I like Euro Rally-style bikes.

This is the 1999 Cagiva Gran Canyon GC900 that replaced my 1989 Honda TransAlp.

Hey NEWireless...check your PM's...:)

Oh boy, what a great looking machine. How do you like it and how does it compare to the TA?

For me, the Multistrada is highest on the list of bikes I would like to own one day - would be a good long-distance bike to keep next to my KTM.

Ron.

I love the Gran Canyon, much quicker and more powerful than the TA (see pic).

The Gran Canyon is the best way to buy a Ducati! The engine is basically the Ducati Monster engine w/fuel injection.

Like all dual-purpose bikes, the GC was not a good seller in the US. You can get them in like-new condition for under $7,000.

You get the same ride as the Multi-strada for half the price and any Ducati dealer can work on the GC.

'78 Honda CX500 -- slower than a stock Miata, but 20% better fuel mileage -- so ugly that it'll never be stolen! The first bike I rode (at the tender age of 10) was a flathead Harley with suicide shift -- got about a mile, laid it down, and couldn't pick it up.

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I own a few bikes:

2001 Honda RC51
2002 Suzuki GSX-R600 (race)
2002 Suzuki SV650S (race)

Here's a picture of me from this past race season, #51

http://www.roadracing.org/images/200...ugh_Window.jpg

http://home.earthlink.net/~sreyes2/myrr.JPG

there's my CBR600RR

dont know what happened to the picture in the last post...so here it is again but a different one.

http://home.earthlink.net/~sreyes2/bike.jpg

Had bikes since I was 10, latest is an 82 GPz-550 but I'm on the prowl for a nice RZ-350.

Vince