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Let me start,

nickname: Lito
location: Fairfield/Suisun City, Ca.
moto: 696
occupation: I.T. Tech Support
hobbies: shooting, riding, drag racing
favorite cuisine: Filipino, Italian, Chinese

http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=326.0

...but this one asks about our favorite food.  It's new-thread-worthy.   [drink]  [cheeky]

I thought that was just a given... Gas and Asphalt. [laugh] [laugh]

nickname: Drunken Monkey
location: San Frandoodah
moto: M944, Vespa
occupation: I pretend to be a Director of Engineering at Oracle
hobbies: The Unrelenting Joy of Raising Two Kids, Modding my bike, Riding my bike.
favorite cuisine: French, Asian, Meat.

Meat should really be a cuisine unto itself.

We should just modify the title to say something more like, "Let's elaborate on ourselves!"   ;D

Nickname:  Something in German that I can't spell (it sounds like "Kroosh-kya" with the "r" rolled.  "Kya" is something you add to the end of another word to denote affection.  The "Kroosh" part means something like a little weaving thing--like a spider--one's who's little hands are always busy.  It's a tough translation...
Location:  Oakland (for home, but I work in the City)
Moto: M944 (clearly an over-compensatory number of cc's)
Occupation:  Architect (just like everyone else on here...you'll see) [laugh]
Hobbies:  Cycling (roadbike,) Hot-tubbing, drinking half full glasses of beer off the tables at Zeitgeist, looking for that perfect pair of brown leather boots.
Favorite cuisine:  Well, don't get me wrong...I like food...and I really like good food and a nice dining experience, but eating is just something I do to fuel up most of the time.  I guess my favorite food is Italian.  I've had Cuban twice, and I rrrrrreally liked what I've eaten.  I just feel I should have more than two dishes to qualify it as my "favorite" though.   ;D

new nickname: Desmostro
location: San Frandoodah ( can I use that? that's precious)
moto: 848
occupation: Industrial Design/ Architecture
hobbies: Riding: Road bike, Mountain bike, motorbike, horses; hike/camp surfing, golf, too many things to do around here.
favorite cuisine: Italian, French, Thai

Nickname: ro-monster . . . or ro . . . or monster . . . or rowan
Location: The seamy side of SF
Moto: Yellow M900, his name is Grendel; and white DR650, his name is DR-chan
Occupation: Not an architect! (just a graphic designer)
Hobbies: Hiking, reading, science, nutrition, bunnies, being an incorrigible internet junkie
Favorite Cuisine: Strawberries and cherries. Yes, I know, that's not a cuisine.

If you're in the South San Francisco area be sure to check out Ongpin.

Lotsa natives and good stuff!

nickname: Most of the Internet knows me as Gold3n. Which is short for Golden Shower. So many people call me that in person.
location: San Leandro, Ca
moto: '03 Ducati Monster, '04 Husaberg FS650e, '99 Ducati 748, '07 Triumph 675
occupation: I make sure peoples erections stay up. (Engineer)
hobbies: Pushing Weights, Riding Motorcycles, Contact sports (rugby), Competitive Gaming (nerdcore), Pirating The Internet (1.5TB's so far)
favorite cuisine: Food is food as long as the Macro's are correct to keep me in Ketosis it doesn't matter. Hmmm PB and Tuna for breakfast :D

nickname: Charlie - because my middle name is Charlotte (handle: CharliesAngel)
location: The City
moto: 900 SS
occupation: Private Banker in a previous life, currently an Entrepreneur
hobbies: Most Favorite are riding my bike, golfing, snow skiing, travelling (of course when combining travelling with one of the others, I would be in heaven); then comes trying new and different things, forms of getting sun, fine wines; then comes the things I've tried once/a few times that I like but don't have time to pursue right now: skeet shooting, archery, Thai Kickboxing
favorite cuisine: Shanghainese, Bavarian, Sardinian, Meat (yes, meat should really be a cuisine unto itself!)

