I bought a 2010 Monster 1100 a few weeks ago, 11000 miles, just serviced including cambelts. I've only ridden it once and thought I'd made a mistake because it handled like a pig on roller skates, then I checked the tyre pressures 25psi front, 30psi rear! I should have known not to trust a dealer
Anyway, I had a bevel drive 900 back in the 1980s, sold it for £1700 shortly after giving Steve Wynn a large sum of money to rebuild the engine after it ate its big end bearings and broke a rod. I was skint, I needed the money
The Monster is a lot more refined, more comfortable and hopefully a lot more reliable.