Ducati Monster Forum

Pretend your job is a courier in a mediumish-large city like Cleveland/Detroit/San Diego...lots of stop and go, traffic lights, and the occasional jump on the outerbelt where you'll be keeping it under 85mph most of the time. My experience is limited to the 750 and 900 respectively...and it's tough to choose between them. The 900 engine is just as streetable only with more fun on tap but the wet clutch on my 750 was fantastic for blasting away from a stand still. So I'd almost call them dead even.

I rode a really fast Japanese bike a few weeks ago, and it's what convinced me to NEVER sell my Monster. I think a Streetfighter and a Monster 600/620/750/900 would be a perfect 2 bike garage.

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specially on the M620 ;D




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I might be biased . . . ;D

S2R800  Very solid engine and reliable bike.

I can think of more perfect 2 bike garages (IMHO).  The Monster and the Streetfighter are too similar.  I reckon it would be better to have two bikes that fill different riding niches or appeal to different moods.

I don't do much "cruising" on my S2RK, I generally ride it in a "sporting" way.  I'm sure I would ride the Streetfighter the same way, only faster.

I took a 1098 Streetfighter for a long test ride.  It's an impressive bike, but not as good an all round street bike as a Monster, and again just my opinion, not as nice looking.  I suppose which bike you prefer the look of depends on whether you lean toward classic styling or a more modern, aggressive look.

What Japanese bike did you ride?

a honda crf 450 supermoto with a street conversion kit.

with a ducati sticker on it

I like my combo of my 620 and KTM although once other stuff is out of the way I do need to add more

"Best two-bike garage" very much depends on where you live and your chosen riding styles.

I need a dual-sport with long legs (lots of fuel) as my primary.  It's gotta handle miles of dusty dirt/gravel, do it comfortably, and not need fuel every other day when commuting (~67 miles round-trip, daily).  Ideal second bike for me would be purely fun/eye-candy.  Anything from an MH900E to an original 916 to a Panigale Tricolore... or something cool and vintage.  Old Norton?

Anyway... yeah, "best two-bike garage" is highly dependent on individual needs/wants.  That said, I would agree with others that a Monster-Streetfighter pairing has a but too much overlap.

Just my $0.02

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One for every mood swing  ;D


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A friends GSXR1000. I wanna ride it again in a more appropriate setting before I say I didn't like it though.

Based on my experience with a carbed M750 and a FI 900SS, I would say an injected M750 would be a good courier bike. 

However, not a Duc, but the Honda Hawk GT sitting in my garage would be an incredible courier bike.  It's very similar to my M750 (v-twin, close in engine size, not down too much on power etc) except it is narrower and a little easier to manage in  traffic.  Anyone that has had a hydraulic clutch get too hot in stop & go traffic can attest that sometimes a cable actuated clutch can be and advantage for a courier bike.

JM

Egg-smackly.  [thumbsup]

Monster/Streetfighter pairing overlap... ???

I have a S4r monster and 1098 SFs and personally think they're a perfect pair, the monster to me is the old school style of naked ducati born of the 90s and the streetfighter is the face of naked ducati's in the 21st century alas both watercooled but I'm afraid air cooled bikes seem to be a thing of the past, we now await the new monster which I've been told that I've got the job of running in the shops demo as soon as it arrives... [thumbsup]


Geoff... [coffee]

And back to subject... [roll]

I have to agree with Heath and Duccarlos that the S2r is a great motorcycle... [bow_down]

 well it was my intro to the ducati brand in 2005... [thumbsup]

Geoff... [coffee]

250 single...I'd use a widecase 5-speed model.  60 plus MPG...maybe as much as 75 MPG if you're gentle.  If I'm a courier fuel is my largest cost, probably.  Why not ride something economical?

Of course, if I don't have to stick to a Ducati I'd probably get a Ninja 250 for the same task.  ;)

Depending on how I feel.....

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Good looking CroMo!   My girl friend would love riding that Harley though  :P

that's actually an m750 with a full road racing italia kit. Thanks though!

