Hi All,
I have been riding motocycles for about 35 years now but mostly motocross. I moved from rainy Washington State to where you can't ride road musch becasue of the weather to SoCal (Huntington Beach) in July 2004. I bought a Honda cruzer but after a year I kind of got board with it. I started looking for something else and one day I saw my first Ducati Monster. That was that. I had to get one. After I read up on them I figured a good old M900 would be best for a first used Monster. I looked for a few months and finally I had enough money put away to start getting serious. I found a 96 M900 in excellent shape for $4000. I have been riding it to work most days for about two months now. I friend of mine who has a Yamaha FJ1200 took a ride down to San Diego with me down the Pacific Coast Highway and back. Boy what a great ride. I love the bike and it puts a smile on my face everytime I even look at it. i would post a picture but i haven't figured out how yet. ;D
Congrats! [thumbsup] Welcome to the club! [beer]
Nice....
another 96 owner.
Welcome.
Welcome and congrats on the new bike! [thumbsup] Glad you are having fun on it. [moto]
Quote from: Mumbles on May 29, 2008, 12:28:01 PMi would post a picture but i haven't figured out how yet. ;D
http://ducatimonsterworldwide.org/index.php?topic=109.0
Hope that helps, feel free to ask me if you have any questions.
lots of friendly people here.
hmmm... Washington state to San Diego... I hope you took the back roads through eastern Oregon.
Welcome.
The dirt is one of the best places to hone your skills for the street.
Here is a picture of my 96 M900. Its my first time posting a picture. Thanks to "msincredible" for the step by step instructions. [cheeky]
(http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn210/HBDucati/Ducati/P1020578.jpg)
Quote from: Mumbles on June 12, 2008, 03:31:36 PM
Here is a picture of my 96 M900. Its my first time posting a picture. Thanks to "msincredible" for the step by step instructions. [cheeky]
You're very welcome, and thanks for sharing, your bike looks great. ;D
welcome mumbles and congrats on your first ducati... [thumbsup]
i just got my first duc last month as well ;D
Thanks to all for the welcome.....As with all Monsters, you can't leave them stock so I bought a matching seat cowl off Ebay and boy does that make the bike look great. I also got some really nice aluminum lowered pegs. I'm 6' 1" and don't have full range of motion in my left leg so it was a bit cramped. These pegs worked out great and I still have enough ground clearance. Hopfully I will be able to add something here and there. I plan on getting some Arrow CF up pipes for it early next year (work bonus [clap]).