I'm a glass half full kinda guy.

you didn't get slapped, she just high fived your face