Hi All,
Just thought I'd say Hi from Northeast Ohio.
I'm back on a bike after 18 long years. As a gift for my daughter's graduation, I bought myself a bike... a 2003 Ducati Monster 620 ie...and she's beautiful!
I'll post a pic asap.
I'm anxiously awaiting the final spring thaw so I can get out on the bike on a regular basis and reaquaint myself with riding again.

Looking forward to seeing what's out here and hearing from everyone...

Quote from: WhiteKat on March 24, 2011, 06:24:38 PM
Hi All,
Just thought I'd say Hi from Northeast Ohio.
I'm back on a bike after 18 long years. As a gift for my daughter's graduation, I bought myself a bike... a 2003 Ducati Monster 620 ie...and she's beautiful!
I'll post a pic asap.
I'm anxiously awaiting the final spring thaw so I can get out on the bike on a regular basis and reaquaint myself with riding again.

Looking forward to seeing what's out here and hearing from everyone...

Welcome WhiteKat,
Congratulations on your purchase.
I am loving that your Daughter graduated and you bought yourself a bike, good for you.
We give up a lot to be a Mother and you deserve it after all those years.
Now get out there and ride the wheels off it

Welcome and congrats to your daughter.  My wife just got a 620 too.

Welcome to da family! Now get the pics up dang it! 

Since no one has told you yet - there's a could sections of the board that may be of interest. There's an Ohio riders section:
http://www.ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?board=38.0
And one that isn't geographic, but dedicated to the female members of the board:
http://www.ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?board=25.0

But welcome to the whole thing.

- Since it also seem to be my duty to check up on the older bikes - do you have the maintenance records? With a bike of that age there's a few things that aught to be checked on like the belts, tires etc. Got any records that tell you if those have been changed out ever?

Thanks for all the greetings and suggestions everyone...

and thanks for the links Sad Panda...I was actually curious if there was a female members forum.  I'll definitely be checking that one out.
And yes on the maintenance question...I'm fortunate enough to have one of my best friends be the general manager of a Ducati/Triumph dealership....he's done a lot (everything) in helping me find this bike, customize it a bit and make sure it's in prime riding condition.  He's the best!

Pics soon...hopefully some before and afters too...eventually! lol

Very good all around!

Good to know that it's sound in the belts and other maintenance areas. There's a pretty active mods section on here if you get notions and have questions.

welcome to the board WhiteKat. my first monster was an 03 620...they are great bikes.

enjoy!

WhiteKat....

Any connection to a good friend of mine on this board, BlackKat.... also from Ohio? You mentioned he was the manager of a Duc/Triumph dealership... so I believe I can safely assume, YES! Haha!

Welcome to the madness.

Quote from: 671M900 on March 27, 2011, 04:13:19 AM
WhiteKat....

Any connection to a good friend of mine on this board, BlackKat.... also from Ohio? You mentioned he was the manager of a Duc/Triumph dealership... so I believe I can safely assume, YES! Haha!

Ha! Yes! That's him...he's the one who suggested I be 'WhiteKat' too!