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OK, my turn.

I'm the idiot who bought an M900 as my FIRST ever motorcycle. It's a '99 and I got it in October of '02 with just 2200 miles on it. It had the obligatory mods (Termis, tach, CF fender eliminator and jet kit). I've added a number more and we ain't nearly done yet!

So why start on an M900? I knew that I could convince my wife to let me get a bike once, but convincing her to let me upgrade would be a whole 'nuther thing.

I'm 41 and a gear head with a weakness for Italian machines. I drove and wrenched a Fiat and a pair of Alfa GTV6s for many years before buying a house without a garage (imagnine that, in New England even). So I sold the last Alfa, put my roll-away full of metric tools in the shop and started to get serious about the Monster that I had been enamoured with since seeing my first photo when they first came out.

I figured that with autocross and track experience in the car, many years of bicycle racing experience in NM and CO (road mostly, but some crit and TT) and the fact that I'm no longer 25, I just might survive long enough to learn to ride the Monster. I've taken two MSF courses and plan to get in my first track day this summer.

From the list; I want it all. Tech ideas, ride ideas, and comraderie. I also want to meet local Monster riders. I started trying to get some of us together last year using the list and hope the board will be an even better tool for that.

It was 5 below 0 this morning :-[