We should just change the name of this place to the Docwong forum...

[ScottRNelson]

I've tried to avoid Doc wongs rides of late.  Someone else always seems to bin in at every doc wong ride I attend.

That's why I stopped attending rides with this group. 

Of course, I was one of those too, and I really appreciated having some friends along to help me out.

[EEL]

I dont think i've been on a group ride in a year and a half. I'm always worried about being the collateral damage in an incident more than anything else.

Would still be interested in a group ride though (if you guys ever decide to have one). I'm a South Bay local so Santa Cruz mountains are always nearby but I've been really digging Mines Rd and Del Peurto Canyon Rd between Livermore and Patterson of late.

[tigre]

Glad you're in Cali, but shame on you for ever selling your ...  888?

I figured that I might as well check in while everybody else is doing it.  I both sold all of my Ducatis and moved away, but I still miss you guys sometimes.  I think I stopped going on group rides when the days-since-last-crash count never seemed to get very high before being reset again.

Other than riding to work everyday and doing errands on a motorcycle, I haven't ridden much at all lately.  I've got to change that.  I still intend to own another Ducati someday - probably a Multistrada 1200ST.  There's a good dealer in Roseville.

[ScottRNelson]

Glad you're in Cali, but shame on you for ever selling your ...  888?

The 888 was a truly beautiful bike, but I didn't really enjoy riding it because I was afraid of scratching it.  There aren't any replacement parts available for one of those if you scrape it up.  I wasn't willing to ride it on a race track and it always "wanted" to go way faster than I was willing to ride on the street.  So after six years and just 2000 miles, I sold it to a guy who could really appreciate it and it now is living in the same garage as a Ferrari and a Moto Guzzi V11.

And with the money from that sale I bought my KTM, which I'm not afraid to get dirty or scratch, I just ride it wherever I feel like going.

I still miss the Ducati sound, though.  A KTM will never sound as good as a Ducati engine.

[S2RMassive]

Who's up for a group ride this weekend?

[B.Rock]

The 888 was a truly beautiful bike, but I didn't really enjoy riding it because I was afraid of scratching it.  There aren't any replacement parts available for one of those if you scrape it up.  I wasn't willing to ride it on a race track and it always "wanted" to go way faster than I was willing to ride on the street.  So after six years and just 2000 miles, I sold it to a guy who could really appreciate it and it now is living in the same garage as a Ferrari and a Moto Guzzi V11.

And with the money from that sale I bought my KTM, which I'm not afraid to get dirty or scratch, I just ride it wherever I feel like going.

I still miss the Ducati sound, though.  A KTM will never sound as good as a Ducati engine.

I ride the 851 like a pansy for that reason. Well, that's my excuse, anyhow.

[Le Piou]

To be frank, I just quit.

It was fun when I joined. Really.
But quickly, I felt like being an outsider of the "founders" gang.
No offense to anybody, I just think you guys (well some of you, no names ) have a strong connection and some history and it was just awkward for me stepping in your "almost private" chats.

Ride safe guys.

[kustom17]

Hey guys, I'm new here. Ran into someone on the street as I was getting on my bike and he said I should check this place out.  Also told me about your Zeitgeists meet ups.  Anyway, bought my first ducati (08 S2R) about 3 months ago. Maybe I'll see you guys around

[mostrobelle]

Welcome!

Hey, S2R Massive, I just saw that you wanted to go on a ride... Oh well.   

[Popeye the Sailor]

That's why I stopped attending rides with this group. 

Of course, I was one of those too, and I really appreciated having some friends along to help me out.

You crash, MOB helps.

MOB starts crashing, you avoid.


Seems fair.

[ScottRNelson]

You crash, MOB helps.

MOB starts crashing, you avoid.


Seems fair.

I crashed once.  I went on at least half a dozen Monster rides where others crashed and I was happy to help out.  This was both before and after my crash.  I think there were just two after.

I felt that the record wasn't too good and opted out.  Plus I'm not even in the Bay Area now, so it isn't even a reasonable option to join other Monster rides now.  Do you guys even still hold them?

For a while there I was averaging one Monster ride a month and was the ride leader on a lot of them.  What have you done to help the cause?

[MendoDave]

Hey guys, I'm new here. Ran into someone on the street as I was getting on my bike and he said I should check this place out.  Also told me about your Zeitgeists meet ups.  Anyway, bought my first ducati (08 S2R) about 3 months ago. Maybe I'll see you guys around

Is that you Cyrus?

[ducpainter]

I think DocWong scared him off.

[MendoDave]

What are you doing over here?

[ducpainter]

What are you doing over here?

It's a free country