Basically anything with jasmine rice, potatoes and delicious crusty bread (with fresh salted butter!)...getting hungry...

nickname: n/a  The bike's name is Duqette, sometimes the bf calls me "The Cute-ness Monster"  [cheeky]
location: San Mateo
moto: 01 750 Monsterbaby
occupation: I usually just tell people I'm a seamstress, but in truth I have a degree in Theatrical Costume Design, and I design and make custom clothes, mostly bridal and special occasion, in addition to fitting and altering off-the-rack gowns. I also work backstage as a dresser, mostly at SF Opera. No, I don't repair leather, although I do make leather corsets....  ;)
hobbies: raising a man-cub, aikido, cooking, riding (duh), crossword puzzles and Scrabble, drinking beeeeeeeeeeer....  [drink]
favorite cuisine: if it's not served at a fast food chain, I'm up for it. I take being an omnivore very seriously.

nickname: Ghostrider,   it was my squadron callsign, i was ghostrider 404
location: Alameda
moto: 1997 900 SS
occupation: Pilot
hobbies: Drinking beer, golf, moto riding, football (soccer)
favorite cuisine: the same stuff all the ducati engineers eat, for inspiration you know

nickname: KG  My name and handle all over the net is the same, but this is what my old friends know me as...
Location: Santa Clara
Moto: '07 695, '07 SV-650 ... as you can guess I started riding on '07 :)
Occupation: Mixed Signal Designer
Hobbies: Motorcycles, Photography, skiing, tennis, bicycling.
Favorite cuisine: Indian, Sushi, Mexican, Vietnamese

nickname: Hypur
location: Sonoma, Ca.
moto: S4RS, Mean Streak
occupation: I.T. Systems/Network Admin
Lifestyle: Riding Motorcycles, Track Days, Quads, Cars (hell, anything I can make go fast), PC Gaming.
favorite cuisine: A really good cheeseburger! Italian, Lobster, Steak.

Nickname: Remy (the tail end of my real name)
Location: Berkeley
Moto: '07 695
Occupation: Artist in the video game industry.
Hobbies: Riding, Cycling, Sculpting (and art of all sorts), Cooking, Comics, Video Games
Favorite Cuisine: Vegan & Vegetarian - Thai, Chinese, Mexican, Italian

nickname: sweet and low funbag's mac daddy
location: anywhere i can get some
moto: "Ils sont fous ces Romains!" .... oh, my bad ... i thought it asked for motto
occupation: marketing slug
hobbies: shooting furry little animals, long walks on the beach at dusk, gall stone collecting/arrangements
favorite cuisine: anything with furry little animals in it

nickname: PT, Missile, Tank, Boutrous, & last but not least...Flaming Tampon  Oh I forgot, Hotrod (after the autobot from transformers)
location: San Carlos, CA
moto: '02 750 bored out to 800
occupation: Pool Boy, or Soon to be General Contractor (I am in the process of taking the test.  I have all my hours, just need to finish the paperwork)
hobbies: Snowboarding, Snowboarding, Snowboarding, Snowboarding, Snowboarding, Moto, Ice Hockey, Snowboarding  ;D
favorite cuisine: Anything eatable, I love to eat  ;D

Ok, I'll go:

nickname: haven't had one in ages.  long ago it was "dan, dan, the guitar man"
location: Berkeley, Ca
moto: '03 M1000 Senna
occupation: CTO, Helpstream (any of you IT guys need a helpdesk/customer service/knowledge management/community collaboration integrated SaaS solution?  It's free to sign up and get into production...)
Lifestyle: Raising two young boys at the moment.  Hang-gliding (thus the screen name...my main thing through my 20s, and still going, if less frequently these days).  Cooking.  Riding.  Music.  Snowboarding.  Back-packing (seems to be replaced by "car camping" lately).
Favorite cuisine: I love to cook, and eat nearly anything.  It'd be a tie for vietnamese, pakistani, spanish, sushi, korean, "california cuisine", oysters.  Oh, and meat - I make excuses to put a prime rib on a spit.

Nickname:  DucNrun
Location:  CoCo County, Beat 3
Occupation:  Cop
Hobbies:  riding, shooting, playing music, learning the bagpipes
Favorite Cuisine:  Italian, Mexican, and Thai

Nickname:  None                 Real Name: Dave Paoli
Location:  Mendocino Coast
Occupation:  Land survey tech
Hobbies:  Riding, reading, working on stuff, this board, Riding  [bacon]
Favorite Cuisine:  If its not Roast beef and cabbage its probably good.

