Looking forward to your impression of the bike.  Great gift!  Enjoy! 

Very nice present, I got aftershave

Quote from: GLantern695 on June 16, 2008, 09:22:20 AM
What an awesome fathers day gift!!! Congrats!!!!!  Cant wait for that ride report i keep hearing how great those things handle hopefully i can get a test ride on one soon.

I've been trying for ages to get a test ride on one of these... no go. They're all back ordered forever - so whenever they arrive, they're assembled and handed off to the owners immediately.

It's gonna be 2009 before i get on on one of those. 

Congrats. you must feel loved. I have a red one, and love it. Are you in the states? Would you be interested in swapping bodywork?

Quote from: the ron on June 15, 2008, 03:43:36 PM
really? thats the best you could do? i am offended not by your choice of words but your lack of wit.  Hey, factor player, they are picking on me

the ron

 

dont confuse redundancy w/ wit...

Dark was and is boring I think.
But maybe red panels on the dark frame will look cool.
I would definitely do something against the : "Hey, its looks exactly like mine" thing
And no, I will not complain about it not being a 695 or SR2....this time

Quote from: roy-nexus-6 on June 17, 2008, 05:44:51 AM
I've been trying for ages to get a test ride on one of these... no go. They're all back ordered forever - so whenever they arrive, they're assembled and handed off to the owners immediately.

It's gonna be 2009 before i get on on one of those. 

Where are you?  Kissell Motorsports in State College PA has a demo bike   

very nice!  all I got was a blown out diaper and some "free time" to catch up on yardwork.

Binary, congrats on the new ride!   

Now you get to start modding.   

Quote from: the ron on June 15, 2008, 12:54:09 PM
hopefully its not to late to return it. i would be very upset if i got that thing as a gift. 

the ron

Dude give it a make the beast with two backsing rest.

If you don't like the 696 that's cool, there're plenty of people here that don't like it.

But do you see anybody else here crapping on somebody's thread that's excited about getting a new bike?

That's just rude and uncalled-for.


the Rameses 

Pictures don't do the new 696 justice. I wasn't a fan at first, but I think its a damn nice looking bike! Congrats

'The Ron' made this an entertaining thread to read. Pretty silly to suspend him. I can dish it out and I can take it. This would be a boring world if everything was all light and fluffy and yay! Bring back 'The Ron'

I don't personally care for the 'new look' monsters as well, why should anyone take it personally if someone has an opinion. At least 'The Ron' does it in a comedic fashion, I always get a laugh and I always expect to see it from him.

Roy sums it up best with "Oh, & ignore the Ron's thread-jack - uncool & uncalled for. He is our resident 696-troll."

Maybe there should be a ducatimonster696forum.org??

Quote from: JoDuc on June 19, 2008, 08:40:07 AM

Roy sums it up best with "Oh, & ignore the Ron's thread-jack - uncool & uncalled for. He is our resident 696-troll."

Exactly.  It was uncool and uncalled for.

IMO, not exactly the same as entertaining and laughable.

Quote from: JoDuc on June 19, 2008, 08:40:07 AM
'The Ron' made this an entertaining thread to read. Pretty silly to suspend him. I can dish it out and I can take it. This would be a boring world if everything was all light and fluffy and yay! Bring back 'The Ron'

I'm 99.9% in agreement with you re The Ron  . The Ron crashed the '696 appreciation thread' - it was him against about 30 people, so his comments were received with a fair degree of humor as he was the odd man out. But I think this thread falls into that 0.1% - excited new owner, new member, fathers day gift from a loving family etc. I think if Ron had made the same comment elsewhere, it wouldn't have raised any eyebrows.

Lol - in fact, he did! Served his suspension with good grace, then promptly compared someones new Aprillia to a 696. 

Quote from: roy-nexus-6 on June 19, 2008, 06:13:42 PM

Lol - in fact, he did! Served his suspension with good grace, then promptly compared someones new Aprillia to a 696. 

too funny... 

Quote from: 707soldier on June 15, 2008, 07:43:20 PMOP just wanted to show his ride, a Fathers days gift.And you started to thread crap on his thread. [bang]I'm sick and tired of guys like you. >:(If you have nothing good to say, just don't say anything. [roll]I could care less if you don't like the new 696. ;DJust stop thread crapping. We are all adults here. ???To be honest with you, you can do whatever you want. Who Cares 

ooooh everyone must stand in line and not have an opinion. on my threads, people disagree with me all the time and i don't whine about it. i can post that i don't like the silly child like 696 if someone posts a "here look what i got thread." where you one of those people who would give up his lunch money to the school bully and then run and tell the hall monitor about it? i bet you were.    waaaaaaaaa :'(the ron