1100S snapshots.

[cgos4r]

Frame and tank look bulbous! Yuk! I'm glad I don't like it... Saves me money.

[oldjackbob]

I noticed an exhaust valve - it's there to pass noice tests - probably first thing to go.

From the reviews, the electronic exhaust valve is there for improved torque in the low end and midrange.

If you were to toss it, the results might be disappointing.

Overall, at least from an engineering standpoint, the bike is a significant evolutionary advancement from the current and previous generations of Monster. From that standpoint, I'm liking it a lot.

Admittedly, it has departed from tradition in a number of regards, but the result in virtually every respect is superior tech, which translates into a superior, more modern, more capable bike.

Perhaps I'm blessed in the sense that I'm not a current or prior Monster owner, so I'm not as, um, constrained in Monster tradition as some others, so to speak.

When I look at the new Monster 1100, I see a really great bike, still embodied with large, satisfying doses of Ducati engineering.

It's definitely on my short list.

[Dave R]

Here are lots of shots out in the open..

http://www.pnwfx.net/gallery/7058493_BAjV4

http://www.pnwfx.net/gallery/7058489_TLjMe

[stopintime]

From the reviews, the electronic exhaust valve is there for improved torque in the low end and midrange.

If you were to toss it, the results might be disappointing.

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My dealer told me what Ducati told him - I think it's true that it's there to pass noise tests, but maybe at the same time does a second duty of supplying back pressure. It will be interesting to see which challenges the un-Termi exhaust manufacturers will have to overcome.

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Perhaps I'm blessed in the sense that I'm not a current or prior Monster owner, so I'm not as, um, constrained in Monster tradition as some others, so to speak.

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A very positive and alternative way of putting it, but are you sure you're not also a little sad?

[oldjackbob]

A very positive and alternative way of putting it, but are you sure you're not also a little sad?

Ha, you've got me pegged! An S2R1K is also on my very short list, LOL!

By way of explanation, I haven't ridden since my '75 Norton hit the asphalt and got badly bent (but I still rode it home!), but the wifey has told me that as soon as I get her car paid off (this is its last year of payments) I'm free to get another bike. I'll prolly get a Monster, but if the factory improves on the GT1000 wheels/suspension in the next year or so, I may consider that -- the cockpit feels almost exactly like my old Norton. I've seen one with a set of Staintune reverse-cone megaphones, and it sure was tugging on my heart strings!

[PizzaMonster]

For my heart, it still does (almost) nothing,

+1 from the Canadian judge on that one   

As someone here already said...."at least from an engineering standpoint, the bike is a significant evolutionary advancement from the current and previous generations of Monster...."  but I still hate the new bike. 

I know it will outperform the original design but I can't get past the "Mad Max meets Fischer-Price" look of the thing.  Somehow the old style was more than the sum of its parts.

[Oldfisti]

I wonder if S*R rearsets would fit this? Look at how it mounts...

[stopintime]

I wonder if S*R rearsets would fit this? Look at how it mounts...

MotoWheels are working on those for the 696, need to fab some spacers and stuff.
http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=5887.msg253630#msg253630

I don't know if 696 and 1100 are the same, but I'm sure MotoWheels soon will know. Give them a call?

[Benjamin5150]

For my heart, it still does (almost) nothing

That pretty much sums it up for me as well.  I've tried to like it, really tried, but I can't get past the obnoxious, trendy styling cues that Ducati seems to embrace these days.

[z0mb1e_DUC]

one of the dealers (Ducati Indy) did install what I think was a set of Rizoma's for the dealer "challenge", removing the wings.

http://monster.ducatiusa.com/img/indy/monster5.jpg