If It Were Free Which Would YOU Choose

[Goat_Herder]

I'd take the Monster.  They Hyper is cool but just not the right bike for me.  I sit way too high to feel comfortable. 

[superjohn]

Free, and only a choice between the two, I'd take the HM796. That may change if a used, previous generation monster were thrown in as an option.

[scott_araujo]

Monster.  The Hyper 796 is cool and has a much better seat than most motards but has a small tank and probably ain't great on long freeway jaunts.  The Monster is a little more versatile.  But if I was going to get a second bike....

Scott

[Slide Panda]

Well I've got a Monster that I don't plan to replace until it stops going. So hyper for me. Also the seat to tank junction on a 696 is, ahem, disagreeable to my build.

[Triple J]

Hyper...hands down. 

[teddy037.2]

Hyper, free or not. No contest. 

+1

[junior varsity]

and probably ain't great on long freeway jaunts. 

Gross. Neither are good for freeway jaunts.

[Novelo]

Well I've got a Monster that I don't plan to replace until it stops going. So hyper for me. Also the seat to tank junction on a 696 is, ahem, disagreeable to my build.

Already got a Monster, think I would go for the Hyper kind of like the idea of the whole urban/city attack thing. Was torn between a Hyper and a Monster when I bought mine so they still spark my curiosity. Though I have no idea what I would use it for to much for the city, to upright for the mountains.     

[Punx Clever]

hyper.

The 696 smashes my nuts just sitting on it.  Can only imagine what would happen if i really needed my brakes.

[junior varsity]

Been on a superbike before? The 696 is tame and gentle on the potatoes in comparison.

[DesmoDiva]

Hyper....


and boobies   

[Punx Clever]

Been on a superbike before? The 696 is tame and gentle on the potatoes in comparison.
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Nope... but one day when i get an 848... i learn to deal with it :p

[duc_fan]

Monster, purely for range.

Hyper if I didn't care about going far, but want to have a helluva lot of fun doing it.

Where I live the gas stations are 20+ miles apart... the short range of a Hyper means I'd get a lot of walking exercise.  Work is a nearly 50-mile round trip, and there are no gas stops between Stevenson, WA and Bingen, WA.

If CA-cycleworks makes an extended tank for the HM that brings the range up to 300 miles, then HM, hands down.  Let the hooliganry commence!  

[scduc]

Hyper-then when the 10' multi come out I will have a 3-some.

[yotogi]

already have a better monster.