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Author Topic: The Universe is right again or .....Monster in my garage....  (Read 3615 times)
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« on: March 24, 2013, 10:16:45 PM »
Full circle and loving it. Finally have a Monster in my garage again. My favorite color combo as well. 2007 S4R Testastretta with 840 miles. Already lightly modded with no reflectors, stickers, chopped tail, blacked out rearsets, smoked rear lens with LED's, Rizoma bar, and CRG's. In other words, all the stuff I would have done anyway. Now just screaming for an exhaust and maybe a different seat. And the brakes...holy crap after riding only monoblocks on my last three bikes I can honestly say these brakes suck.

Washed it, put the side panels back on, adjusted the turn stops, put air in the tires (were both under 5 PSI, no wonder it was so hard to roll around), and put my barrel bag from my first Monster on the rear grab rail.

Ready to roll.
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« Reply #1 on: March 24, 2013, 10:46:35 PM »
Congratulations, very nice indeed
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« Reply #2 on: March 24, 2013, 11:31:25 PM »
One of my favorite Monsters as well.... Dolph
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« Reply #3 on: March 25, 2013, 03:51:30 AM »
Sweeeeet bike
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« Reply #4 on: March 25, 2013, 04:06:42 AM »
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« Reply #5 on: March 25, 2013, 05:52:48 AM »
That is a sweet bike. Ducati got a lot of little details right on that bike such as the frame being completely clear of wires and ties. The frame looks a lot cleaner than earlier bikes.
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« Reply #6 on: March 25, 2013, 06:01:33 AM »
Very nice bike! I even like what you did with that little white basket in the front  waytogo
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« Reply #7 on: March 25, 2013, 07:46:57 AM »
Best factory paint scheme IMO. Great bike!
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« Reply #8 on: March 25, 2013, 08:49:43 AM »
Those brakes shouldn't be that bad. Maybe they need some basic work. Bleed/pads. Something like that.  Heck at one time I put radial master on a 98 Monster, Galfer rotors and lines. Stock calipers and pads and the thing felt like it had superbike brakes. I don't think the rotors had that much to do with it as I put Super super Galfer rotors on a 999 and didn't notice any improvement.
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« Reply #9 on: March 25, 2013, 08:59:27 AM »
Quote from: MacDuck on March 25, 2013, 08:49:43 AM
Those brakes shouldn't be that bad. Maybe they need some basic work. Bleed/pads. Something like that.  Heck at one time I put radial master on a 98 Monster, Galfer rotors and lines. Stock calipers and pads and the thing felt like it had superbike brakes. I don't thing the rotors had that much to do with it as I put Super super Galfer rotors on a 999 and didn't notice any improvement.

They don't need to be bled and the pads have less then 900 miles on them. I think it's simply the fact my last bike was an 1199 which has some of the best brakes ever on a production bike. The brakes on the Monster stop the bike, it just doesn't have near the feel my last three bikes had. 
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« Reply #10 on: March 25, 2013, 11:02:23 AM »
More pictures, please.  My all time favorite color combo (followed closely by original red on bronze or silve frame).
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« Reply #11 on: March 25, 2013, 01:01:41 PM »
Beautiful bike.  Funny though, I just got rid of my Monster a month ago and got a '13 848 Corse.  I set out to find that EXACT Monster, and saw the Corse and fell in love!  congrats!
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« Reply #12 on: March 25, 2013, 03:18:12 PM »
i know that bike Wink
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« Reply #13 on: March 25, 2013, 03:40:25 PM »
Quote from: hbliam on March 25, 2013, 08:59:27 AM
They don't need to be bled and the pads have less then 900 miles on them. I think it's simply the fact my last bike was an 1199 which has some of the best brakes ever on a production bike. The brakes on the Monster stop the bike, it just doesn't have near the feel my last three bikes had. 
Stock pads leave a lot to be desired.

Seriously consider a pad upgrade. Those brakes can be much better.
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« Reply #14 on: March 25, 2013, 05:45:22 PM »
Quote from: ducpainter on March 25, 2013, 03:40:25 PM
Stock pads leave a lot to be desired.

Seriously consider a pad upgrade. Those brakes can be much better.

I'll try that and maybe some iron rotors.
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