I see alot of posts exclaming that the Monster is their first Duc and that is great. I think the Monster is an awesome bike for introducing someone to the brand.
But how many of us have owned or own other Ducs and seem to gravitate to the Monster?
I have had 3 Ducati, my first was a 96 900 SS/SP. I owned it for about 4 months and then totaled it. Really liked that bike but was inexperienced and made a mistake.
Then a 99 748s that I had for 6 years and put 12k on it. I reallly loved that bike. I learned to ride is pretty fast on the race track and felt like I became one with it. The problem was that I didn't get to the track as often as I would have liked and it was not comfortable to ride day to day. Plus I had a job that required I take customers out in my car and a 85 mile one way commute did not lend favorably to riding to work.
Now I have an 01 Monster 750 Dark. I really dig this bike...Alot. It looks the biz and is plenty capable to ride fast. Even though I loved my other Ducs and wish I could still have one of each, since I can only own one bike at a time it looks like it will be the Monster for a long time.
Anyone else?
But how many of us have owned or own other Ducs and seem to gravitate to the Monster?
I have had 3 Ducati, my first was a 96 900 SS/SP. I owned it for about 4 months and then totaled it. Really liked that bike but was inexperienced and made a mistake.
Then a 99 748s that I had for 6 years and put 12k on it. I reallly loved that bike. I learned to ride is pretty fast on the race track and felt like I became one with it. The problem was that I didn't get to the track as often as I would have liked and it was not comfortable to ride day to day. Plus I had a job that required I take customers out in my car and a 85 mile one way commute did not lend favorably to riding to work.
Now I have an 01 Monster 750 Dark. I really dig this bike...Alot. It looks the biz and is plenty capable to ride fast. Even though I loved my other Ducs and wish I could still have one of each, since I can only own one bike at a time it looks like it will be the Monster for a long time.
Anyone else?