Monster vs 848

[swampduc]

if you were auditioning for a mod, then you should have used the word consider.

Besides I have the power to lock it. 

Seriously though that bike just has more surface area to wash when chicken shit gets spewed on it.

I will say this, the 848 is running cheap these days. I dont know why. but they pop up for $8grand from time to time.

If i get a chance to snag it at 7500 or 8000grand i think its worth it.

Is $8k cheap? There's a bone stock 07 1098 near here that could probably be had for 8-8500. I bought an 08 for <10.5 with the Termi slip-on package, Ohlins ttx shock, and some other extras. 848's don't make good financial sense from a relative standpoint. Plus, they make little torque at street-riding revs, defeating the point of having a Duc. And you'll need to add a steering damper.

[He Man]

at 7grand, i am not spending any extra money.

thats the only reason. its just a deire to want an 848, not that i need one. the monster is more than suited for what i do.


man i need to just buy one ride it for a week and sell it to get it out of my system lol

[duccarlos]

Have you actually ridden an 848? It's a great track bike where you can get off of it after 15 minutes. I could not imagine spending more than an hour or 2 on it at any given time.

[stopintime]

This thread has run it's course. Consider it locked.



(I'm auditioning for mod-what'd you guys think?)

Hmmmm... maybe the DML isn't such a bad place... 

[Triple J]

Plus, they make little torque at street-riding revs, defeating the point of having a Duc.

I never understand people saying this. Sure, they make less torque than a 1098, 996, etc. However, they still do well. WOT an 848 at pretty much anything above 2800 and you'll get moving very quickly...just not as much so as a liter twin. More than adequate for street riding though.

The problem with them for street riding IMO is riding position (in slow traffic) and heat...not power delivery (other than not being able to use it all is frustrating).

[He Man]

I WANT an 848. Just because i think its a pretty bike and its got a lot of bells and whistles.

Practicality? No its far from the list.

im keeping the monster unless the strange opritunity that someone buys my bike the same day a $7,000 848 shows up.

Im just talking shit right now. Ive been on an 848. I think its alright. not too comfy, but not as bad as  a 749. the R6 was my favorite sat very very close to my monster, with the exception of the rearsets. which caused me to bend foward a bit, enough to not want to tour with it, but enough to ride all day with.

[ducpainter]

Hmmmm... maybe the DML isn't such a bad place... 

cold...

[danaid]

  Get your bike fixed by the insurance co. If you keep the money you will just blow it on sh*t which will leave you with sh*t.

 

[Raux]

  Get your bike fixed by the insurance co. If you keep the money you will just blow it on sh*t which will leave you with sh*t.

 

or put it into an account called bike repairs...

[He Man]

rename, mandatory bike repairs... ive already begun to stock my bike up on things that are unbreakable or not easily broken.

First on list was bifolding levers...next up is the woodcraft clutch cover that has a slider pluck built into it... new sliders, im looking at either cyclecats or speedymotos, the rizoma shit is way to expensive...new bar end sliders cause mine got broken in the multiple hits... fork sliders and rear axle sliders.

make the beast with two backs it, maybe i should get crash cage? lol what else?

im defintely not going to fix the bike. Its noth worth it. Im going to get what? brand new parts for it and new paint job only to watch someoen run it over again? The monster is my beater bike. might as well look the part 

[caperix]

I own both a monster and a 848, for city riding the monster is alot more fun but when it is time for a mountain trip it is the 848 that goes.  The 848 is not unbarable for a day to day bike, but the heat when stoped and the pressure on the wrists is much worse then the monster.  On trips to the mountains I have done 10 hour riding days on the 848, I am sore when I get off but able to do it again the next day.  For living in the city I would keep the monster, they handle better at lower speeds anyway.  Good luck with the repairs

[pintsizejesus]

I used to have an s2r800 and now have an 848.  It really depends on the riding that you do, for city the monster was much better for me but the 848 handles better on twisty rides etc.  I think I bought the 848 out of lust and now I wish I still had my monster because most of my riding is city.  I really think it all depends on what you are doing and if you can go test ride an 848 and see how you like it.  Sitting on it and riding it are completely different, and for what it's worth I had to change the stock spring because even with the preload backed off all the way I still had too much sag and I weigh 160. 

[Speeddog]

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 and for what it's worth I had to change the stock spring because even with the preload backed off all the way I still had too much sag and I weigh 160. 

 

My GF's 848 is way oversprung on the rear, I think Ducati mistakenly got a shipment of F250 truck springs.

[MadDuck]

And you'll need to add a steering damper.

Not that it wouldn't be a bad thing to have but I seriously doubt that you "need" one.  I haven't tracked my bike but I may have stuffed it through some turns once or twice. In almost 5,000 miles I've never felt the front even hint at twitching.  I put up a thread on Ducati.ms asking if anyone ever had a head shake on one. Not one affirmative reply. All that being said, one might find it's way onto my bike one day when I run out of other mods to do.

[MadDuck]

Sitting on it and riding it are completely different, and for what it's worth I had to change the stock spring because even with the preload backed off all the way I still had too much sag and I weigh 160. 

Somehow I don't think that came out like you intended.  Why on earth would you be backing off the preload and then complain about too much sag?? You'd be backing off preload to get more sag. And yes, the stock spring is set for about 240 lbs of rider weight.