now then, matlock lad

[peter]

hi
been loitering for a while , been a keen biker all my life from fs1e,s 400 4s all the 2 stroke Yamaha's right up to r1s of today, but never had a ducati, after 2 years with out a bike I now am ready! and I want a monster.
so now looking forward to you lot getting me one,
I,m after a 600 or 620 because the mrs wants to use it too.
hopefully I can find a cheap early one and chuck lots of dosh at it.
there is a 95 beauty on e bay but its yellow, defo want a red one.
living in a famous biking town I want to show it off down the bath.

pete

[singletrack]

I can't help you find a bike but welcome to :ukm: from a Derbyshire Lass (well, I live in a Glossop)

[Jonno]

And welcome from Sheffield. Claycross Motorcycles had a couple of monsters in last time i was there.

[melvin]

Hi and welcome good luck looking for monster

[Dirty]

Hello, welcome and good evening :)

[Fatal]

Now't wrong with a Yellow one Pete
Hope to bump into you, when the bright hot thing reappears down Matlock, for a cuppa and a bag of spuds ;)

[pompone]

Hi and welcome!

[LVC]

Welcome to the party - have fun :mand:

[Darren69]

Welcome Peter. Good luck with finding a bike, keep looking on here in the for sale section or ebay.

[Wasta]

The yellow ones are faster, I thought everyone knew that.

Welcome to the forum.

[Dirty]

The yellow ones are faster, I thought everyone knew that.

Welcome to the forum.

Shhh don't tell everyone. It's right that people start with other colours and work their way up to yellow :)

[Darren69]

I thought the black ones are the fastest :)

[perkles]

blue 900s are the best
welcome to the forum

[peter]

Hi all, thanks for the welcome.
will have a monster soon I hope

fatal...coffee and chips sound good. do you ever get to the mfn?

[Fatal]

Hi all, thanks for the welcome.
will have a monster soon I hope

fatal...coffee and chips sound good. do you ever get to the mfn?
nipped in once this year, first time for around 7 years, trouble is fitting in bike riding with working away :(

Alan H

[peter]

bummer eh..
many more locals around us, cant find a members map.
taken me a month just to catch up on posts but its all great reading.
cant wait to get going now I have my new man shed.
it will be in bits more than on the road I bet.

pete

[SERGIOS4RS]

Hi Peter,
why have an old M600 when the M696 it`s a better start in terms of safety, service maintanance and relibility? Used starting price from only £3500 and it`s a world of difference !!!!!
I will suggest to test ride one from yur local dealer............... :-)

[Dirty]

Hi Peter,
why have an old M600 when the M696 it`s a better start in terms of safety, service maintanance and relibility? Used starting price from only £3500 and it`s a world of difference !!!!!
I will suggest to test ride one from yur local dealer............... :-)

What is 'safer' about the M696? My M600 costs pennies to service, access to the battery is measured in seconds and has never broken down on me (writing that is tempting fate I know! :) ). It has none of the electronic issues because it has none of the electronics! Not knocking the 696 but I don't think it's worth £1500 more than a 600!

[Fatal]

What is 'safer' about the M696? My M600 costs pennies to service, access to the battery is measured in seconds and has never broken down on me (writing that is tempting fate I know! :) ). It has none of the electronic issues because it has none of the electronics! Not knocking the 696 but I don't think it's worth £1500 more than a 600!

Why have either, when you can have a stunning S2R for £2500 :thumbsup::thumbsup:
Then again I'm biased;)

Alan H

[Dirty]

Why have either, when you can have a stunning S2R for £2500 :thumbsup::thumbsup:
Then again I'm biased;)

Alan H

No, exactly, I completely agree :thumbsup:

[Darren69]

That S2R does look very nice!

[peter]

going to talk to him shortly. did want something I could play about with but this is a lovely bike. :biggrin:
Is 28,000 miles high for the monster or is this fine?
didn't realise he was in London so could take a while to arrange to get down.
anyone know if the ride height is higher than the 600 620?

[utopia]

Hello and welcome.
I was going to suggest that a 750 would be worth considering as they have that little bit extra over the 600s which makes all the difference.
I'm still happy with mine after nearly 7yrs ownership.
..... but I see that you've already spotted Funkatronic's S2R for sale, which amounts to a similar thing.

So what's Matlock like for bikes on sundays/bank holidays these days ?
It used to be impressive in the 70s but I haven't been for years.
Has it outgrown its former charm or is it worth a ride out ?

edit.......ps. I imagine the ride height would be the same for all the older style monsters.
28,000m is high..ish, but shouldn't be a problem as the engines are tough and this will be a well maintained bike which has had, to all intents and purposes, only one proper owner from new.

[peter]

nearly bought a 750 dark but found out the company was webuyanybike.com and they just buy cheap clean up and sell on at inflated price.
google them, loads of horror stories.

does worry me slightly about the mileage but if the engine and running gear is as mint as the bike then I should be ok.
had a drive down :worried: matlock bath on sunday, pissing it down and there where loads of bikes around. come the nicer weather its chocker block still.

[peter]

whoo hoo 99% got the bike just waiting to see on courier :D

[peter]

Deal done. Its all mine :D

[Fatal]

Deal done. Its all mine :D

Nice one Pete,
Its a stunning looking Bike,
All you need to do now is get rid of the Cat and swap the exhausts for a pair of Terms,
The noise is amazing :thumbsup::thumbsup:

http://flic.kr/s/aHsjHboX2u

Alan H

[Dirty]

Nice one congrats.

Not great riding weather down here today. Was nearly blown off the scoot a few times!

[Dirty]

Get rid of the cat and get a custom 2-1 made up. It's the future :)

[Fatal]

Get rid of the cat and get a custom 2-1 made up. It's the future :)
Then paint it YELLOW:idea::idea:

[peter]

defo going to do the cat and want to see more of the single sider, so either 2 into one or one either side.
might I say that funkatronic is a great guy to deal with, very honest.

[Darren69]

Well done, nice xmas pressie for you! The Termi pipes that go either side look really good imho, well I've seen them on an S4R so I imagine that similar are available for the 2valver?

[m40uke]

Get a qd box exhaust. Shows off everything

[peter]

think I just lost my bike.

[Fatal]

think I just lost my bike.
No problem just buy another ;)

Alan H