Ducati Monster Forum

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If that doesn't transform into power armour then everything I've learned about the Japanese is a lie.

I'm not sure what I like the most ... the exhaust or the snakeskin seat ???

Too chiseled looking for my liking.
and i thought the stock monster S2R/S4R mirrors were ugly,  man these are ding dong ugly.

Is showing a bike like that on this site classed as racist?

bloody jap crap no soul fugly space ship look [puke] , no dought it would go, i must be old  8) tyres are the only thing i like  [cheeky]

I'd have a guess and say a bit cheaper than a 'real' streetfighter too

The last few z1000's have looked pretty cool, the only thing that I hated about those bikes were the dual outlets either side. I can see this still hasn't changed.

I like the rear sprocket....














that is all.....



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Spider, that's only because it's black.

Alright, I'm the weirdo  (you all knew that already!)

I like it, dump the number plate bracket and I'm there, the top one, not keen on the Snake skin seat though  [puke]

I like the classic style like the Monsters, but I also like some of the Modern style bikes

Would I own one?     
Not sure, I'd have to see it in the plastic first, but I am intrigued by the look, dump the friggen pipes though.

The wife just saw it and thought it was hot, but she has no taste
Case in point - She married me!  [cheeky]

looks too much like the honda cb1000r

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im sure she has great taste in you Cairns

I can't comment........ I'm afraid I have nothing really pleasant to say. 

figured id show side by side comparisons
and i must say i like the duc alot better  [thumbsup]


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The Duc looks a bit better in the flesh than that photo, but even so... I honestly have to say that if it didn't have the classic trestle frame, I would hate it as much as the other two bikes...
The main redeeming features (other than the frame), are all of the brand name bits bolted on.  Brembo, Marchesini and Ohlins can only go so far towards masking the ugly Jap-ness about it.

Having said that, once you're riding it you're not looking at it, and I know it'd run rings around my S4RS on the road or track!

The S4RS was given some grief by mag journos because it had outdated styling, and that all of the other manufacturers were following current design trends.  I disagree, and actually like the Monster precisely because it has a classic non-Jap style about it. 

The streetfighter look soooooo much better than the others its ridiculous....... and the street fighter isn't exactly the style queen no is it!

i dont think so in the tight twisty stuff around here i round up the jap crap with little efort let alone s4rs which is a lot faster than my s2r  [thumbsup]

wow that kawaski is ugly

that may have to do with rider skill also.

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Just making sure you realise that I was saying the Streetfighter is quicker than my S4RS (not the  [puke] Jap bikes in this thread)

no sorry i thought you meant the jap bike id have a street fighter if i had the money too change it a little ,how much fun would it be around here and the big jap bikes wouldnt blow me away on the staights not that going any farster than 200 does much for me any more im a twisty type of guy dont like straights  [thumbsup]

make the beast with two backsing hillarious!   [clap]  [clap]  [clap]  [clap]

200kph wiithout a fairing....please tell me what kind of fun that is going to be....

Goldie, you've removed the fairing....when you're on those private closed roads/tracks......what's 200 like?

come for a visit big fella and ill show you  [thumbsup] you dont see fairings on the naked racing bikes and they do more than that  [thumbsup] but you do have a disability big fella  [cheeky]

the streetfighter looks better in real life than pics, but it's still ugly, not as ugly as the other two but ugly non the less. i bought a monster partly because i wanted my kicks at a speed that wouldn't see me in jail, then i got a S4, then  S4R, and it will easily get to 240 + but really, if you want to go that fast you would buy a 1098 or 848, at least i would. after seeing the 1100S monster i'd have one of them over a streetfighter i think, still, it's all academic, i don't know what i want, but i do know i'm not getting rid of my monster.


paul.

I've found that the fairing removal actually helped - the issue was that the std fairing directed air to my helmet, whereas no fairing it  hits the chest. I'd rather the chest than the head, but perhaps a taller fairing like matty's might be better than the other options - but still I prefer the look without.

Honda would look good in a another colour, red/black maybe...