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| Name | Mike Lowell |
| Location | Poughquag NY |
| Current bikes | 2006 749S
2006 S2R 1000 |
| First bike | 92 NINJA 250 |
| DESMO member since | December 2006 |
| Riding since | 1992 |
| Birthday | Feb 64 |
| Avg miles ridden per year | 1000 |
| Favorite racer | Duhamel, Rossi |
| Best bike moment | any ride |
| Favorite bike mod | exhausts and all that goes with them |
| Scariest bike moment | .......... |
| Why you love your Ducati | It's mystique |
| Dream bike | my Duc |
| Best bike ridden | Got to be my 749S |
| Worst bike ridden | Honda rebel 250 msf school bike |
| Favorite track | NH or Road Atlanta (neither on bike yet) |
| Favorite riding destination | The Gunks |
| Number of track days ridden | 0 (please help change that!) |
| Most expensive bit of bike bling | Exhausts |
| My perfect riding day would be... | All Ducati group to anywhere with Dinner at the end.. |
| Favorite drink | Vodka and ..., Port |
| Favorite food | Steak |
| Other hobbies | race car engineering, Mtn Bikes, Skiing |
| Favorite book | Charlie Wilson's War(non fiction)
Tune to Win and Engineer to Win (both by Carroll Smith) |
| Pet Peeves | people who crowd bikes |
| Dream car | Ferrari Dino |
| Desert island essentials | Wife and kids |
| Occupation | Direct mail and marketing |
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| Name | Pat "Paddy" Drennan |
| Location | Brooklyn, NY |
| Current bikes | '91 907ie
'00 900ss |
| First bike | '85 GPZ550 |
| DESMO member since | '01 |
| Riding since | 1986 |
| Birthday | 07/30/62 |
| Avg miles ridden per year | 8k-10k |
| Favorite racer | Speed Racer & Racer X |
| Best bike moment | In Aug 1988 riding my '88 CBR1000 outside Gilette,Wyoming on an open road with no other vehicles into a sunset |
| Scariest bike moment | In Sept 1988 flying in the air after I ran my '88 CBR1000 off of the road outside of Leadville, Co. |
| Why you love your Ducati | Do you have to ask? |
| Worst bike ridden | Chopped HD |
| Favorite track | VIR |
| Favorite riding destination | The next place |
| Pet peeves | Traffic, people that ignore stop signs or do a roll throughs at stop signs |
| Current Hero(ine) | My Dad |
| Occupation | Director IT |
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| Name | Paul Montrone |
| Location | New York City |
| Current bikes | Ducati 916
Suzuki Katana GSXF600 |
| First bike | Suzuki Katana |
| DESMO member since | 2004 |
| Riding since | 1999 |
| Birthday | 7/24/75 |
| Favorite racer | Capirossi |
| Favorite bike mod | Termi's (love that sound) |
| Scariest bike moment | Tar Snake |
| Why you love your Ducati | It's a spicy meatball |
| Dream bike | MV Agusta F4 Ago/Ducati Supermono |
| Worst bike ridden | Yamaha Seca |
| Favorite track | 301 to Coldspring |
| Favorite riding destination | Anywhere |
| Number of track days ridden | 1 |
| My perfect riding day would be... | twisty roads, no cars, no cops, and many ducati's |
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| Name | Ray |
| Location | Upstate NY |
| Current bikes | 01 996 monoposto (red) |
| First bike | 1988 ninja 600R |
| DESMO member since | 06 |
| Riding since | 1998 |
| Birthday | 3/29/71 |
| Avg miles ridden per year | 2,800 |
| Favorite racer | Giacomo Agostini, Carl Fogarty |
| Best bike moment | Any ride on the north shore of the Great Sacandaga lake |
| Favorite bike mod | Exhaust |
| Scariest bike moment | downhill right hand sweeper off camber using the wrong line at well over the posted speed limit. |
| Why you love your Ducati | The history, the Sound, the feeling that it has a soul. |
| Dream bike | 01 996R |
| Best bike ridden | 01 996 |
| Worst bike ridden | Mid 80's Honda Ascot, |
| Favorite track | Assen |
| Favorite riding destination | NH international speedway for my first track day |
| Number of track days ridden | 0 (doing two this summer) |
| Most expensive bit of bike bling | Exhaust |
| My perfect riding day would be... | 72 degrees thru Deals Gap, no police |
| Favorite drink | Baileys on the rocks |
| Favorite movie | Scarface |
| Favorite food | Burgers on the grill |
| Other hobbies | Fabricating, welding anything |
| Favorite book | Peter Egans Leanings |
| Pet peeves | none |
| Dream car | Hate Cars |
| Secret talent | Gran turismo 4 Allstar PS2 |
| Current Hero(ine) | My Wife and Children ( she "deals" with my Ducati and general motorcycle obsession) |
| Desert island essentials | 350 freshly paved turns, Ducati 996, unlimited sunlight |
| Holiday destination | Isle of Man |
| Occupation | Government Sales |
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| Name | roger aka monkeyboy |
| Location | fort lee, nj |
| Current bikes | 03 749/923
96 900ss/sp
85 xr100 |
| First bike | 02 m620 dark |
