Monster 1200S hmmmmmmmm.....

[WayneR]

hope the ohlins does a good job....

For $26k ride away, it had better...

I think I'd be holding out for an 821cc version. Either that, or the 899 Pani is only 21k. Seems a bit steep for a Monster to me.

[DarkMonster620]

For $26k ride away, it had better...

I think I'd be holding out for an 821cc version. Either that, or the 899 Pani is only 21k. Seems a bit steep for a Monster to me.

http://www.bennetts.co.uk/bikesocial/news-and-views/news/2012/2014/march/ducati-821-monster-spied/#.UzIA-fldU75

[Scoober1103]

http://www.bennetts.co.uk/bikesocial/news-and-views/news/2012/2014/march/ducati-821-monster-spied/#.UzIA-fldU75

Doesn't look right from those angles.......Bulky upfront with very little rearward, could just be the photos. So will this be the end of the 796?

[loony888]

For $26k ride away, it had better...

I think I'd be holding out for an 821cc version. Either that, or the 899 Pani is only 21k. Seems a bit steep for a Monster to me.

yeah, nah, wouldn't hold out for a smaller one, and i have a sports bike, the pani isn't my cup of tea anyway, but 26,300 ride away is pricey for a monster

[Sundog]

No more SSSA either 

[loony888]

No more SSSA either 

ummm......... SSSA = Single Sided SwingArm?
if so, look closer



should have gone to specsavers.........

[Bazz21]

yeah, nah, wouldn't hold out for a smaller one, and i have a sports bike, the pani isn't my cup of tea anyway, but 26,300 ride away is pricey for a monster

they have priced them selves out and especially since most of there bikes are built in malaysier they should be cheaper 

[Sundog]

ummm......... SSSA = Single Sided SwingArm?
if so, look closer
should have gone to specsavers.........

From the article

"The new 821 has many similarities between it and its 1200cc older brother with an identical frame, chassis, tank, seat and twin exhausts. However, we can see from the images that an all-new double-sided swing arm and tail tidy mark the significant differences."

My comment was about the new 821, not the 1200.

[loony888]

ohhh, the baby panigale! yeah, looks cheap with the std type swingarm, but i'm not a fan of the 1199 either

[Betty]

ohhh, the baby panigale! yeah, looks cheap with the std type swingarm, but i'm not a fan of the 1199 either

Sundog & the article to which he refers are talking about the 821 ... baby, liquid cooled Monster. Spy pics showing a nearly complete, ready to release bike.

Interesting ... that swingarm is rather ... umm, substantial looking.

My take on it (similar to the baby Pani) is that the baby version is more than capable for most peoples. But they have purposely compromised the design aesthetic to encourage the typical Wankeristi snob to stump-up the cash for the big boys toy. The only thing stopping me from saying this may be a successful strategy is how the last 'S' version proved far too expensive.

[Two dogs]

New Monster naked group test

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YUt4ur4ixc&list=UUB_cdRhIDhlavY2I5URSC7g

not on my next bike list !

The supposed not as good as the xpensive 1199 baby Pani group test

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQza_TWj8JM&list=PLzNfXgKU0drnNVCaE5PNqjKaOFPIyi0BW

On my next bike list...........at the top next to the Aprillia RSV4

[Betty]

New Monster naked group test

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YUt4ur4ixc&list=UUB_cdRhIDhlavY2I5URSC7g

not on my next bike list !

As always it depends on what you are after ... and that was not really much of a comparison to be fair. They admit that the Monster doesn't really fit that category and that some of the bikes can't even be considered naked. They didn't even use the 'S' which has more power and better suspension.

From what I saw and heard the Monster would be the winner for me, but for real world riding ... they would all be 'too much' I reckon.

[loony888]

too much is never enough!
the power is addictive and once you've stepped up it's hard to go back, at least for me it is, i don't see the point in spending more cash for less power in a newer bike.

sure there's guys that say "you can only go 100 you know" and that we can't ride what we have well enough to justify the cost. yeah yeah, if we're talking about upgrading the minivan justification might come into it but come on! these are toys, and i like my toys faster and flashier than what i had before, so no baby pain for me, no mini monster either, it's the big one or i'll stick with what i've got.





which is in fact what i'm doing, my diavel is faster, and looks heaps better, even if some insist on calling it a "cruiser", it scares plenty of sports bikes (eh mick?) and my 1098R is still the top dog super bike as far as i'm concerned. except for the superleggera, which i can't afford anyway......