Hello all,
I just recently joined forum but had bike a year and I LOVE it!
Like most of us I have wanted a Monster for some time, I can remember first seeing it in MCN back in the day when Foggy was racing for Ducati and I just fell in love with the original M900, but as a poor student (at the time) owning a Ducati was just a pipe dream.
Some 20+ years later, kids all grown up and my insurance being low, I finally took the plunge to shell out for a summer only bike and I cannot say how much I just love my little Duke.
When I got it, it had been lowered for a female rider at the dealership, which I didn't mind too much initially, but have since changed the bars and seat back to original and stiffened up the back end. The bike had only covered 3200 miles in 7 years! So new belts and a full service later I felt more comfortable opening it up.
I have an SV650, which despite the obvious comparisons it a very different bike, I love them both for different reasons. The SV is like a wife; dependable, hard-working, rewarding and trustworthy. The Ducati is more like a mistress; feisty, sexy and makes you feel a bit special and fills you with a bit of confidence and maybe arrogance
Anyway, I had done quite a few changes, main one being GPR carbon exhausts, but there's not much to change on this gorgeous piece of machinery.
