Ducati Monster on 670 Yesterday - One of you?

[JohnG]

Was out on the VFR at lunch yesterday and had a rather interesting mishap. I had been to Microcenter and picked up a USB to serial 9 pin converter cable so I can check out my PCII. Not wanting to put the thing in my jacket, I stashed it under the back half of the Sargeant seat.

All was well until I headed east from downtown on 670 thru the construction zone - 45 mph and they patrol it heavily. When I hit the end of construction, I goosed it up to freeway speed and felt something bumping against my ass. The back half of the seat had come loose, the package under the seat must have interfered with the latch. So, pinning the seat half between my chest and the tank, I headed for the side of the road.

After a quick fix, I saw an opening in traffic and hammered on it - hard - to get off the side of the freeway. Just shy of red line in first and second, then quickly back to normal. The acceleration was intoxicating. Exiting at 5th Avenue and coasting up to stop for the light, I see another bike briskly approaching from behind. A very pretty Ducati Monster pulls up and we chatted briefly while waiting for the light to change. He compliments the viffer and says, "I could hear you in front of me, even over the Ducati". To top it off, when I got to the Bexley Coffee Shop, my friend says, "I heard you coming." So, now I know how loud the TBR exhaust can be. Note to self: be mindful of the exhaust note in certain places...

[jblosser]

there's a red VFR i hear/see occasionally on Worthington Woods/Main Street where it passes over 71 in Westerville.

that wouldn't be you, is it? That thing's so loud that Harley guys think it's too loud.

[JohnG]

lol (I think)... I don't travel that way, so I doubt that's me. And I sure hope I'm not THAT loud! :-) As far as I can tell, it only gets really loud when I romp on it.

[Ryan_c_F]

Nothing like the sound of a Honda V4...

[speedytriple]

^ my dick is as big as my thumb look at my $70k bike LOL!!

[attentiongetter92]

Um... I see your Honda V4' date=' and raise you an Italian V4.

I saw a guy on one of these with no helmet on so I asked him where his lid was he said he wasn't racing anyone do he didn't need one and no one was dumb enough to pull out in front of a Ducati.