Wow... Okay, I'll sober up and respond later. Some of the messages are amusing, to say the least. And I've seen a question about my nickname that I feel obliged to answer. All of this later. From my personal experience I can say that posting after a great party is a silly thing to do. Even when you're a forum admin. And definitely, when you're a n00b at someone's forum.
This nickname is approximately 20 years old. Back in high school I wanted to become a surgeon. That's how the "doctor" was added. Graduated majoring in computer science though. Used to study at SJSU. Make my living running a furniture manufacturing business. Life can be very unpredictable, that's for sure.
"Pon" is short for "Ponchik". Means donut in Russian. I've always been a fatso, so I'm stuck with this name for almost 30 years now. Don't really mind it, to be honest. Could be worse.
It IS amazing how different people around the globe can bond over a great bike... I'm spending time now going through those 100 pages of threads in Touring forum. I hope I'll be able to share some experience that'd be helpful. Or simply interesting. Considering that I come from a country most of you don't know much about. And we do have some peculiar differences, and not only bike-wise.