They’re starting to land

slob · 11-02-2021, 07:46 AM

thanks to Josito at Ducati Madrid for the snaps

Flip · 11-02-2021, 08:45 AM

Looks like it landed too hard and got a squashed to me

damien666 · 11-02-2021, 09:08 AM

They had to put a poster or van behind it in the pics, otherwise you’d think it was a new chinese Benelli........ with a pug face!
Just my miserable opinion, they’ll probably sell loads.

Kato · 11-02-2021, 09:44 AM

FUGLYbeyond words

Albie · 11-02-2021, 12:06 PM

Who designed the front mudguard. Not nice at all. Whilst that's my favourite colour version they have got the design wrong and will be replaced I think very soon. I like bits but I would be hard pushed to desire to purchase one sadly. Personally I would buy my 1100s back.

Darren69 · 11-02-2021, 12:09 PM

Whats with the honeycomb exhaust grills? They're nasty and will be hard to keep clean. Does nothing for me really. The 950 Supersport on the other hand

velosam · 11-02-2021, 01:55 PM

Like with most new bikes (apart some Triumphs and the Royal Enfield 650 twins), I'm pretty 'meh' with this.

It's hard to find anything that would tempt me to spend a load of money on a new machine when there's so many great bargains of stuff I lusted after 25 years ago.

Darkness · 11-02-2021, 02:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by velosam

Like with most new bikes (apart some Triumphs and the Royal Enfield 650 twins), I'm pretty 'meh' with this.

It's hard to find anything that would tempt me to spend a load of money on a new machine when there's so many great bargains of stuff I lusted after 25 years ago.

And that’s as well as the ones from 45 years ago!

velosam · 11-02-2021, 02:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Darkness

And that’s as well as the ones from 45 years ago!

I tend to lose interest on most stuff that came before the early 80's. Suppose it's like my dad liking bikes from the 60/70's but being less bothered about most 30-50's stuff.

Having said that, I'm not picky so I'd make room for something from that era if I had to.

jerry · 11-02-2021, 06:30 PM

I prefer the Benelli 752S to that Monster ,,

slob · 11-02-2021, 07:08 PM

The pipes with mesh ends are Termis, so I assume it’s an accessorised demonstrator.
The front mudguard is the same as the ones on the 821/1200. The one on my R looked great, half carbon, half painted, I miss it :-(
Whilst everyone else set the bar fairly low, I don’t think it’s a bad looking bike.
I quite fancied a KTM790 Duke, that really is ugly... complete with trellis but great fun but to ride.
If NCR/Pierobon where offering a cast ally frame as a performance upgrade, folk would be queuing round the block to swap €3000 and their trellis for one.

uksurfer · 12-02-2021, 08:13 AM

Maybe it’s a slow grower...

Maybe not, I guess eventually they will be the norm, still can’t see me on one, but I wasn’t sure in the 1200 at first

Kato · 12-02-2021, 08:48 AM

Maybe we should re-name to "UK there used to be Monsters owners club"

alan s4 · 12-02-2021, 08:53 AM

I'm a sucker for the sweeping indicators

Nickj · 12-02-2021, 09:50 AM

It's the current 'style', Ducati have to keep up with whatever the opinion polls and design studios say is the trend to follow to catch their perceived market demographic.
It's why everyone's bikes look like everyone else's.
The trends often aren't driven by a huge cross section of the end market but more by what the factory designers see coming out of the trendy big name design houses... which is then what the new wave of design teams and designers see as the way to go. It's also perceived as a safe low risk path to follow by management which is ever more risk averse.
You can see it all across the consumer market in almost every kind of product you can buy.
It's all a bit self fulfilling and takes a brave team to buck the trend and do something different to what is the current design trend of the day dictates ..... like the original monster concept.

Some companies selling their niche keep the design cues ... Triumph make engines that externally are kind of similar to the old twins, the new Nortons probably will as they're an off shoot of RE which trades mercilessly on it's heritage look (but they're run and massively influenced by a 'brit' bike enthusiast). HD just keep the same as they are so heavily subsidised they can't be arsed to change much and actively squash dev work like Buell's.

It's the corporate times we live in.

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velosam Registered User Join Date: Sep 2020 Location: Stirling Bike: M1000ie Posts: 120	Like with most new bikes (apart some Triumphs and the Royal Enfield 650 twins), I'm pretty 'meh' with this. It's hard to find anything that would tempt me to spend a load of money on a new machine when there's so many great bargains of stuff I lusted after 25 years ago.

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slob . Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: East London Bike: Multiple Monsters Posts: 9,710	The pipes with mesh ends are Termis, so I assume it’s an accessorised demonstrator. The front mudguard is the same as the ones on the 821/1200. The one on my R looked great, half carbon, half painted, I miss it :-( Whilst everyone else set the bar fairly low, I don’t think it’s a bad looking bike. I quite fancied a KTM790 Duke, that really is ugly... complete with trellis but great fun but to ride. If NCR/Pierobon where offering a cast ally frame as a performance upgrade, folk would be queuing round the block to swap €3000 and their trellis for one.

12-02-2021, 08:13 AM	#12
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12-02-2021, 09:50 AM	#15
Nickj Too much time on my hands member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Forest Of Dean Bike: S2r Posts: 3,189	It's the current 'style', Ducati have to keep up with whatever the opinion polls and design studios say is the trend to follow to catch their perceived market demographic. It's why everyone's bikes look like everyone else's. The trends often aren't driven by a huge cross section of the end market but more by what the factory designers see coming out of the trendy big name design houses... which is then what the new wave of design teams and designers see as the way to go. It's also perceived as a safe low risk path to follow by management which is ever more risk averse. You can see it all across the consumer market in almost every kind of product you can buy. It's all a bit self fulfilling and takes a brave team to buck the trend and do something different to what is the current design trend of the day dictates ..... like the original monster concept. Some companies selling their niche keep the design cues ... Triumph make engines that externally are kind of similar to the old twins, the new Nortons probably will as they're an off shoot of RE which trades mercilessly on it's heritage look (but they're run and massively influenced by a 'brit' bike enthusiast). HD just keep the same as they are so heavily subsidised they can't be arsed to change much and actively squash dev work like Buell's. It's the corporate times we live in. __________________ "The final measure of any rider's skill is the inverse ratio of his preferred Traveling Speed to the number of bad scars on his body." Song of the sausage creature