Hello, I'm a 26 year old male residing in the City of Chicago.

I'm currently in the market for my first motorcycle, and have my heart set on a '09 Monster 696. I'm still learning a lot about the bike, but it seems perfect for me!

I'm an attorney, a marathon runner, and a generally swell dude

That's just swell - as long as you never use that word again

Get your bike, it will not disappoint you.

Welcome here

Welcome to the Swell site.    Hope you get your bike soon.

FYI, if you use the words attorney, swell and dude in the same sentence you will get razed, A Lot!

We Kid!

Quote from: Dirteagle on October 19, 2008, 04:01:34 PM
We Kid!

Do we? <smirk>

AS far as attorney's go, this dude seems pretty swell for picking the 696. Excellent bike I might add.

Haha, thanks for the warm welcome guys. I look forward to my time here 

Welcome to the DMF!

Good luck with your bike shopping, have fun.  Just a couple of suggestions:
- If you haven't already, sign up for the MSF class, it's a great way to learn, helps you get your license, and will help you save on insurance costs
- Consider picking up something used and riding that for a little while to begin with (again saving on insurance costs), then selling it and getting your new 696 once you have a few miles under your belt.