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Ducati Monsters
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Recently, I remember seeing a buying guide to Ducati Monsters in a magazine.
I have checked my back copies of " Bike" and it's not in there, does anyone
else recall this article?
I am interested as the Z1000 buying trip ( see my recent post) ) didn't
result in a purchase, but test rides next Thursday, on a Ducati S2R, (2006
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Why not?
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Sat on it , spend ages looking at and thinking about and came to the
decision that I didn't like it, nice bike, apparently very fast and fun, and
that stuff, but it lacked character I just couldn't make myself *want* it.
Never really considered a Ducati, always thought of them as unreliable, but
they are *nice*.
I'll reserve any real judgement 'till Thursday, Speed Triple was a bit of a
whim, just popped into Flitwick Motorcycles on the way home and saw the bike
there.
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700m £5000), and a Speed Triple, (2002 4000m £4000)
Duke poss a bit slow and the Triple a bit old 'though
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/me ponders cancelling Sprint ST order......
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If I was buying a Monster, I'd buy the basic 750 version - reliable
engine and the old two-valve Monsters look *so* much better than the
watercooled 4v bikes. But that would be even slower.
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