Nickname:  Dan
Location:  SJ
moto: 06 749, 03 Ruckus, 96 CR125, 94 EX250
Occupation:  Data Base admin, and some electrical contracting on weekends
Hobbies: HAM radios, model railroading, RC helios, scrap booking, some dance (but not much time for it), and the usual guy stuff riding, racing, renching, skiing, fishing, camping, wakeboard, drinking, shooting
Favorite Cuisine:  Mexican.

Nickname: um... Scott
Location: San Bruno
Moto: My lil 620 monster (30,000 miles and counting)
Occupation: Operations Manager of a Independent Natural Foods Store
Hobbies: um besides motorcycling?    Travel, Reading, WoW, Historical Longbow Archery, Photography
Favorite Cuisine: I like to cook, I like to eat.  Not sure I have a favorite.  I might just have to go with Italian cause it matches the bike  [cheeky]

nickname: Dave

location: Live in Fairfield, work in Napa  [wine]

moto: '07 S4R, '05 Multistrada

occupation: Chiropractor

hobbies: riding, wakeboarding at Lake Berryessa (I ALWAYS pull off to the side for faster traffic  [moto] when towing the boat), snowboarding, drums, motogp on xbox 360  [moto]

favorite cuisine: Sushi  [thumbsup]  [thumbsup]

Nickname: I'm happy with the name my parents gave me, I don't need no steenkin' nickname
Location: Pleasanton
Motorcycles: 1998 ST2, 1993 888 SPO
Occupation: Computer Scientist
Hobbies: Lately it seems like all I ever do is work.  I like to ride motorcycles and travel.  Like to go snorkeling in tropical waters
Favorite cuisine: Chinese, Japanese, Hawaiian

Other: Had a Monster M900 for six years.  Used to participate monthly in Bay Area Monster rides, usually as the ride leader.  Crashed and totaled the Monster on one of those rides.  After crashes by other people on other rides, stopped participating.  Prefer small group rides with a few friends whose riding I'm more familiar with.  Still come to MOB events on rare occasions.

Yeah, but true nicknames are given to you, not made up by yourself.  Got any nicknames  :)

Awesome Guys and Gals! [beer]
It's nice to know each and every MOBster [thumbsup]
Keep it coming!

nickname: dub, as in "v dub", as in VWs, since I've owned more than 13 of them. 
location: Alameda (the lsland)
moto: Street Triple 675, owned a 944SSie and a 749S in a previous life
occupation: Territory sales for a truck body manufacturer ( I get to play with big toys)
hobbies: riding, cars, cooking, dining out, beer, music, tattoos and shenanigans
favorite cuisine: Mexican, Thai, Beef, Bacon and anything BBQ'd

nickname: Robert, Robby, Rob... anything really.
location: Antioch/Fremont I moonlight between both locations
moto: 05 S4R
occupation: Senior Engineer at Ebay / Paypal
hobbies: Scuba, Camping, Boating, Water Sports, Riding, Movies, Video Games, Eating fine food... Really to many to list.
favorite cuisine: Japanese / Sushi, BBQing

new nickname: Desmoquattro....just like the old nickname
location: Chateu de Mission, San Francisco
moto: The loudest S4R (http://www.flickr.com/photos/30869581@N00/442771550/) you'll ever hear, and the yellowest unicycle (http://www.flickr.com/photos/30869581@N00/640553894/) you'll ever see
occupation: Software Sales Weasel
hobbies: Making it rub the lotion on its skin...or else it gets the hose again.
favorite cuisine: Seitan. (Not [evil]) Pizza (my own). And just about anything with curry.

Nickname: Trouble [evil] [cheeky]
Location: Foster City
Moto: 2007 M695 and 1979 KZ400 project bike
Occupation: Biotech application scientist
Hobbies: Besides the moto?  Bicycling, running, hiking, karate, violin, piano, singing, dogs, ....
Favorite cuisine: I'm happy with fresh fruits and veggies

Nickname: Only my family knows it
Location: SF
Moto: 2000 M900
Occupation: Systems Operations Stuff
Hobbies: Trying to get 8 hours of sleep in a row.
Favorite cuisine: Spanish

Ha, ha, ha.... I'm back bi%$&es...  Er, sorry...  Rider formerly known as Chromo750? over at that other place.

