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Hello. New Ducati owner here. I'm not really into shattering speed limits but I do like curvy highways and causing at least little ruckus around town. I live around Eugene, Oregon.

I have 3 bikes.

1) 2001 M900Sie. I bought it used with about 15k miles on it. It's seen some very gentle use and appears to have spent its life in a garage. I'm not a fan of the yellow but the paint is so perfect that I am really reluctant to change it. It is completely stock except for some little sliders that someone welded onto the swingarm. It's in really good shape except that it runs a tiny bit rough below about 2500 RPM... maybe that's a Ducati thing? It does need a new clutch. I have a Barnett clutch on order. I'm also going to do the sidestand diode mod. I might swap sprockets... I think it's geared a bit high? I'll see how I feel when I get the new clutch installed.

(http://i.imgur.com/UnYgiIbl.jpg)

2) 2001 Aprilia Futura. This is a cool bike. This was Aprilia's version of the ST4 and it is a total blast to ride. The Futura had a tragically short production run but it has the 990 cc V-twin that was used in the Mille and Tuono bikes so it's actually not that hard to find parts. It was a complete basket case when I bought it but I resurrected it and I'm quite proud of that. This bike's weird feature is its vacuum-assisted slipper clutch. If I had to have one bike, it would be this. It's very comfortable and stable but the hooligan factor of the motor is quite high.

(http://i.imgur.com/dNUUfGZl.jpg)

3) 1985 BMW R80. This is the first bike that I bought and is a project-ish bike. I was going to sell it but then I redid the suspension and I kind of fell back in love with it. Currently, it runs ok but it's due for a carb rebuild and the crankcase breather/drain needs some attention. There's a 1-drop-a-week oil leak which I've got to track down. I can't really fault it... the bike has something like 92,000 miles on it. A few years ago I rode it to San Francisco and back. It's a fine touring bike although wringing it out to 100 mph (to pass on I-5, of course) feels like abusing it.

(http://i.imgur.com/FUlrdinl.jpg?1)

I guess I like european twins.

I also had a 2005 Kawasaki 636. It's the only bike I've had that didn't need anything ever other than routine maintenance. Wonderful bike. The high-RPM inline 4 thing was rewarding for a while but I decided it was a bit much for the street.

So, yeah, that's me. Thanks for the tutorials and all that.

Cheers. [beer]

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