Hello,

I am new to riding motorcycles on the street and so far I am having a blast.  I rode dirt bikes several years back, but no street experience. I am a retired race car driver, fabricator and welder so those are my odd skills....Bought my Monster 696 back in June of 08 and love it! I have wanted a Monster for a couple of years, but had to convince the wife that I would not kill myself....(this took years by the way)


As of right now,  I have 1800 mi. on my bike and I have had no problems with the bike.  I put the DP touring seat on my bike and I did the DP tail chop. I will tell you, if you have a 696; the DP touring seat is worth every penny! I am going to be coring the stock 696 exhaust cans this week so hopefully I can bring something to the table and help some folks on here.

Regards,
Ryan

Welcome Ryan!  I think I welcomed you in the other thread too, but that's ok.  Glad to hear you are enjoying your bike.

Oh, and I think I mentioned before that we like pictures.

We would love to see your bike, and I'm sure we would appreciate any race car pictures you have too.

Welcome!!
pics pics pics

Howdy Ryan and welcome,
So when will you have two wheel track days?

For now pictures of your four and two wheels will do

Okay here are some various 4 wheel pics from my career....

1998 Formula 2000 w/ Tatuus (Factory Team from Italy....LOL)


1999 Test Driver for AJ Foyt I.R.L.


2000 Grand-Am SRPII Champion (Lola/Nissan)


2002 I.R.L Infiniti Pro Series


2004 Formula D Professional Drifting


2005 Formula D / D1 Professional Drifting


2006 Formula D / D1 Professional Drifting


2007 Formula D / D1 Professional Drifting


2008 Super Street Time Attack


2009 Ducati Monster 696


DP Fender Eliminator (it does not fit the U.S. Plates by the way and takes about 4 hours to Install....)

Thank you for sharing!!!

Sweet bacon, I envy what you have done during your career. Thanks for sharing the pics

Oh and by the way pearl white = the fastest color

Enjoy your ride [moto]

 

Thanks all for the warm welcome! Look forward to contributing to the board. As far as my career, I wish the economy was better so I could still drive!  As fate would have it, when the economy goes bad, motorsports are the first to go! 

Regards,
Ryan Hampton

Hi and welcome , let me know how the coring goes BTW red id the fastest

Welcome to the board.
I bet you can put those welding a fabbing skill to good use here
Great pictures!!!!!

I like your credentials. I had a friend who worked for Falken tires, I think for the drift team. His name is Brian but goes by Tree. Anyways welcome aboard.

David

LOL!!  I know "Tree" quite well, how is his "modeling" job going?  They got rid of all the folks from when I was there...i.e. Mickey, Edo, Eric, Mr. Tree,etc.  They are only running a few cars this year as well. Tree was managing my car when I was there. Did he move out of L.A.? .....small world....

Ryan