-My name's Evan Brown, people call me Evan Brown.
-Location:  East Bay, Dub-town to be specific.
-Moto's:  1997 Monster 750,  2003 KTM 250 EXC
-Occupation:  BMW, Mercedes, Audi grease monkey, CIE clothing and promotions company owner, Part owner Diablo Limousine, but I'm really gunning to be a stay at home dad.   [laugh]  I just got's ta get me sum kids.
-Hobbies:  Riding moto (of course), Wakeboarding, Snowboarding, Track days (car and bike), Tinkering with anything that has parts to tinker with, Bicycling.
-Cuisine... yum...  Pretty much anything that pairs nicely with beer (which as we all know is pretty much anything). [beer]

I counted 27 MOBster responded. Are we missing anyone? ???
If you haven't responded yet, kindly take the time to introduce yourself. :)
Thanks to all for sharing. [thumbsup]

Lito

nickname: Vindingo,  dirty Vinny  (worked for an excavator in high school and would go directly from work to my baseball games covered in dirt)
location: SF,  originally from the dirty Jerz
moto: 02' 620 darkness, 78' cb750, 71' CL350
occupation: Architect or anything that pays... I'm pretty much Michelangelo with a spackle knife
hobbies: motorcycles, building/designing furniture, fishing, cooking, I wish I had a fruit and veggie garden favorite
cuisine: Cajun/Creole, Indian, home-made Italian, Pizza

Better late than never... I'm jumpin' in he-yah!

nickname: rebekah "yeloducnymph"
location: Alameda (formerly an SF resident -oh, the things you do for love!)
moto: 97 748, previously had an M620
occupation: sassy bar wench by night, ID student by day -lots of architects and designers in here *very cool*
hobbies: sleeping, excercise, shopping, sci fi, reading, bbq'ing, traveling, tanning, swimming, indulging in the finer things whenever possible
fave food: cheese, meat, bread, frozen yogurt, chocolate soufle -the things I let myself have the least... I'm a super healthy eater most of the time.

nickname:  has three vowels and two consonants
location: Oakland
moto: '99 M750 brought back from the grave
occupation: creative director // graphic designer // photographer
lifestyle: cycling (mostly adventure/endurance road), car-free living, art & music, outdoors, photography, writing, moto touring (hence an ongoing lust for a GS), cursing in various languages, Belgian brews and the like, procrastinating, pissing family off, administering brutal honesty and tough love, giving away lots of work for free to select charities
favorite cuisine: Indian, Japanese, {real}Mexican, and anything haute when I can afford it

nickname: Hollywood (It's my nickname in the National Guard)
location: Daly City
moto: Black 07 S2R 800
occupation: I need one or... a Sugar Moma. ;D
hobbies: Riding, Snowboarding, video games, paintball (although I haven't played in a couple years), I used to skydive (I have 23 jumps logged)
favorite cuisine: American, Italian, Fresh fruit on a hot day, Jambalaya, I'm not real picky and I wil try almost anything once.

nickname: Giorgio or Jorge
location: The frickin' SCO
moto: S2R1000
occupation: software architect
hobbies: music (playing guitar, singing, recording, producing other people), xBox360, and sometimes I like to ride dirt
favorite cuisine: Cajun/Creole

nickname: Says it all. It's what I ride, and what I do.
location: Fog City, 94112
moto: 1998 916 Monoposto, yellow
occupation: Fixin' all yer busted scoots. Being a professional pain in the arse at the VA Hospital.
hobbies: restoring vintage motorcycles, opera, cooking, cycling (cyclocross, mtn, road), making fun of hippies, fire, monkeys, being an evil genius, stuff...
favorite cuisine: Free. Italian, Thai, Indian, Afghan, Good 'Ol Fashioned Texas BBQ! Fairly healthy for the most part. Don't do fast food, unless it's In-n-Out. ;D

nickname: mike
location: San Francisco
moto: 2003 M800Sie in bumblebee
occupation: software / database ARCHITECT for biotech
hobbies: mountain biking, skiing, soccer, stock trading
favorite cuisine: Tequila / Mexican

nickname: sidrock (from: my name is kiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiid.  kidROCK)
location: San Jose
moto: had a M750 which I miss, but my S4R is helping me get over it
occupation: marketing stuff for a software company that sells stuff
hobbies: moto, golf, f1, drinking crown till i'm king
favorite cuisine: Indian, Mexican, Japanese, Italian, Thai, BBQ, Chinese, I'm easy to please when it comes to eats

nickname : deadley
location : Pacifica
moto : just bought 06 S2R 800
occupation : plasterer
hobbies : moto, football err sorry soccer, music, beer
favorite cuisine : Indian, where's good places in area ? , Chinese, meat

nickname : Labey (because people can't pronounce my last name)
location : Marina
moto : 05 s2r 800
occupation : tooth repair technician
hobbies : sleeping, halo 3, gym, golf, surf, snow, yada yada
favorite cuisine : Mostly dead cooked meat