| DESMO member since | 02 |
| Riding since | 02 |
| Birthday | 08/29/1973 - buy me a present, dammit! |
| Avg miles ridden per year | 6-8000 |
| Favorite bike mod | big bore kit. i'm such a squid. :) |
| Scariest bike moment | picking up the m620 from the dealership and riding it home. only previous riding experience was the msf class. no one said i was smart.. |
| Why you love your Ducati | it's sexAy! looks great, sounds better and even smells good, too. |
| Worst bike ridden | kent's hamster :P |
| Favorite track | vir north |
| Favorite riding destination | lunch |
| Number of track days ridden | 20 |
| Most expensive bit of bike bling | girlfriend that rides pillion |
| Favorite drink | black velvet (guinness topped with champagne) |
| Favorite food | spicy hot thai! |
| Dream car | ferrari dino |
| Secret talent | foosball |
| Desert island essentials | internot |
| Occupation | buyside equity trader |
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| Name | Stanley J. La Porta |
| Location | Trumbull, Ct. |
| Current bikes | 2004 998 Matrix
2005 999 (red) |
| First bike | 1970 something, Honda Elsonore 185cc |
| DESMO member since | Winter 2005 |
| Riding since | 1968 |
| Birthday | 1958 |
| Avg miles ridden per year | 4,000 +/- |
| Favorite racer | Ago |
| Why you love your Ducati | Perfection of stile, agility, power and presentation
with the soul of a worier |
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| First and Last names | Tom Walker |
| Location | Long Island |
| Current bikes | 2000 Monster 900S |
| First bike | Kawasaki EX500 |
| DESMO member since | Nov 05 |
| Riding since | 1995 |
| Birthday | Aug 16th 1974 |
| Avg miles ridden per year | 4-5k |
| Favorite racer | Wayne Rainey - king of slide |
| Best bike moment | My first Ducati ride. It totally transformed my idea of what an awesome motorcycle is. |
| Favorite bike mod | My Keith Code racing books. |
| Scariest bike moment | Flying over the handlebars of my ZX6 moments after being pushed off the road by a cop who mistook me for a fleeing fugitive. The side of the road was grass luckily and I was picking dirt out of my fairing for two days. The cop said sorry. Gee thanks..... |
| Why you love your Ducati | Simplicity, Passion, La Dolce Vita |
| Dream bike | Ducati 916 |
| Best bike ridden | My Monster (I'm a little sheltered) |
| Worst bike ridden | A '78 yamaha something or other. 60-0 in about a minute. |
| Favorite riding destination | Anywhere not on Long Island |
| Number of track days ridden | 0 |
| Most expensive bit of bike bling | Replacing the carbon mudguards on my 900S |
| My perfect riding day would be... | It would involve Monica Belluci at somepoint...oh and the Swiss/Italian border roads. |
| Favorite drink | Chianti |
| Favorite movie | Matrix 2 (duh) |
| Favorite food | I'm a sucker for blue chips and pico de gallo. |
| Other hobbies | I'm a drummer, a photographer, an avid mountain biker, and also do some Car racing |
| Favorite book | Homer's Odyessy (Doh!) |
| Dream car | Caterham Super 7 CSR/260 |
| Secret talent | I have the annoying ability to catch anything provided it's a surprise. |
| Current Hero(ine) | Gotta put Jimmy Carter high on the list |
| Desert island essentials | Bottomless bag of tortilla chips, an iPod full of jazz, anda perpetual motion machine, or maybe a cold fusion device instead I'm not picky. |
| Holiday destination | Italia or San Diego |
| Occupation | CFD Consultant |
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| Name | Wei aka: Captain Speedwei or 3Wei |
| Location | Queens, New York |
| Current bikes | 2000 Ducati Silver 748/853
1986 Honda Interceptor 500 |
| First bike | 1986 Honda Interceptor 500 |
| DESMO member since | May 2000 |
| Riding since | 1989 |
| Birthday | May 22, 1971 |
| Avg miles ridden per year | 3,000 |
| Favorite racer | Valentino Rossi |
| Scariest bike moment | Springing an oil leak and almost highsiding at over 100mph at Beaverun |
| Why you love your Ducati | Because it is so damn SEXY! |
| Dream bike | Desmosedici |
| Favorite track | NHIS |
| Number of track days ridden | Over 30 |
| Most expensive bit of bike bling | The 853 BCM Kit |
| My perfect riding day would be... | few hours of mountain twisties with no traffic and no speed limitations with the sun on my back ending with a dip in a hot tub with a few SCORES girls. |
| Favorite drink | Coca Cola |
| Favorite food | Thai |
| Other hobbies | Snowboarding, Motocross, Traveling, Videography, Photography, etc… |
| Dream car | Porsche Carrera GT |
| Secret talent | Breakdancing |
| Current Hero(ine) | Spiderman |
| Desert island essentials | Toothbrush and toothpaste, a fully stocked working refrigerator and Jessica Alba |
| Occupation | Porn Director |
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