Hello all! My name is Larry but I have become accustomed to answering to that or "Griff", which is a nickname my friends gave me as a shortened version of my last name. I have been riding bikes for almost thirty years, beginning on minibikes and dirtbikes, graduating to the street in high-school on a borrowed Yamaha cruiser. I traded time in my 1966 GTO for seat time on a borrowed Honda V-four Interceptor in college, rode my friend's Suzuki Intruder after college, and bought my first new bike in 1995, a Honda VFR750.
I also fell in love with Tamburini's original 916 design, but had only owned Japanese sportbikes and dirtbikes until last year, when I purchased an MV Agusta F41000 (Tamburini #211/300). I also am hooked on Italian design and mechanical engineering.
I enjoy working on bikes almost as much as riding them, doing much of my own maintenance and rebuilds, and have slowly grown my stable to nine bikes over the last 11 years; 1987 Yamaha YSR50 Team Calamari mini-racer, 1990 Honda NS50, 1995 Honda VFR750, 1997 Honda CR250, 1998 Yamaha YZF R1, 2000 Suzuki DRZ400, 2000 Kawasaki ZX7R, 2005 Honda RC51, and the 2005 MV Agusta F41000 Tamburini.
I am here because of my experience with MVAgusta.net, a wonderful resource (you are my hero, Alvin), and I have a 2007 Ducati Desmosedici RR on order, due in late summer 2007.
Lets spread the word about this fantastic new resource for Ducati owners around the world. Great to be here, and I look forward to meeting and riding with some of you in the future!