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On 12/12/2018 at 4:39 AM, 2talltim said:

Damn good to hear from ya Bill!!! How the hell you been?

Pretty good cheers, doing my thing in the Pacific Northwest . . . (corporate claptrap, saving for my retirement).

I had a  Multistrada (air-cooled) up til earlier this year, but realized I hadn't ridden it for a while so sold it. So no bike as of now. Riding's nice out here, Mountains, gorges, and vistas . . .  but I miss those long days on the endless SE Ohio twisties. Sigh . . .

How you doin'?

2 hours ago, Tpoppa said:

Back in the day, I'd chase it on a 2003 Buell XB9S.

It felt less like you chasing, and more like you following politely until it was time to pass and leave me in the dust . . . 

My memory of you Tony, is pretty much as a dot in the far distance.

Jacob Hawkins, it's brilliant for me to see this bike still giving value in it's natural environment. As you obviously know: I rode her for a lot of miles before Pauly - she loves the track, but has a groovy time on the street too. 

Looks like you're pushing her nice and hard - just how she likes it.

Cheers!! Thanks for the great pics.

On 8/22/2018 at 7:50 AM, jacobhawkins said:

I have Bills/Pauly's old bike.  Isabella is running well at 63k+ miles.

 

I just bloody wet my pants!

BamBam rode the Supersport to deals gap every year. He's almost sixty and that bike is no rolling sofa. Are you really gonna let a Limey Brit show you up?

Way to let the terrorists win.

Almost sixty....? with liberal rounding I suppose.

I agree with TPoppa, driving a cage past all those gorgeous roads, to get to the gap is just depressing.

I cannot understand how anyone could pass up the chance to ride through Dollywood...

He he ... Hi Tim, I cannot stay away from this board even though I've relocated to Washington state. The drama here is irresistible - even a seemingly harmless subject like this.

Pauly has my old supersport now, so Isabella continues to scare the Amish at every opportunity, consequently I still feel a tangible connection with you yokels.

As for the new Ducati, I'd take one if you're offering, but I ain't giving up my Multistrada.

Nobody rides at below 5k.  Well, hopefully they don't...

 

 

:-(

No choice... I've been riding a fair bit with a BMW group lately.

That is a fantastic price for this bike.

I had the good fortune to ride a 1200 this past weekend. Not Hoblick's but basically the same bike.

It is a stunner - that engine coupled with the handling and configurability puts it in a class of its own. I thought my aircooled Multi was pretty grunty, but the water cooled bike is in a different world.

Good luck with the sale, by roghts it should sell fast.Someone is going to be walking on air when they land that beauty.

First rule of IT Consultants, no Q&A without a contract in place.

Sorry mate, it's for your own good.

Who said anything about domestic violence? His definition of "stands up to a beating" could mean in the bedroom, different strokes for different folks. Don't overthink random pics!

Don't be dense. It is obviously referring to beating.

It is just not funny.

If you think beating women is funny, it's really not.

(edited to remove foul language)

Some good ideas in this thread. Ride safe everyone. I'll be in the Cascades while you're at the gap!

Hey,I'm working in Seattle right now - did a nice 450 mile run in The Cascades (Mt St Helens and Rainier national park) just this Sunday. How long will you be out here?

Harmless on the face of it, and some of the shots are quite nice.

Why does the whole series disturb me though?

There is something weird and intrusive about it.

Don't take photos like this anymore. Get help.

Brits do seem to think they're a bit special and their conversation tends to reflect that attitude.

All I have is the feeling that I was me. Kinda like in a dream where you know some fact (that may or may not be real) and don't question it. I often have dreams where I am in a house that I understood to be my house, but after I wake up and think back to the dream the house was nothing like any house I've been in.

I wouldn't worry about it then.

Probably some random entity occupying you for a moment.

In the image I was sitting in the car in exactly the same place I already was except the hood was all smashed in, there was smoke coming out from the engine but it smelled like coolant, there was a hissing noise and and a tinny ringing in my ears and my feet/ankles hurt as well as my chest/shoulder. In front of me was a smashed up black car that I had obviously crashed into, couldn't tell what kind of car it was but I remember it had a really curved wide hood like an Infiniti G or similar. I remember being alive but scared..

During this half second 'incident', are you looking out at the scene through your eyes, or witnessing it as a third party?

If you feel you are looking out through your eyes, what cues and calibrations are you using to determine that it is actually YOU looking out?

I have a Multistrada. The air cooled 1100 model. It is a brilliant, fun, practical road bike and handles crappy pavement with ease, but I'd hesitate to take it off road with the 17" front wheel.

Washington rules..... I'm never comin home...

you're thinking about it all wrong mate. Us Ducati owners prefer to offer MORE than is asked, just cos we can. We like people to know how huge our wads are!!

I have been using a Nikon D50 for years and have never outgrown it. If you want a camera to learn on, then something like that would be a good starter and because the cool kids all need much better cameras, you can pick them up relatively cheaply. Getting quality lenses off the bat may be putting the cart before the horse. Better to learn the basics with a kit lens and then make an educated decision about what lenses you want to acquire.

Dude lives in NEO.

+ Hoblick is a wanker. With a fugly bike.

DucRx rules.

It's about time we had these two fight it out...

Check the prices at DucRx in Ravenna. User name here on O.R. is Isaac's Papa - he's changed many tires for me, does great work (he'll take good care of your rims) and doesn't charge as much as the bigger shops.

http://www.ducrx.com/service-tires.htm

CARRY IN MOUNT / BALANCE Sportbikes: $25 per wheel

RIDE IN MOUNT / BALANCE Sportbikes: $35 per wheel

I think you should come to my place and set my sag. What's with asking people to show up at Mid-Ohio? The cheek...

Tim, I still have the Supersport... she's my honeybun, I can never get rid of her. Ticked over 54K on Friday... so she's a good old girl.

Hoblick, I admit I was really looking hard at the 1200S Touring and had started talking to a couple of dealers but the price just made me queasy. So I went with the plain old 'Ugly' model. Rather than the new fangled 'Ugliest' model.

I think I'll be okay as long as I'm careful never to look at it from the front.

arrrrrrrrrrghhhhhhhh.....

Back on topic.

No matter how ugly your bike is, or how besmirched, DucRx will look after it.

He's a mad bastard, but he loves your bike!!

DucRx came through big time for me.

I told Paul how ugly I thought his bike was, so rather than smack me in the teeth, he found me one.... a red Multistrada 1100S with next to no miles, perfect condition, full Termignoni etc etc, for next to nothing. After I snapped it up, he did a technical inspection for me, trailered it, freshened up it's juicy bits, fresh tires etc and all for silly low cost. The bike is basically brand new. And simply brilliant to ride. He bent over backwards to fit everything into my weird and inflexible schedule. Thanks mate.

This DucRx guy is a motorcycle zealot - he really looks after his customers.

While I was there today, he even defended the honor of a sad looking Suzuki Katana that was under his care, against cruel insults from the peanut gallery. That is love..