Meet the Twisted Crew

Here we have bios and mugshots of the Twisted Throttle crew.

Erik, a.k.a. Mr. Twisted, is the founder of this asylum and keeps the place running like a well oiled machine (don't ask what type of machine...)! His ride of choice? The bike that started it all was his well-loved DL1000 V-Strom, which he traded in 2008 for a flashy new Tiger 1050, TGRRR! He also rides a 2009 F800GS, a 2008 KLR650E, a 2010 KTM 690 SMC, the back seat of a Honda Rebel (only when hanging out with the shriners in a parade), and takes a DR-Z400SM to track days. He's also rebuilding a crashed (oops...) 1999 SV650N track bike. Erik has a sordid and colorful past. After graduating from the University of Delaware, he moved to Philadelphia to play trombone in rock and jazz bands for a few years. During the same period, he worked as a consultant at a law firm just long enough to realize that you can't wear your race leathers to a board meeting in Center City unless you want to be nicknamed "the Terminator" by your co-workers. After deciding that two wheels were better than the five on his corporate office chair, he went on to found Twisted Throttle. Twisted since June 2002	Dan is our Purchasing Manager and refrigerator cleaner. Throwing caution and common sense to the wind, he eats many expired and questionable foods that we are all afraid of. Beware the contents of the office fridge! Twisted since February 2006	When it comes to getting things done, Adam is the guy you want in your corner. Heading up Sales, Marketing and New Business Development for Twisted Throttle, his plate is always full - and he likes it that way! After graduating form Bryant University with a degree in marketing, Adam worked full-time as a bank loan officer. In mid 2006, after realizing that sitting in a cubicle for 12 hours a day was not how he wanted to spend his life, he sought out Erik and Twisted Throttle. In-between taking care of business and his family, Adam currently rides a 2004 Suzuki DL650 V-Strom and what ever else he can get his hands on. His former rides include a 1996 KLR 650 and 2003 Yamaha YZF600. Twisted since August 2006
Nick is currently recovering from BIEBER FEVER! Twisted since August 2006	Matt is our international man of mystery - he was kind enough to slow down for this shot before wheelieing away. Matt rides a Honda GL1100 Goldwing with his Fiancée on sunny days and a Kawasaki KLR650A with studded tires when it snows. Sometimes he leans his bike so hard his sidecases turn into feelers. Matt's former rides also include a BMW R1100S that he sorely misses."Will work for motorcycle parts!" Twisted since April 2007	Diane handles our bookkeeping and makes a mean batch of salsa! She's in the market for a scooter so that she, too, can join the 'Death or Glory' scooter club in Providence. Until then, she'll have to be happy on her turbo-charged '08 Hayabusa with 4 inches of stretch in the swingarm and a fat 320mm rear tire. SMOKE SHOW! Twisted since August 2007
Brian is our in-house racing guy. He regularly flogs his KTM SMR supermoto at Loudon while sporting swanky leathers. His current street bike is a Suzuki DL650 V-Strom. Oh yeah... he's even faster than Matt! Brian's former rides include a Suzuki GSF400 Bandit and Kawasaki ZRX1200R. His latest bikes are a Honda CRF230L (for the dirt) and a 2nd-gen race-prepped SV650S. Twisted since October 2007	Dereck (a.k.a. Monster Energy Boy) has broken more bones than anyone else in the office (20 in all), mostly while racing motocross. An aficionado of sportbikes, he christened his driver's license when he was 16 by pulling a wheelie on his Dad's Triumph Daytona 955i. Too bad a police officer saw the stunt and suspended his license for two years... Dereck's most recent fracture was a broken elbow earned a few weeks ago when his 1977 Yamaha RD400 got an unexpected flat tire while riding home from work. Dereck recently bought Brian's old Kawasaki ZRX1200R, and has been accumulating a proportionally higher amount of speeding tickets ever since. Twisted since January 2008	David is a hunter, climber, archer, survivalist outdoorsman, and a professional pirate. One day, he may have his own solo survival show on the Discovery Channel. David doesn't like to waste ANYTHING. If he ever hit a deer while riding a motorcycle, he'd figure out a way to carve it up into venison steaks, strap it to the back of his bike, and take it home to the freezer. He has aspirations of one day owning a Cold War era, Russian-made Ural with a side car big enough to stow a deer and a musket. In the meantime, he's restoring a vintage Honda VFR and hopes to have it redlining by spring. Twisted since April 2008
