ducati owners are posers?

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Pretty easy to spot the lack of riding skill in general, regardless of gear, look at him riding RIGHT down the center of the lane through all the oil.
 
Phil said:
just recently:

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we have no helmet law here. people think of a helmet as something uncomfy, especially during summertime. there are a lot of posers saturday nights on main street, but luckily any ducatis... same for squids.
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DeltaIV said:
Your a real poseur if you have one in the garage, and the only km's you are doing is back and forth from the coffee shop in full Ducati attire, this includes full outhere Ducati jacket, ducati tshirt, ducati pants, ducati boots and Ducati undies (or entirely ducati branded but no actual saftety gear) and then sit at the coffee shop (must be in a crowded spot)while whatching everyone look at your bike and letting them make the connection between you and the bike. While everyone is looking you stand up walk over and start talking .... while dropping the name of every brand you can think of and every racer and pointing at random Ducati parts that you have no idea about. Like pointing at the termi sticker(it must have termi's because you need the extra 3hp) while uttering such useful phrases like "the horse torques on the Brembo steering wheel is amazing, it's like the my Porsche canine that Valentino Rossi uses everyday". A portrait of a true poseur.
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See this regularly do you?
 
Anyone who rides a 195bhp bike in the road is definitely a poser. But that's one damn fine pose.

I don't think mileage means anything. I've just sold my 2007 1098S with under 3000 miles on it. But, during the time I've owned that bike, I've founded and sold a business, brought a little girl into the world, started riding dirt bikes, restored and raced a 40 year old sports car, sailed alone across the North Sea, put about 20k miles on various rental bikes, and still managed to stay married. It's just a matter of setting priorities and managing time.

I expect to have the opposite problem with the 1199R as new working and living arrangements mean it will be my daily commuter bike. The prospect of putting 500 miles each week on it is both delightful and also somehow profligate.
 
I've regularly been the guy who gets everything done 1st at the shop. I only have about 3,000 miles until my 15,000mi service.
 
I have hardy any Km's on mine.. Like 500kms in 3 months. The reason being is finding time with owning a business, working around the house and family commitments. But it's good to know its there when I find the chance....plus I like staring at it
 
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I don't think Ducati riders are posers ;)
 

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My take on this somewhat silly :p subject? Posers (in the truest sense) are those that own the "goods" but who lack the skills and knowledge in how to use them. I have a friend who just started riding, he does have car road racing experience under his belt. In the first three months of riding, he's participated in three multi-day riding schools, and has been feverishly working on his skills. He may not have a lot of seat time or miles on his odometer, but he's definitely not a poser in my book. ;)

I guess that even I was at one point :)
 
oalvarez said:
My take on this somewhat silly :p subject? Posers (in the truest sense) are those that own the "goods" but who lack the skills and knowledge in how to use them. I have a friend who just started riding, he does have car road racing experience under his belt. In the first three months of riding, he's participated in three multi-day riding schools, and has been feverishly working on his skills. He may not have a lot of seat time or miles on his odometer, but he's definitely not a poser in my book. ;)

I guess that even I was at one point :)
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It's doable...in my first season of riding (5 months total) I did 20,000kms and 3 track days :) .

As far as posers goes, I do love the look on people's faces when I tell them I ride my Duc in the rain. :eek:
 
FrostyFire said:
It's doable...in my first season of riding (5 months total) I did 20,000kms and 3 track days :) .

As far as posers goes, I do love the look on people's faces when I tell them I ride my Duc in the rain. :eek:
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Riding anything in the rain sux..Imo...
 
Stw said:
Riding anything in the rain sux..Imo...
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It's doable though. I ride to work every day on my Pani, rain or shine. I park for free where as a car would cost $200 a month to park. Hell even a bus pass is $91 a month.
 
FrostyFire said:
It's doable though. I ride to work every day on my Pani, rain or shine. I park for free where as a car would cost $200 a month to park. Hell even a bus pass is $91 a month.
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Its very doable..but all that riding when I was a kid ..when I had no choice..has put me way off wet weather riding...
 
Those owners who look outside and see a chance of shade and decide not to go riding, those are posers ;) .
 
I would have to say a high percentage are posers ! But that goes for all bikes not just ducs. Most squids have an inch or more unused rubber on their rear tires . I had this guy try to tell me how much better his S turns compared to my base when he had close to two inches of virgin rubber on his rear tire , which I had to point out to him . What a spode !!
 
wfoduck said:
I would have to say a high percentage are posers ! But that goes for all bikes not just ducs. Most squids have an inch or more unused rubber on their rear tires . I had this guy try to tell me how much better his S turns compared to my base when he had close to two inches of virgin rubber on his rear tire , which I had to point out to him . What a spode !!
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Chicken strips are a poor judge of rider ability. I know some guys ppl would think were total newbs based on the strips on their bikes. But the reality is they've practiced and honed their body positioning at the track so much. Their track bikes are a completely different animal
 
Kuroshio said:
Chicken strips are a poor judge of rider ability. I know some guys ppl would think were total newbs based on the strips on their bikes. But the reality is they've practiced and honed their body positioning at the track so much. Their track bikes are a completely different animal
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I know some people who can spell. You're not one of them.
 
My 9th Ducati... if you're old school Ducati rider... its a habit to keep the miles down... we all feared the valve timing service. That service causes Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. I needed to ride an R1 for a year as therapy before I got my Pani.

;)
 

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