Monster Challenge VOTE FOR ME!!!

[arai_speed]

Nice clean bike xskiervh!

Don't let the haters hate on you - your bike is entered in the "AMATEUR" class and in my opinion is very clean and simple - what a monster should be.

[duccarlos]

I'm going to post a picture of my bike and say that it was originally a 696. I would simply say that I replace the frame, engine and eveything else.

[Raux]

I'm going to post a picture of my bike and say that it was originally a 696. I would simply say that I replace the frame, engine and eveything else.

actually that would disqualify the bike. the main frame has to be stock per se.

[hbliam]

For reference here are pictures of the two previous Monster Challenge winners:
This one currently resides in a window display at Santa Barbara Ducati and does not see the road:

And was also a suspect entry. IIRC that bike was entered by a female claiming it was her "build." Come to find out she is related in some way (daughter) to the owner of SB Ducati. So it was really a shop entry put up against amateur entry's.  

The original Challenge winner (duckstew) is legit. No questions, no issues, no red flags.

Some of the bikes picked to take a free trip that first year were not. The DML (not to be confused with the DMF) owner picked his friend (and an employee of the other owner of the DML) as a wildcard. Wildcard got a free trip to Daytona. Bike wasn't worthy. This caused a lot of brew haha.

The DMC will forever be cursed with bad feelings, cheating, and haters.

So xskiervh, nice bike. Good luck. Have fun with it.

[xskiervh]

Wow I didn't expect to get this much of a response. To be honest I'm in agreement with all of you, even the haters. What can you expect when you can't change the frame and engine, the rest is just a lot if clip on pieces. To a point my bike is that way, but like some have pointed out, I've swapped out the swing arm and put a hypermotard rim on there. A different exhaust altogether, not jut replacing mufflers which in my opinion give the bike a cleaner look. Painted calipers. I painted the take covers myself....didn't just buy a mass produced tank cover. oh and I chopped off the antlers to bring the POD lower and streamlined.

Half the reason I started this was cause I think it has turned into a popularity contest as well. Hopefully some better looking bikes show up and the voting will show better results.

Top 3 amature


Mattcosta
Ryan danger-ransom edition
Xskiervh

The others look like I can buy straight from the showroom floor.

[Desmojet]

I really like your bike X and if you ask me I would say it differs enough from bone stock to compete for the prize (whatever that is). Good luck!   

[Monster Dave]

It's too bad the older gen Monsters aren't included - the Sharpie bike would have done well.  

[SacDuc]

It's too bad the older gen Monsters aren't included - the Sharpie bike would have done well.  

I like the sharpie motif. Very unique and creative. Cool bike for sure. But I see next to nothing modified on that bike. Can't see it going very far in the Monster Challenge.


sac

[Drunken Monkey]

The DML (not to be confused with the DMF) owner picked his friend (and an employee of the other owner of the DML) as a wildcard.

I know all the parties involved and this statement is, frankly, bullshit.

As one the the wildcards picked for the 2nd Monster Challenge I have nothing but good feelings about the whole contest. As for the bit  about the trailer queenbike (which was the 3rd place bike, not the winner) and the fact that the guy who did win was an employee of Motowheels for a while not being a true amateur builds and/or bikes that don't actually see the road much... Whatever 

Except I'll say the 2nd place guy's bike was the real deal, no questions asked and leave it at that. And I'm a bit bummed Chris Platzer's bike (the reptilian one) didn't win anything. The bike was built on a shoestring budget with hand tools and it looked awesome.

Haters are gonna hate. As I said to Gary Eagan (the organizer) "You could get everyone who entered laid and they'd still find something to pregnant dog about."

And as a final note: As long as the frame started life as a Monster frame (and still has the VIN and is street 'legal') it's eligible.

[hbliam]

I know all the parties involved and this statement is, frankly, bullshit.

You can call BS all you want. I watched the play by play like everyone else.

[Duck-Stew]

Somehow...  Even after 5+ years, the drama lingers.   



Thanks to those that enjoyed my bike as it was.  It's still under the final knife as it were but this thread ain't about me.


Props to the OP.  You've got a clean bike there mate.   

[hbliam]

Somehow...  Even after 5+ years, the drama lingers.   
Thanks to those that enjoyed my bike as it was.  It's still under the final knife as it were but this thread ain't about me.

The fact that your bike won cleanly, even amidst the cloud of drama, was/is a testament to the fact that you built the best damn bike that year. Period.  No questions. No dispute. Something to be proud of.

[SacDuc]

Except I'll say the 2nd place guy's bike was the real deal, no questions asked and leave it at that.

was that the yellow one? The one that Grio bought? Because if it is I'll say this, I didn't much care for the looks of the thing but when I rode it went like a bat out of hell and the carbon wheels made it feel like you were hovering above the road in the corners. It almost had me believing that I know how to ride a motorcycle. That was a really terrific bike.

sac

[ChrisH]

To the op, your bike looks great. Props on the swinger conversion! Constructive criticism; I'd bet that the mismatched rims / lack of a fork swap may hold you back some. That said, your bike is way nicer then my 696 and I'd love to have it!

[duccarlos]

I knew the drama was going to show up again. I still think that the OP's bike is still in the lead simply because it's my type of bike. Unless I see something spectacular in the next few weeks, he is getting my vote.