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#1 |
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Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: East London
Bike: Multiple Monsters
Posts: 9,714
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Monster 1200 R
Is due for launch 14th September in Frankfurt.
You can go to http://www.ducati.com/index.do ( >Bikes>Monster) if you want to sign up for further information. |
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Its all grey now
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: southampton
Bike: M1200s
Posts: 2,940
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Anybody want to buy a 1100evo?
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Evolution - M600 - S4 - M796 - M1100evo - M1200s |
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Alcester
Bike: M1200s
Posts: 241
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I'm gonna take a close look at this. Sounds enticing. Mmmm
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#4 |
No more Monster...
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: London
Bike: Other Not a Ducati
Posts: 4,326
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Take a bike, that already has more power than you can use, then add more.
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J.JP ------------------------------- My Mum says, there's no such thing as Monsters. ![]() |
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Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Bromley
Bike: M1100evo
Posts: 1,512
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Noooooo. Just as I'm selling up. Wonder how much they are in the US...
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Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Bognor Regis
Bike: Other Ducati
Posts: 589
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Having ridden a M1200S in sport mode and realising that if I owned one it would spend most of its time trying to fire me into the scenery I'd hate to imagine what a +160bhp Monster would be like. As JP said, more power than you can use, but as Kawasaki's H2 has shown by its popularity you can never have too much power
![]() I guess Ducati felt they needed something to replace the Streetfighter 1098 and to compete with the Aprilia Tuono, BMW K1300R, KTM 1290 Super Duke R and MV Agusta Brutale 1090RR. They've obviously realised that the Monster brand was stronger than the Streetfighter brand. |
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Bromley
Bike: M1100evo
Posts: 1,512
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I would have one purely for the R factor, but depends how special they actually make it. Hopefully it's properly tricked out rather than just a tad more power and some carbon
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#8 |
No more Monster...
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: London
Bike: Other Not a Ducati
Posts: 4,326
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Well, it'll probably be a transplant of the 1200 DVT engine from the Multistrada, which is 160 bhp and with very mild manners are the lower end of the rev-range.
I seem to remember even Il Presidente said he wouldn't mind one of those engines ![]()
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Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Bromley
Bike: M1100evo
Posts: 1,512
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It needs magnesium everywhere, carbon bodywork, super duper desmosedici forks and 200bhp. Then I'll order one ![]() |
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Is there any chance they'll make something Monsterlike for mere mortals and old duffers like me? The choice appears a little limited....
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Bognor Regis
Bike: Other Ducati
Posts: 589
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You are almost certainly correct. The DVT engine is the future for Ducati as it is capable of meeting all current and known future emissions regulations.
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No more Monster...
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: London
Bike: Other Not a Ducati
Posts: 4,326
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Well you've got the 796 & 821 to choose from .
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#13 |
No more Monster...
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: London
Bike: Other Not a Ducati
Posts: 4,326
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You can stop right there.
![]() Over the years we've seen Ducati being pretty clever with the use of their engine blocks, using the same unit across a number of different bikes. It makes complete manufacturing sense, and lowers costs. Which means if there's a new 1299 block in the Superbike, it'll appear at some point down the range, and so on and so on.
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#15 |
Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Glasgow
Bike: S4 challenge
Posts: 447
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If you want an air cooled monster you buy a scrambler
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