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

[iRam]

got three in one day. guy in his loud pick-up truck drives next to me on a stop light, sticks his head out the window and shouts "NICE BIKE!". a couple miles down the road i see a guy on a ducati superbike going the opposite direction. next thing you know he was zooming past me then immediately slowing down following me to the next stop light. after exchanging compliments he goes back the opposite direction on his merry way. and when i got to my destination. a kid and his mom was getting out of their car and the kid said "ducatis are my favorite bikes, definitely much better than harleys.". i told the kid study hard, make the right decisions in life.. and when you grow a lil older youll be on one of this. his mom made me repeat to her kid what i said, gave me a wink and off they went.

[eudaemonic5]

one of the first few times riding my 04 620 back in 2008.  completely stock, a little scuffed up & dirty, to boot.  parked in the driveway of a diner next to a guy who had a seriously blinged out, shiny red japanese number. as he's walking away with his girlfriend, he looks back at my bike and says, "sexy."   

riding through Nova Scotia in July 2009, we stop for gas.  i'm filling up my tank and i hear, "that's a Du-kay-ti! never seen one of 'em live before."  then an older guy and a teenage boy come around the pump to check out my bike.   

[NFG]

His reply... "It's my MOM'S."

That's just brilliant.  Love it.  =D

[TitanMonsterS4R]

Was on my 08 Duc 695 and an MD State trooper flashed his lights as though he wanted to pull me over. Quite the opposite, he pulled up beside me to tell me how bad ass my Ducati was. Just kept saying hot awesome it was and that he's always wanted one. Before speeding off he remarked that he should give me a ticket and impound my bike so he could take it for a spin. Not sure I'm ever gonna get a better comment than that.

[Billyzoom]

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"

Hysterically laughing in an airport.....awesone.

[Shifty]

I LOVE hearing and watching people's reactions when they see my bike. Not many Duc's here in Oklahoma, which seems to amplify the allure and mystique of the brand. I had a couple great experiences the other night which I thought I'd share here:

- While rolling down the local "strip" on a Saturday night, a nicely modified STI pulls alongside at a light and gives me a little rev. I blip back (anyone else think Subarus sound like an automotive version of a Duc L-twin?  ). We're at the end of the strip, with about 5 miles of open road ahead of us. We can't not race... the Scooby driver leans over and says "Nice bike! Want to run up to 60?" Against my better judgement I agree, and at the green light I (surprisingly) leave him in the dust. We turned around to head back and stopped at the same light. Again the driver leans over, "Damn that thing sounds sick! 900 right?" I laughed a bit, "No man, 620." His face went . I tried to make him feel better. "I love that Scooby, what do you have done?!" He just shrugged and replied, "Nothin, it's just bolt ons." 

- On the way home from seeing my friends on the drag that night I spot something exotic-looking in the distance. I turn the wick up just a little to slowly gain ground on it. I'm happy to find a Lamborghini Murcielago! As I pulled alongside, gazing longingly, the driver downshifted and roared ahead.  Just a beautiful sound!!! As I caught back up and rolled past, the window comes down and the driver gives the universal "twist the throttle" motion. I of course obliged, and we exchanged thumbs up before parting ways. Very cool. I know of no other machine that you could buy for $4000 that would get you a thumbs-up from a Murcie driver. 

[ArguZ]

" Honey , if you drive me to work this morning, we have another half hour "
Smirkes, and goes down

[DucatiSTi]

anyone else think Subarus sound like an automotive version of a Duc L-twin? 

Yep, that's why I have an 09 STi

I don't know which one I love to drive more, the Suby or my 696

[trpletme]

At the local Hardware store, and a guy says " WOW! A Ducati ! Those things are really fast. What's all that rattling?" (open cover) It's just the clutch. " I'd get that looked at if I was you."
Really not the best thing but entertaining just the same.

[Monster Dave]

I LOVE hearing and watching people's reactions when they see my bike. Not many Duc's here in Oklahoma, which seems to amplify the allure and mystique of the brand. I had a couple great experiences the other night which I thought I'd share here:

... "No man, 620." His face went .... Priceless

...I know of no other machine that you could buy for $4000 that would get you a thumbs-up from a Murcie driver. 

I totally agree!!!

[Artful]

Last night as I'm working on fixing up my garage doors the girlfriend is helping pick up tools. She looks at the bike, shakes her head a little and says

"It just looks like such a.... machine. Like Mad Max style, barebones... machine". She then rolled her eyes and said "Oh Christ... I probably just made your damn night" smiled and shook her head.

Gotta love her, she knows me far too well.

[NoisyDante]

This morning I was supposed to be at work at 6am.  I forgot to set the alarm, and at 8:15 I woke up to the sound of my cell phone ringing.  It's my managing director asking where I was, and I apologized and said I'd be there soon as I could.  He said, "You have a session at 9:15, you live in Culver City, we're in Burbank, how do you expect to be here in time for that?  There's no way, traffic is gridlocked, I'll cancel the session."  I said, "Don't worry about it."

I got dressed, got out the door, and got to Warner Bros. by 8:40.  He wasn't even pissed at that point, he just said, "Jesus, you must have one hell of a fast bike!"

[akmnstr]

The Desmo pregnant dog has blown its engine for the 3rd time and I was discussing selling the bike as is with my wife.  Suddenly she says to me, "that monster is part of the reason I slept with you the first time."  


I'm thinking now, we are going to fix the desmo pregnant dog again even though we have already purchased an s4r.

[The Bacon Junkie]

I got a couple today...

I was on my way to work for the second time this morning after forgetting my badge and riding home to pick it up.

I was coming up to a freeway interchange and traffic was starting to slow down from 75ish.
I down shifted 5-4-3 and started splitting lanes, downshift again, and slot in to the now one lane ramp in front of a white pickup.

Anyway, everyone merges onto the next freeway, and I'm gone.

Fast forward to lunchtime...  My program coordinator stops me in the hallway and says, "that was you on the motorcycle this morning, right?"  I said, "Um, maybe."  I wasn't sure where he was going with this.

Him: Man, I heard you downshifting and then, ZOOM you were past me!"

Me: on the freeway?

Him: Yeah, made me wish I had a bike...  I was stuck behind all those cars... and the sound when you got on the freeway.  AND you get to park up front. I had to drive around looking for a spot. 

Me:Yep, I love her!

Him: Man, I want a bike now, but the wife says no...




The other comment was from a neighbor a few blocks over.

I live just off a major road, but always ride slow down my Cul-de-sac. I try not to piss off too many of my neighbors...  i.e. second gear @ 20mph. But downshifting to make the turn of the main road is a noisy affair.   

Well, as I pull into the driveway, a man and a young lady were standing on the sidewalk with their dog.  I get off the bike and they're walking up the driveway.  Uh-Oh..

I take off my helmet and say hi.

Guy: I live a few blocks away and I can hear you come home every night.

Before I can make some sort of half-hearted apology he continues with "Nothing sounds like a Duc, and your Duc just sounds niiiiiiice! 

He has a few Harley's now, but used to have a Paso.  We chit chat for awhile bike talk.

Then he says, "Oh, by the way, this is my daughter ____. She rides too!

Before the thoughts could come into my head, I shook her hand, said nice to meet you and bid them goodnight.

[moto]

[Veloce-Fino]

Then he says, "Oh, by the way, this is my daughter ____. She rides too!

Before the thoughts could come into my head, I shook her hand, said nice to meet you and bid them goodnight.

[moto]

Haha.....too true.