fair price?

[Betty]

Says the guy whose avatar is of the brand that is responsible for the colour mismatch.

Ahh but I think it adds to the aesthetic appeal on a 999 ... breaks up all that bloody red ... which is not necessary on a Monster. On the 999 is also not fighting with other goldy-bronze colours that exist on the Tricolore for example.

As for the performance benefits ... well that is arguable for a rider of my modest abilities. Properly sorting the fully adjustable bouncy bits on a non-S testastretta model Monster will meet or exceed the requirements of most I reckon. Some may be hard pressed to tell the difference (especially in stock form) but the abilities of the suspension may very well be negated by the 'relaxed' geometry of the Monster anyway.

[Mishka]

(the poverty version of the S4rs)

What a load of bullshit.

[FIFO]

Do you mean how well RAINBOW monsters go at concourse?.. Surely that's the limit of your experience.

Oh no constantly getting comments nice bike, even with witnesses,(Bri Anne, and the other stooges)
For ever cleaning of the Drool, and a chick magnet.
All of which I am so embarrassed about being the shy  refined gentleman

[Grendel]

I was allowed a test ride last weekend and I can confirm it's an S4Rs.  It had the stickers on the tank and all and I asked to confirm it.  It's a nice bike, no problems there, but we didn't agree on a price.  And I was above the 13K to 14K range.  So I'm going to chill out for a bit and formulate a plan B.

[Two dogs]

Just wait a week those 4 valve's depreciate pretty quick  
Shame its not a tri hard they pretty much have to give those ugly make the beast with two backsers away 

[Mishka]

Just wait a week those 4 valve's depreciate pretty quick  
Shame its not a tri hard they pretty much have to give those ugly make the beast with two backsers away 

 

[braando]

Adding to the confusion there I think Rob.


The S4Rs has the 998 testastretta motor with (largely) unnecessary gold bling to ruin the aesthetic appeal ... particularly for the Tricolore which is already a mis-match of odd colours.

  Speaking of which, I am currently taking orders for a new line of toilet paper.

  The BIG boy has already ordered a dozen packs   

           

[Two dogs]

 Speaking of which, I am currently taking orders for a new line of toilet paper.

  The BIG boy has already ordered a dozen packs    

            

Brian was seen at PITS today with a travel pack of these toilet tissues
Last I saw of him he was using them to mop up the (Concourse) looser tears from his eyes .



Shhhh.................... dont tell anyone but I think he holds a grudge .........

Sorry for the thread jack Grendel

[jjjrules]

What about this one?

http://www.bikesales.com.au/dealer/details/ducati-monster-s4rs-2007-15374146?R=15374146&keywords=monster&__Ntk=BikeAll&__Nne=15&__Dx=mode%20matchany&__No=30&__D=monster&silo=1400&seot=1&__sid=122BE9693CFE&__N=1432%20604%201430%201626%201429%201626%201428%204294967242&__Ns=p_PriceSort_Decimal%7c1%7c%7cp_Make_String%7c0%7c%7cp_Model_String%7c0&__Ntx=mode%20matchallpartial&Cr=44&__Ntt=monster&trecs=192&__Qpb=1

[Sabre Brian]

Mine is an 08 version of the same bike and had 15k on it and I paid $12,500.  Mines has Termis not Arrow pipes and doesn't have a tail tidy.  I think it is still too expensive.

[Grendel]

So to book end the thread, I didn't buy the S4Rs (which is still for sale at CMC in Canberra if anyone is interested).

I test rode some Brutales including the 800, 1090R and 1078RR.  The 1090R was beautiful to ride and scary too.  I don't think I used more than 1/4 throttle on the test ride.  The 800 was too agricultural below 4000rpm and the 1078 had electrical problems on the day I went to ride it, so I offered less than asking, and we couldn't come to an agreement.

So I got a Yamaha FZ1n.  It has it's own compromises, like the exhaust note, but the overall package is still awesome.  The guy I bought it off had put a yoshi exhaust on it, PCIII and some other things.  It has 2600km on it and rides is spotless.

[Mishka]

How much did you rice rocket cost? 

[Grendel]

it cost me $10800, and I only fuel it with 95RON rice wine.