Up close and personal with the Streetfighter..

[ArguZ]

And I agree on the Brutale...

[scduc]

Why ha sDucati gone thru all the trouble of setting up SSS bike and then covering them up with the exhaust. They have perfected the under tail look. And with the SSS it looks totally bad ass.

[Munch]

This thing is insanely light. Loved the show, thanks for a great personal tour of the shop Dave!!



Behind the sceens, before the show:



Look what Santa brought!



Thanks again Dave!!



If you are ever in town, stop by and check out the shop! Dave spent an hour giving us the behind the scenes tour (while everyone was getting ready for the show). Even Marty spent an hour showing us the cutom maps and dyno tuning work he's done.

Fantastic stuff!

[DesmoDisciple]

For the record, there is no mystery why Ducati Seattle was selected to unveil this bike. Absolutely top flight shop. Recently took my monster there for its 6000. The 2 words that come to mind are 'Quality' and 'Professional'.

[ghostface]

I think it's cool but I'm not fully vested. I'm sure it'll have to grow on me. Overall it still looks attractive.

[jerryz]

Why no pictures if the left hand side of the bike ?...................because its a mess thats why! Several European journalists have tested the bike and apparently all comment on how messy the left side is.

[COWBOY]

here's one from Munch's trip to IMS Seattle.   





He posted a link to all his photos here

http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=16435.0

[flynbulldog]

OK, Well that's me sitting on the bike and the reason there are no pics of the left side is because the darn thing is always on the kickstand leaning to the left so the right side is easier to photograph, end of story. The left side of the bike looks just fine - lets not start any unfounded rumors k? 

[zvezdah1]

here's one from Munch's trip to IMS Seattle.   





He posted a link to all his photos here

http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=16435.0

You took some great pics! I really like the ducati corse helmet with the desmo drivetrain drawing on the side!
Chris

[COWBOY]

You took some great pics! I really like the ducati corse helmet with the desmo drivetrain drawing on the side!
Chris

I didn't take them.  They are Munch's pictures.   I was just trying to be helpful posting one of them of the left side.

+1 on some great pics, Munch!

[skxf430]

This thing is insanely light. Loved the show, thanks for a great personal tour of the shop Dave!!

Munch,

How is the riding position as compared with a Monster?

[flynbulldog]

I'm not Munch but I'm the guy in the photo.

It is very similar to the new 1100 (got to sit on that at the IMS show) but slightly more aggressive than an S2 - S4R.
The pegs are a little lower than both bikes and offer a bit more leg-room
The bars are lower than the last generation of monster but so are the bars on the new monsters.
All in all I think it is a good compromise between performance and comfort. It will keep your weight forward for cornering and acceleration but it won't kill you on an all day ride.
As you can see by the smile on my face, I like it! 

Here's more of my review on Ducati ms : http://www.ducati.ms/forums/showthread.php?t=56107


(Munch is the guy in the first photo with the Ducati jacket, I'm the guy with the big grin  )

[Munch]

Fairly close in my opinion. The streeefighter seems to have you a tad bit forward in a more aggressive riding position. With the peg position, I found it extremely comfortable.

[sbrguy]

i think that if you put the mvagusta f-4 undertail exhaust on this it would look great  the really thin pipes under the seat would look really cool.

the lower oil cooler faring from the side looks awful but its amazing that from the front it looks very thin.  so if someone can mod that to possibly move it right under the radiator it would look really cool.  not sure if its possible but something to consider.

[skxf430]

flynbulldog  and Munch,

Thanks for the feedback.