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19-01-2021, 11:29 PM | #1 |
Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2020
Location: Kingston upon Thames
Bike: M600
Posts: 3
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Buying a Monster again after 23 years
Hi all,
I last had a great little tuned M600 in the late 90s that I sold at the time in the quest for more speed. Fast forward 23 years...I had recently arranged a test ride on an 821 Stripe (in the quest for more oomph over my Aprilia Shiver 750) but it sold before I could make it to the dealer. As you do in lockdown - I was looking at bikes instead of working when I came across a 1200s, which definitely has a bit more go but was located in the Shetlands. So sensibly, I bought it sight unseen, I haven’t actually tried the current generation of Monsters but this one looked immaculate. I am now waiting for it to be shipped down to SW London like a five years old waiting for Christmas Day! I’ll post some pics when it arrives. Cheers |
20-01-2021, 12:29 AM | #2 |
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Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: East London
Bike: Multiple Monsters
Posts: 9,733
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Welcome back
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20-01-2021, 12:52 AM | #3 |
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Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Southampton
Bike: M1100evo
Posts: 2,465
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Welcome back!
One thing's for sure - you're really going to notice a difference between your old M600 and the new 1200! When's it due to arrive? Of course, you realise you'll have to change your forum name now, don't you? |
20-01-2021, 10:45 AM | #4 |
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Join Date: Jun 2018
Location: Clevedon
Bike: M1200s
Posts: 565
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Welcome to the forum Air Cooled,
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20-01-2021, 11:46 AM | #5 | |
Lord of the Rings
Join Date: May 2013
Location: Norwich
Bike: M900sie
Posts: 5,961
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I came very close to doing this for a bike in Anglesey as there is an airport very near where the bike was and chartering a light aircraft is not as rich as you might imagine, especially if you compare it to a train ticket(s) or a two way car journey. (You would save a ferry crossing too for Shetland. Not sure the trains even get as far as the ferry?) Welcome back Air (or water) Cooled enjoy your new bike..
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20-01-2021, 01:35 PM | #6 |
No turn left unstoned
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: leicester
Bike: M750
Posts: 4,559
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Welcome back .... 'Cooled.
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20-01-2021, 02:31 PM | #7 |
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: Stockbridge
Bike: M900
Posts: 1,984
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Welcome back.
You are in for a pleasant surprise when you give the throttle a tweak!
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20-01-2021, 03:42 PM | #8 |
Transmaniacon MOC
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Sutton In Ashfield
Bike: Multiple Monsters
Posts: 6,090
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If you've not ridden any 4v LC Ducati before then the only thing that will need to be air cooled in your undercrackers!
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20-01-2021, 08:50 PM | #9 |
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Join Date: Oct 2020
Location: Kingston upon Thames
Bike: M600
Posts: 3
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Cheers all,
It will arrive late next week. I agree it would have been an adventure heading to the Shetlands, but maybe in the spring apparently it’s blowing a gale up there. I will get get familiar with it before switching to sport - but then again... At least I’ll fit crash bungs first. |
21-01-2021, 10:23 AM | #10 |
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Join Date: Jun 2018
Location: Clevedon
Bike: M1200s
Posts: 565
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I have ridden from Benbecula in the Outer Hebrides to Plymouth on a bike in winter and I have to say its not much fun.
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22-01-2021, 05:49 PM | #11 |
preneolithic frebie
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Cambridge
Bike: S4Rs
Posts: 328
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