"Let's elaborate on ourselves!"   ;D

Nickname:  Something in Spanish that my grandma used to call me! Yemita
Location:  San Leandro, CA
Moto: 2006 999S, 1997 916, and 1980 Vespa 250cc!!!
Occupation: High School teacher by day, superhero by night!  8) [laugh]
Hobbies:  Hm, tough one... I guess working on the Ducs and the house
Favorite cuisine:  Anything but Kimchee, can't take that fermented stuff!  :-X

Nickname: c dub (offline) crashmoto (on here...)
Location:  the city of fog and mist
Moto: 08 695
Occupation: video game producer
Hobbies:  wrenchin on the bike, tennis, guitar, filming stuff on the bike, anything but video games
Favorite cuisine:  bbq, brisket, CHEESE, salty stuff, smoked meats, indian, butter, candy

Nickname: TBD
Location: San Francisco Fog Belt
Moto (OK, scooter): '83 Yamaha Riva (training wheels for a real bike)
Occupation: Professional Gardener (not to be confused with mow-n-blow person)
Hobbies: Attempting to wheelie the Road Mower, cycling, movies, and so much more.
Favorite Cuisines: Thai, Italian, Chinese, Vietnamese, Japanese, Mexican. Unfortunately, I can't enjoy any of them right now due to a severely restricted diet (temporary) for digestive issues.  :(

Nickname:  PT ... Sir-Spends-A-Lot  [laugh] ... bastard... 
Location:  Richmond, CA and "Courtyard by Marriott"
Moto: 2007 S4RS
Occupation: Aftersales district manager for a certain car company.
Hobbies:  Hmm... photography ... the motos of course ... some work around the house.
Favorite cuisine:  There are too many to name, but ribs... mmm.  Mostly Asian and Spanish cuisine though.

There...fixed it for ya  ;D

nickname: since Ducky is taken i'm now triple x [evil]
location: the burbs and China
moto: little monster 620, triumph daytona 675
occupation: manager slave at software start up
hobbies: cycling, flying trapeze, trackdays
favorite cuisine: all things pasta, tapas

nickname: 
location:  up by the bridge
moto:  M750 rat, mods, and rizoma
Occupation:  instructor
hobbies:  kenpo, modlifying the duc, moving the jeep to new pkg spot, lurking on this site
fave food:  italian - the food of roman gods and goddesses (still looking for the best damn sushi in Sf)

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nickname: Daddy-O
location: The pearl of the East Bay, Concord [thumbsup]
moto: S2R 800
occupation: Commercial Tires (Big Rig hoops)
hobbies: Tennis, hiking, watching my kids grow up (all five of them)  :o
favorite cuisine :  Cuban and anything that used to live in the ocean

Nickname: johno
Location:  Martinez
Moto: 696
Occupation: life, disability and long term care insurance
Hobbies:  kids, riding
Favorite cuisine:  Most of the stuff I have elected to exclude from future consumption for the safety of self and others [drink] [wine] [popcorn] [coffee] [bang]

nickname:  People call me many names.  Most are not nice though.   [roll]
location: San Bruno
moto: S2R803  [moto]
occupation: In the video game industry.
hobbies:  [drink]
favorite cuisine: steak and bacon...or...steak w/ bacon.  Mmm,...Animals taste good.  [thumbsup]

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new nickname: Scoby2duc
location: Fairfield  BFNW
moto: 2007 S2R1000 silver/black
    R.I.P 2006 S2R 800 Red/white
work: military
hobbies: riding with good people, running, swimming, spending time with my wonderfull boxer and Pitbull

nickname: Mav
location: SF proper
moto: 03 620 dark
occupation: law (screwing over the little guy on behalf of Wal-Mart and the Gap)
hobbies: spending way too much time at the coffee shop and admiring my bike
favorite cuisine : anything Asian, almost anything