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

Started by DarkStaR, July 12, 2012, 07:12:46 PM

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ScottRNelson

#45
August 06, 2012, 11:29:22 AM
Quote from: EEL on August 06, 2012, 07:17:18 AM
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.  ;D

Of course, I was one of those too, and I really appreciated having some friends along to help me out.
Scott R. Nelson, 2001 XR650L, 2020 KTM 790 Adv R, Meridian, ID

EEL

#46
August 06, 2012, 01:30:33 PM
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

#47
August 07, 2012, 09:03:38 PM
Glad you're in Cali, but shame on you for ever selling your ...  888?

Quote from: ScottRNelson on August 01, 2012, 01:23:41 PM
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.
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ScottRNelson

#48
August 08, 2012, 05:43:06 AM
Quote from: tigre on August 07, 2012, 09:03:38 PM
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.
Scott R. Nelson, 2001 XR650L, 2020 KTM 790 Adv R, Meridian, ID

S2RMassive

#49
August 08, 2012, 04:09:11 PM
Who's up for a group ride this weekend?
06 S2RDark

B.Rock

#50
August 14, 2012, 10:36:48 AM
Quote from: ScottRNelson on August 08, 2012, 05:43:06 AM
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.
Cali - where I lay my Mac down.

Le Piou

#51
August 15, 2012, 08:29:17 PM
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 ;D ) have a strong connection and some history and it was just awkward for me stepping in your "almost private" chats.

Ride safe guys.
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2007 1000 S2R "Lilith" (03/2007-09/2008 -RIP-)
1999 750 Monster "Eve" (02/2000-07/2003)

kustom17

#52
September 04, 2012, 08:35:14 PM
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

#53
September 04, 2012, 10:17:31 PM
Welcome!

Hey, S2R Massive, I just saw that you wanted to go on a ride... Oh well.   [cheeky]
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Popeye the Sailor

#54
September 07, 2012, 10:33:42 AM
Quote from: ScottRNelson on August 06, 2012, 11:29:22 AM
That's why I stopped attending rides with this group.  ;D

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.
If the state had not cut funding for the mental institutions, this project could never have happened.

ScottRNelson

#55
September 07, 2012, 10:59:27 AM
Quote from: Dwead Piwate Woberts on September 07, 2012, 10:33:42 AM
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?
Scott R. Nelson, 2001 XR650L, 2020 KTM 790 Adv R, Meridian, ID

MendoDave

#56
September 15, 2012, 03:29:14 PM
Quote from: kustom17 on September 04, 2012, 08:35:14 PM
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

#57
September 18, 2012, 10:55:13 AM
I think DocWong scared him off.
"Once you accept that a child on the autistic spectrum experiences the world in
 a completely different way than you, you will be open to understand how that
 perspective
    is even more amazing than yours."
    To realize the value of nine  months:
    Ask a mother who gave birth to a stillborn.
"Don't piss off old people The older we get, the less 'Life in Prison' is a deterrent."


ducpainter

#59
September 18, 2012, 12:42:24 PM
Quote from: Mendo Dave on September 18, 2012, 11:11:10 AM
What are you doing over here?
It's a free country
"Once you accept that a child on the autistic spectrum experiences the world in
 a completely different way than you, you will be open to understand how that
 perspective
    is even more amazing than yours."
    To realize the value of nine  months:
    Ask a mother who gave birth to a stillborn.
"Don't piss off old people The older we get, the less 'Life in Prison' is a deterrent."


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