Monster challenge not so great according to owners....suggestions?

[motogpfan]

rofl.

how many people WANT to? 

about 697 so far

[TiAvenger]

Thats



to you

You're a hard nut to crack Joel. 

[Grampa]

dont....touch my nuts

[ducatiz]

dont....touch my nuts

i knew a guy in high school with a lisp.

we always wanted to trick him into saying "peanuts" to someone in some odd situation (i.e. "my peanuts are too salty") but couldn't figure out how... >>sigh<<

[ghostface]

Contest sux.

[duccarlos]

Dadly organized contests suck.

[ducatiz]

Dadly organized contests suck.

Dadly??   

[Popeye the Sailor]

Dadly??   

Badly.

[eettare]

video of Duc Pond unveiling theirs at the DC show.  Donnie (owner of Duc Pond) took a lot of pride in what the did to the bike.  Also looks like maybe the only one to get rid of the stock foot peg setup.  Thats almost a must on a monster.

[NorDog]

What went wrong?

Anyone here old enough to remember Coca-Cola?  Then came the "New Coke".  That went over like a fart in church.  The New Coke was taken off the shelf before it could even go flat.  Now we have "Classic Coke" which is just the orignial Coca-Cola in a new can.

The New Monster is Ducatis "New Coke".

Oh, and it's ugly.

Aquinas said that beauty has three elements: Unity, Proportion, and Clarity.

Well, the New Monster loses out on at least two of those points: Unity and Proportion.  Those exhaust cans (and even the aftermarket performance cans) just seem to pop out of nowhere in bulbous pods.  They have no aesthetic proportion or unity to the header pipes.  Then there's the peg mounts and the sub-frame; yuck.

I will say that I like the Tank Skins and the beefy look of the main frame.

PS: No offense to those who like it is intended.

[desmoworks]

Should have been a customer contest... We didn't participate as we didn't see any point in painting a tank cover... that doesn't showcase our dealerships skill at all - just the paint shop we choose to spray it. I'll leave it at that 

[BastrdHK]

That went over like a fart in church. 

Haha.....that made my day.  I am gonna steal that one from you 

[Privateer]

they needed more time.  There are only a few which look like they have anything other than a new paint job.  And I say 'look like' cuz I can't tell in all the photos.  Any type of 'show' bike even if it's not an official show bike, I should be able to look at almost every piece and see something done to it.  A contest of bolt-ons isn't much of a contest.


Andy

[Lance Goodthrust]

As I was reading this thread I was thinking that DNA should have just called it something other than the Monster Challenge. The original MC was made for everyone to show off their personal efforts. So, I figured everyone was upset because they had completely changed the challenge. Then someone stated that it wasn't called the Monster Challenge, so now I'm stumped.

It was obviously used as an opportunity to drum up interest in a new design. As motorcyclists we don't have the advantage of having huge shows like the North American Auto Show or Tokyo that manufacturers can roll out their new designs for thousands of people to oooo and ahhhh over. This sounds more like a grassroots movement to drum up interest in a new design. I think it worked. I was at DucPond's unveiling in DC and I didn't even know there was a contest, I just thought they modded it to mod it. There were a lot of other people that were at that unveiling that never would have looked into the Ducati booth, but they stopped, watched, and ended up taking a close look at the M1100.

Again, I think it worked, not as a Monster Challenge, but to create a little bit of interest. Not disagreeing with what anyone has said previously, just hoping to introduce a different angle.

[herm]

but it was called the monster challenge...
at least it was in that video clip that someone posted...they guy presenting the bike referred to the whole deal as a monster challenge.