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Illusion or slow?? Monster 750

Started by redhouse7, August 04, 2009, 11:48:07 AM

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Xiphias

#15
August 05, 2009, 02:49:37 PM
Quote from: Monster Dave on August 05, 2009, 02:34:20 PM
What's that supposed to mean. My 620 will get me a ticket just as fast as an S4Rs will!!!
[cheeky]

[laugh]
Hi-ho-hi-ho....its off to the track I go.................

Kopfjäger

#16
August 05, 2009, 02:50:18 PM
Yeah, but an S4RS will get you the ticket alot quicker.  [evil]
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Speedbag

#17
August 05, 2009, 03:20:04 PM
Hell, even re-geared I didn't find my M900 to be all that tremendously fast and it was topless, jetted, with cans and Dyna coils.

Fun, yes.  [thumbsup]

Fast.....well, maybe adequate.  :)
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mookieo2

#18
August 05, 2009, 03:44:48 PM
I have a 2002 750 with Arrows, open airbox, K&N and custom map. I went up two in the back instead of the 14t. It dyno`d at 57hp at the wheel. I started going to the track and I get killed on the straights. I love the bike but can`t wait to get another bike that has some power. I`m not getting rid of my monster but need something else with more power.

beethoven

#19
August 05, 2009, 04:29:20 PM
My 97 M900, Slow? Hell yes. Fun? Absolutely.
I have tested both new M1100 and KTM SMT990. My preference is to get the KTM for days and trips where I need more speed and keep the M900 for FUN days.
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psycledelic

#20
August 05, 2009, 08:15:05 PM
Speed, the ultimate sacrifice to obtain style.  Don't fight it, embrace it. Tell yourself that you go slower so that everyone will have the privilege to gaze upon your Monster.  Take it one step farther and really show your panache.  White helmet, white gloves, white leathers, and red Sidi boots (for full effect, go with Puma).   It is only then that your need for speed will be extinguished and you can embrace the full magnitude of the Ducati Monster lifestyle.  Or, just buy a S4RS and have the best of both worlds.
06 S2R800 - the wife                         [Dolph]
04 999s - the mistress

ducatiz

#21
August 06, 2009, 09:31:04 AM
Quote from: Monster Dave on August 05, 2009, 02:34:20 PM
What's that supposed to mean. My 620 will get me a ticket just as fast as an S4Rs will!!!
[cheeky]


nope.  it will get you a ticket, but the guy on the S4Rs will get the ticket faster!
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Mike Qube

#22
August 06, 2009, 09:32:05 AM
Seeing my '97 M750 is my first real motorcycle, I only have my previous bike to compare it to. A 50cc Yamaha Zuma. Compared to that, the M750 is a rocketship!

ducatiz

#23
August 06, 2009, 09:34:26 AM Last Edit: August 06, 2009, 09:45:15 AM by shyster
meh, it's all bullshit.  you're not racing on it.  strip it down to get a weight advantage and see what you have.

i have a 600ss which pumps about 60hp on a good day, but it is 320lbs with a full tank of gas and with the thinner rear tire (160) is very flickable and fun to ride. when i got it, i swapped all the parts i could with carbon fibre, got rid of the airbox, put a smaller battery on it and a CF exhaust.  dropped like 20-30 lbs right there.

Slow?  Probably, I wouldn't know.  Fun?  Hell yeah.

600 cc.  (although I did put 620 heads on it, hence the higher HP)
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"Yelling out of cars, turning your speakers out the window to blast your music onto the street, setting off M-80 firecrackers, firing automatic weapons into the airâ€"these are all well and good. But none of them create a merry atmosphere of insouciance and bonhomie quite like a revving motorcycle.

Nekkid Tim

#24
August 06, 2009, 10:09:58 AM
Quote from: shyster on August 06, 2009, 09:34:26 AM
meh, it's all bullshit.  you're not racing on it.  strip it down to get a weight advantage and see what you have.

i have a 600ss which pumps about 60hp on a good day, but it is 320lbs with a full tank of gas and with the thinner rear tire (160) is very flickable and fun to ride. when i got it, i swapped all the parts i could with carbon fibre, got rid of the airbox, put a smaller battery on it and a CF exhaust.  dropped like 20-30 lbs right there.

Slow?  Probably, I wouldn't know.  Fun?  Hell yeah.

600 cc.  (although I did put 620 heads on it, hence the higher HP)

Two years ago I had a stock 2003 620 Sport (which I wish I still owned; it was sacrificed on the altar of AMA Moto-ST racing) which I took to a Summit Point track day.   What a blast.  I've always raced "slow" bikes and running the 620 was - despite the very basic suspension and a distinct lack of ground clearance  - unbelievably fun.

Seat of the pants, my 750SS feels *slower* than the 2003 620 Sport.   It has much better suspension and brakes, and more ground clearance, as well.  I am taking it to Summit Point for a track day on August 26; it will be very interesting to see if I have as much fun with it as I did the 620.  I'll also be taking and riding my much-revised Moto-ST 800SS racebike; now a 1000SS with 87hp, weighing 347 pounds....
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ducrider45

#25
August 06, 2009, 10:25:04 AM
Quote from: shyster on August 04, 2009, 06:34:21 PM
750 needs headwork and high comp to get it out.  the post about the 800 heads is spot on.

i put 620 heads on my 600SS and the difference with the bigger valves and better chamber was noticeable, like 10-12 hp noticeable right off
Did I supply the heads?[thumbsup]
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ducatiz

#26
August 06, 2009, 12:29:25 PM
Check out my oil filter forensics thread!                     Offended? Click here
"Yelling out of cars, turning your speakers out the window to blast your music onto the street, setting off M-80 firecrackers, firing automatic weapons into the airâ€"these are all well and good. But none of them create a merry atmosphere of insouciance and bonhomie quite like a revving motorcycle.

corndog67

#27
August 06, 2009, 08:34:52 PM
Quote from: Monster Dave on August 05, 2009, 02:34:20 PM
What's that supposed to mean. My 620 will get me a ticket just as fast as an S4Rs will!!!
[cheeky]


No, actually, I don't think it will.  It most certainly won't get you thrown in jail either. 

Nekkid Tim

#28
August 06, 2009, 09:50:49 PM
Quote from: corndog67 on August 06, 2009, 08:34:52 PM
No, actually, I don't think it will.  It most certainly won't get you thrown in jail either. 

I'm pretty sure I could get myself thrown in jail on a Monster 620.

Here; hold my beer and watch this........

;D
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ducrider45

#29
August 07, 2009, 05:59:35 AM
Quote from: shyster on August 06, 2009, 12:29:25 PM

yup!
Very nice! I love the idea of a 600SS. What a cool bike. It has got to be a blast!
Cop: "That thing is so nasty I can't bring myself to write you a ticket."

"The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from
those who are willing to work and give to those who would not."
Thomas Jefferson


Washington D.C. area riders check out CAM on the local boards.
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