Nate is our in-house product designer from the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). Master of all things metal, as well as doing crafty graphic illustrations and catalog creation, Nate is a chronic Jeep modifier and is learning to speak German so he can play nice with our European suppliers. Nate's current ride is a Suzuki DRZ400SM supermoto. Since purchase, he's built more new toys for that bike than any other. We think he's biased. Twisted since June 2008	Tom drives the Twisted Trailer to shows all around the country and fixes it when the wheels come off. When he's not forced to drive our big rig, he prefers to ride his BMW R1150GS or F650GS single. A wild world traveler with a penchant for twisties, he has the best party house of the crew and hosts summer shoreline fiestas that no one EVER forgets... and he carries the best first aid kit on his bike out of anyone in the shop! Twisted since July 2008	This is Jennifer (a.k.a. 2-stroke), an up and coming superstar in the sales office. Don’t let her innocent smile fool you; she has spent the better part of the last 10 years on 2 wheels. Her ride of choice? Vintage Vespa’s. Over the last few years she has acquired a modest collection of these cultural icons from the 60’s and 70’s and has spent plenty of time getting her hands dirty keeping them all running. Twisted since August 2009
Chris rides shotgun in the sales office. That's difficult to do on a bike, but Chris doesn't let that bother him. A true paintball fanatic, he can often be spotted paintballs-deep in the woods. Chris has plans of straddling a KLR650 in the near future, if he can avoid the temptation to buy a BMW because, as we all know: "chicks dig 'beemers". Chris currently rides a bad-to-the-bone 49cc+++ scooter. Did somebody say "big bore kit"? Twisted since January 2010	Greg grew up on dirt bikes and is ready to assault the streets. Yes, this is a warning for all Rhode Islanders. He just picked up his first street bike and is trying to fashion a surfboard rack for it to combine one of his other passions - looking cool holding a surfboard. Twisted since February 2010	Kevin drank the Twisted Cool-Aid and is taking care of marketing. His motorcycle tastes vary wildly from sport-touring on his Yamaha FZ1 to running track days on his Kawasaki EX500's and Vintage Japanese Twins. Kevin spends one crazy day each June piloting a sub-200cc vintage bike 650 miles around Lake Erie in a race with a bunch of other similarly deranged individuals. Twisted since March 2010
Matt started off in the warehouse (June2010) but has since found a spot on the Design & Marketing team (Sept2010). He has a BA in Graphic Design from CCSU (2004) and is working towards his Masters in Social Work. His interests are motorcycles, jeeps, graphic design/photography, surfing, and traveling. He has a daughter named Bella, 7 1/2 years old, beautiful Australian Shepherd. Custom chops and bobs are his thing, but dual sports are growing on him. It must be the whole camping thing. On a side note, he cannot stand co-worker Craig D. Twisted since June 2010	Craig joined Twisted Throttle in September 2010. Loud, crude and totally obnoxious, Craig is the most interesting guy at Twisted Throttle. He is our Product Manager and kinda like that uncle with the big hands... he is always there for you. Twisted since Sept 2010	Craig W (a.k.a. Willy) Lead crash test dummy here at 'The Throttle' has brought order and reason along with an exceptionally large helping of kooky to the receiving area of our operation. When he is not riding his brandy new Triumph he can be found dominating on the paintball field along side Chris and Justin. Twisted since October 2010
