Mid-sized Monster 796 Coming to USA

[Raux]

yeah one of the reasons i did a lot of research before buying.
but... figure this, just wait for the first person to wreck their 796, pick up the motor and swingarm, everything else is the same.

[Veloce-Fino]

yeah one of the reasons i did a lot of research before buying.
but... figure this, just wait for the first person to wreck their 796, pick up the motor and swingarm, everything else is the same.

yea, I love my bike but considering I paid way below what the bike was worth I could probably trade it in for a new 796 and be have about the same amount of money invested...

Or just wait to outgrow the 696 and man up to the 1100s...

[DucatiTorrey]

yeah one of the reasons i did a lot of research before buying.
but... figure this, just wait for the first person to wreck their 796, pick up the motor and swingarm, everything else is the same.

you see Raux, "just when I think you couldn't be any stupider, you go and do something like this... AND TOTALLY REDEEM YOURSELF!"
that sounds like a plan to me! why did i not think of that.

Dumb and Dumber

[Wang]

...A reason to trade up.  The lack of a SSS is the only down-side to the 696 for me.  Not as purty.

[pjfa]

It's online 

http://www.ducati.com/bikes/monster/796/index.do

[junior varsity]

Great paint scheme! I go nuts for the Corse SBKs

[duclvr]

I like the color choices and I like how they blacked some more out.

[hackers2r]

Bike looks great.  However, from what I can see it uses the same Showa 43mm forks as the 696.  I hope that's not the case and I'm wrong.

[GLantern]

There are a lot of nice color choices on the site too, i like it.

[duccarlos]

Bike looks great.  However, from what I can see it uses the same Showa 43mm forks as the 696.  I hope that's not the case and I'm wrong.

Like the S2R 800, they will probably ship it with the crappy suspension. This is the beginning of the end for the 696.

[DucatiTorrey]

this bike is a serious jelousy maker.

[DucatiTorrey]

is it just me, or is the shock NOT the same as the 796 Hyper, aka, SSS conversion for 696??!?

[Raux]

the 696 and 1100 monster and soon i guess the 796 share the same shock setup. the HM does not.
to do the 696 conversion to SSS you'll need an 1100 or 796 donor.

[DucatiTorrey]

the 696 and 1100 monster and soon i guess the 796 share the same shock setup. the HM does not.
to do the 696 conversion to SSS you'll need an 1100 or 796 donor.

how can you be sure?
oh well, im pissed i didn't get this version, but being unemployed now, had i waited i wouldn't even be in a position to get a bike, at all. Im glad i grabbed one when i could. 696 all the way baby!

[junior varsity]

drool at IOM78 version.