Sightings

[Holden]

Red/red frame 999/749 at Amgen, parked outside building 27 (NW corner)

[lawbreaker]

Ortega Hwy... Gas Station right off the freeway.

Female rider on a 1098S(1198S?) full leathers Suomy Flowers Helmet-

we were the raggedy crew : Black SC, Yellow 998, Red M1100S

[Holden]

Ortega Hwy... Gas Station right off the freeway.

Female rider on a 1098S(1198S?) full leathers Suomy Flowers Helmet-

we were the raggedy crew : Black SC, Yellow 998, Red M1100S

This one? http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=27728.0

[lawbreaker]

Yup...

That'd be the one!

[Privateer]

Ortega Hwy... Gas Station right off the freeway.

we were the raggedy crew : Black SC, Yellow 998, Red M1100S

I think you guys passed me and my cruiser buddy going East on Ortega around 9 or so.

[lawbreaker]

That's about the time we were there....

[Embyr]

last saturday afternoon...  new-looking red monster (696?) with windshield on pch and laguna canyon rd...

[NorDog]

Last night around 5:45 I'm in my truck on Bronson, North of Hollywood Blvd, heading North.  I pass the Scientology Celebrity Center on my left and see a woman on an S2R with a white helmet waiting to leave the SCC parking lot.  I pull up to the light at Franklin and stop, happy that I'm first in line and don't have to wait behind someone turning left (the intersection is a pregnant dog to navigate).

The woman pulls up beside me on the right and then in front of me and stops in the crosswalk area and turns on her left turn signal!   

The light turns green, and since the oncoming traffic hasn't even got to the intersection yet the She-Monster rider could have made the turn right away and I could have proceeded unhampered.

But no.  She sits there, and sits there, and sits there.   

Is it just me, or is there some type of unwritten rule that if you lane split to the front of the line at a red light you shouldn't then hamper the abilitly of those behind you to proceed once the light is green?

No, it can't just be me.

[Embyr]

But no.  She sits there, and sits there, and sits there.   

Is it just me, or is there some type of unwritten rule that if you lane split to the front of the line at a red light you shouldn't then hamper the abilitly of those behind you to proceed once the light is green?

No, it can't just be me.

... new rider perhaps??  i hate when bikes do that.

[NorDog]

... new rider perhaps??  i hate when bikes do that.

Undoubtedly a new rider (I hope).  And please don't think I'm down on gal riders.  I've been a big advocate of gals riding their own bikes ever since I went monoposto back in the 80s.  I've always LIKED ladies.     And I've always liked riding without a passenger.  Therefore I've always thought MORE ladies with their own bikes is a good thing.  Though it didn't seem to popular with those in the Harley crowd I knew 20 years ago.

[UPDATE]

Since getting married in June to a woman who doesn't ride, but is hesitantly opening up to the idea of even BEING on a bike, the seat cowl has come off and the rear pegs have gone back on.

I guess a guy can't have it all.   

[Embyr]

^ congrats on your marriage! of COURse more women should ride! unfortunately, prevailing norms tell them they can't/they'll hurt themselves/they don't have the balls/dexterity/who knows what. I think a lot of women believe riding a motorcycle actually requires some sort of strength... or perhaps they're just scared off by the fact that it remains a very male-dominated sport/recreation/mode of transport.

Either way, I still get WAY overly excited when I see a woman on a sportbike (after 3 years of riding) and still nearly fall off my bike waving.

[Privateer]

Either way, I still get WAY overly excited when I see a woman on a sportbike (after 3 years of riding) and still nearly fall off my bike waving.

that's odd, that happens to me too.

[Scotzman]

I just moved from san diego to temecula(damn it's hot), but within a couple of days saw a red (800) monster. I think it was a female or a dude with a mullet.

[hbliam]

Is it just me, or is there some type of unwritten rule that if you lane split to the front of the line at a red light you shouldn't then hamper the abilitly of those behind you to proceed once the light is green?

No, it can't just be me.

Yes, the rule exists. She deserved about 60 seconds of horn.

[Wang]

9/7 (today) around 15:30 on Lincoln headed westbound toward the PCH South ramp at a stop light.  Filtered up through traffic.

Two S*Rs, one silver w/ red frame and one black.  The dude on the silver was wearing camo pants.  I was alone and heading home, but looked like those two were on their way to have some fun!