Lol,  I did not get past the tank.  Guess I should pay a bit more attention  [bang]   You did a really nice job on both bikes.  I hope to have my uncles original 68 HD fully restored, running and should have pics up by spring.  All bikes are awesome.  Except these:

http://xmotorcycle.com/2013/02/11/top-ten-worst-motorcycles-of-all-time/ (http://xmotorcycle.com/2013/02/11/top-ten-worst-motorcycles-of-all-time/)   

Got any more porn pics of that RR M750 DPaine?  [drool]

I do, there's a post in the "introduction" section called "here's some pics of my duc" or something like that, there are a few more angles, and plently more where that came from. I actually just picked it up, so I'd be excited to take more pics if there's anything in particular you'd like to have a close look at.

For this 'hypo'thetical ride I'd go with an A/C Hypermotard -- although I enjoy my M1000, nearing 60 I'm finding the back and legs start complaining sooner than they used to....

1200 Multistrada and KTM 500EXC...throw in a set of SM wheels/slicks for the KTM and you can do it all.

they are smoking some crack on #'s 2,4,6 and possibly 8 ( though admittedly, #8 was an inherently dangerous machine with that piano hinged frame, but that was kind of the heritage/mystique with that machine)

They are definitely smoking crack...

particularly in reference to the RD.

It was the finest bike of it's era.

The Zook was a great moto-x bike for it's time. Not the quality of the Euro bikes, but great for the price.

The H-2 was just insane. What's wrong with that?

The author is obviously afraid of a 2 smoker. ;D

Ah...  The TM400, also known as the widow maker.  Incredible ride.  I lust after the dual sport version (TS400) from that era to go with my TS185.  The issue with the TM that made it dangerous was sometimes its rudimentary ignition advance would start kicking in at random RPMs.  That could certainly create a few pucker effect moments.  Nothing like a 400cc 2-strok blasting blasting into the powerband without warning  [evil]

JM

That is so the engineer thing to say. So, so practical.

Ask Cloner what he rides.

The only 2 of those bikes I would kick out of my garage are the Piaggio..

..and the "Boss Hoss." LOL.

I would kick the Buell down the road before I kicked any of the others.  Then again I have owned a Buell........

perfect two bike garage for me is the 900 monster and the ST2 and/or ST4 I have now. (have to sell one in the spring)

I like to do long trips out west and need to sprint across the Midwest and prairies as quickly and as comfortably as possible. (no more than 2 days to Colorado) I used to do it on my monster, but the knees, hip flexors and shoulders can't do it anymore after 20 years of firefighting, 5 years of college football and 40 years of hockey.
Even with an ST, I had to modify it with handlebars and a sargent seat.
However, for anything around town or really anything under 5 hours, I can't imagine anything better than my little 900 monster.


If I had a bigger wallet the two bike garage would be the monster and a diavel strada.

There's something I like about the looks of them. But I did a tour with an idiot who had one...Lightning with 1200cc engine or something. He was Harley trash at heart but couldn't afford a Harley so he bought the Buell, did a hideous job of murdering it out, took off the pipes so it was DISGUSTINGLY loud, and we had to stop every 100 miles or so to fix something with it. D***head still owes me money but I never want to see him or his bike again. He soured me on Buell's quite a bit.

*edit, just so no one's offended: by Harley trash I mean a poser POS who knew nothing about bikes but wanted to be seen on one. Religious nutjob with bad hygiene also.

If were sticking to ducati's i'd say a hyper and a SF. Different riding styles and built for different purpose. Both very street friendly bikes. Hyper for your daily, 2v motor cheaper on the wallet when the miles get up there. And SF for ass kicking. Monster and SF are too close of cousins. Unless you have a highly custom Monster for cruise and show, and the SF for the dirty play.

My ultimate Garage if we're sticking to ktm's  ;D:
KTM 500 EXC with supermoto wheels
KTM 1190 ADV
KTM 1280 Duke