My name is Mike and I live in the Hartford CT area.  I just purchased a 2003 M800sie from a guy (oldbrit) in RI.  This is the first bike I've owned, but was riding a 2010 kawasaki ninja 250 and honda rebel 250 for the last year.  I got the Ducati bug when I had the opportunity to ride a 696 with termi's at a demo day.  I was hooked after that and knew I wanted a Monster.

I'll most likely be trolling the forum for info etc, but thanks in advance for any help offered and gleaned.

Welcome Mike, congrats on your M800!

I see you already introduced yourself to your local group.   Hope you can meet up with some of them soon.

Oh, you'll find that we love bike pictures here so feel free to share if you like.

have fun! [moto]

Welcome aboard!!!

i'll post a pic soon... a photographer i know is sending me a cd of some hi res shots of me and the bike.

here are some pics of the bike and of me riding.  i tried to put one as my avatar, but it said the profile didn't exist... oh well.
http://picasaweb.google.com/leungevity/MichaelMichaelMotorcycle?authkey=Gv1sRgCK3L7Ybo9JCe_AE&feat=directlink

Looking good!