Hi All,
Name's Todd, Ive been lurking here a while as I did research before buying my Monster. I'm based in the Willamette Valley of Oregon where my commute is anywhere from 100 to 160 miles a day (round trip) depending on the route I want to ride.
I started riding last year, completed Team Oregon BRT training, bought a Suzuki GZ 250 and put several hundred miles on it before giving it to my girlfriend to learn on. I jumped up from there to a Ninja 650R last January and put on almost 6000 miles in the past seven months of riding. Yesterday I bit the bullet and traded my 650 in for a Monster 1100 and couldn't be happier!
Of course, as a new owner, I have a bazillion questions, but I will be good, and search the forums before asking [laugh]
Heres a couple pics from yesterday, Later!!
The "Red Room" at Motocorsa, this is where you take delivery of the bike before they roll it out of the showroom
(http://gallery.me.com/barkertodd/100223/IMG_0331/web.jpg?ver=12500436340001)
At home, with 81 miles on the bike!
(http://gallery.me.com/barkertodd/100223/IMG_0334/web.jpg?ver=12500436510001)
Welcome Todd, congrats on the new bike! [thumbsup]
When you get a chance, check in with your local group, NorthWest (http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?board=27.0).
Glad to hear you are enjoying it, have fun. [moto]
Hey, Todd, greetings from WA! Great looking bike, I'm sure you are having a blast. Be sure to check out the Tutorials (http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?board=54.0) and Accessories and Mods (http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?board=5.0)
Lots of great info!
Greetings Todd
as paula said check out the Northwest section
we need some excited new blood to get us old farts out for a few more group rides before the end of this season.