Justin is our real renaissance man. A vocal major in college and former Army Psy-Ops man who both dazzles us with his vocal range while convincing us "These are not the crashbars you seek". Twisted since April 2011	Shawn is an outdoorsman. Forced to choose he might opt to live in a tree over a posh hotel with all the fine appointments. He can be found in the field, on the water or in the woods when he is not in the Customer Service Department dispensing his impressive range of product knowledge. Twisted since June 2011	Nick R (a.k.a. "Zutto") is spicing things up around the customer Service department. He comes to us with a wealth of life experience in nearly every facet of work experience leading up to the crown jewel of jobs with us. Some might call him a man of mystery and intrigue - but never to his face. I think someone did but we can't talk about that. Twisted since June 2011
J.P. is our mad man in the warehouse! This guy will stuff any box and send it packin' the same day! Twisted since July 2011	Kyle, ahhhhhhhh "Hey Beavis, ahhhhhh this is gonna be cool!" Kyle hails from NH, has a degree in Sports Management and aspires to be a fire truck. Twisted since August 2011	Ken "Speedracer" Condon is our PR Manager. He's been frantically creating our 2012 catalog and piloting our BMW S1000RR demo bike since he joined us, so he hasn't written his bio own yet. He's the head instructor at Tony's Track Days, an MSF instructor, contributing editor for Motorcycle Consumer News, and author of Riding in the Zone. He has funny tattoos he shows people at inappropriate times. We're waiting to see how long it takes for him to notice we put this spoof bio up. Twisted since September 2011
Raja is our new CIO. Genius of all things digital, he's masterminded several plots involving laser beams and "one million dollars". Twisted since November 2011	We recruited Jeannine, or "J9" as the zipliners call her, because one Condon just isn't enough. Faster than a speeding bullet, whether kayaking down whitewater or firing out of "the Bowl" at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on a ZX-6, no one can keep up. Twisted since December 2011	Some people call him "Will". Some people call him "Aarron". We call him "Sauce". World renowned muffin maker in a previous life, Sauce has picked up the motorcycle industry faster than he picks up change off the dance floor. He gets excited over the smallest things, causing the customer service crew to question what’s in his Sippy cup. Twisted since December 2011
George Twisted since February 2012	AJ Twisted since March 2012	Jack arrived by Suzuki from Utah to get our IT world in order. Jack rides his Boulevard rain or shine, proudly parking it front and center in the Twisted parking lot to show that we aren’t only about adventure and touring bikes (it’s true). Jack can be heard spouting mildly interesting bits of knowledge without provocation, not because he is deranged, but because he takes trivia night a bit too seriously. Twisted since April 2012
Elyssa Twisted since April 2012	Jane comes to us from the wacky world of HVAC where she accounted for the never-ending flow of dollars in and dollars out. Not only is Jane a highly-skilled number-cruncher and organizer, she is also an accomplished rider. When she’s not managing the inner-workings of the Twisted corporate machine, she is teaching newbies at an MSF course how to ride or ripping around the racetrack on her R6 or DRz400 motard. Twisted since May 2012	Michael Twisted since May 2012
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Honorary members of the Twisted Crew >	Crazy Pink-Haired Alisa (a.k.a. MotoAdventureGal - also her screen name on ADVrider.com and other Motorcycle forums) is our original Twisted Adventure Ambassador and Gear Tester (that means we like it when she breaks stuff). She travels the world producing critically acclaimed photojournalism for those who travel on two wheels. Her latest rides are a Kawasaki GTR1400 Concours, BMW R1150GS, and her Twisted Suzuki DR650SE. "See the zany exploits of rider_grrl here"	Adam S, an honorary member of the Twisted Throttle Team that designs many of our products whilst he cruises all over Europe in his Mini, often grins wildly from behind his street hockey mask. Some say he's seen The Lion King 1780 times and that his picture appears on high value stamps in Sweden. We know him as "Mr. Go".