Hey everyone, winter is about to end, and surprisingly being a skier, i'm excited! I will be buying my first bike this week, a 2009  M696 Dark with termis!!!

Look for me on the road in Michigan this summer!  Everyone here has been super nice, thanks for all the advice (even if i only read your posts)


DucatiTorrey

Howdy and welcome to the board Torrey.
Wait until they hand you the key, you'll giggle like a little school girl inside.
Well, as always, pics needs to be posted asap
Oh, enjoy and ride safe [moto]

Great choice on the bike,(and color).  You'll love it, trust me. lol.....

Jake

Welcome and congrats on the new 696!

We're looking forward to pictures.   Have fun, ride safe. [moto]

Thanks guys, signing the paperwork tomorrow (felt weird doing it after work today, being friday the 13th and all, i guess it is a dark!)

I'll have pics up as soon as it hits the road, i think they'll have it for a month or so, before i ride it home (snow) 

Congrats. You'll love the bike. Have you taken a MSF course or have you ridden other people's bikes before? I would hate to see you make a newbie mistake on a shiny new bike is all.

Quote from: OstOgBajer on February 13, 2009, 06:54:25 PM
Congrats. You'll love the bike. Have you taken a MSF course or have you ridden other people's bikes before? I would hate to see you make a newbie mistake on a shiny new bike is all.

The course is april 14th, we have snow now, so i wont be riding it till after that.
Have ridden dirt bikes at a friends place in the summers during high school, and rode a friends motorcycle around town a few times last summer.

with some parking lot practice i think i'll be good to go. take it easy, practice practice practice

It's official the bike is mine! 

Termis are on back order, will have those April, at least i better!

now, to customize 

Very nice, good luck with the class.   

Here is a Photochop of what i want to do to my bike, the termis are on back order, tail chop is in, its a cw, planning on mounting between the exhaust hangers. Thanks to whoevers bike this actually is. I like the idea of blacking out the front fairing, but i'm gonna smoke it at a tint shop instead. (MY IDEA FIRST! :-))

what do you all think?

Lol.. look exactly like my bike.

lol was that your picture? if so thanks and nice Duc!

here are the first work shop pictures, CW fender elim. kit. Waiting for snow to be totally gone (michigan winters) but hey, its sunny

here are the first pictures, waiting to remove, powder coat and make a stock turn signal bracket for the forward plate mounting position

take a gander

Looks like a great start.

just finished powdercoating the CW tail chop and bracket for my turn signals. well on its way!

hey!...
looks good love the dark. great choice
mic