The 2011 Monster
A 100 hp Monster is the new Monster 1100EVO, it has a new exhaust system, new seat, handlebars raised by 20 mm, new Ducati Safety Pack (DSP), ABS, and the new Ducati Traction Control (DTC) -four levels-…..could it get any worse ?
Ducati please give me my primitive feel back.
Meet the Devil
The Diavel my next bike.
A friend tagged me on this photo on Facbook, i believe it was taken at Eicma as the bike is due to launch tomorrow.
Best of 2010
2010 is the year of the European manufacturers’, as they were the ones with a lot of cash during the global recession and continued to feast us with new products while the Japanese went into hibernation.
Motorcycle of the Year BMW S1000RR
Best Sportbike BMW S1000RR
Best Standard Kawasaki Z1000
Best Touring BMW R1200RT
Best Sport-Tourer Ducati Multistrada
Best On/Off Road BMW F800GS
Best Off-Road Yamaha YZ450F
Finally, and in my humble opinion the most beautiful sport bike Aprilia RSV4.
Via Motorcycle.com
The DOG boys
The snap shot above is from Ducati website, seams they have discontinued the Sport Classic line and replaced with Diavel….so NO more classics!!!
Looking at the range Ducati, we have the Hypermotard, the Monster, the Multistrada, the Streetfighter, the Superbike and finally the Diavel…which is supposedly Ducati’s envision of a cruiser.
So HOG boys here comes the DOG boys.
A matter of trust
I don’t trust bikes without steering dampers, i always make sure any bike i own has one and if doesn’t come with an OEM steering damper i buy an aftermarket one before riding it.
TITAX is a Czech manufacturer of steering dampers, and their products are used in the WSBK by riders like Leon Haslam, Kuba Smrz, John Hopkins..etc.
TITAX has developed the TITAX EVO 1, a complete solution for the Ducati Monster range 696 – 1100, it guarantees improved handing, maneuvering, and high speed performance.
The Diavel
Not much to offer
Seams like Ducati doesn’t have much to offer at the Intermot this year, or they are waiting for Ecma.
Ducati dominates Imola
But Aprilia claims the championship….what an exciting race it was, in race one Ducati claimed the entire podium and in race two Ducati claimed the 1st and 2ed positions.
Checa on the Ducati and Sykes on the Kawasaki gave us a great show, i have never seen a Kawasaki performing that good before….on the other hand Biaggi did not do much in this race as if he was certain of the championship…and a mistake from Haslam gifted the championship to Aprilia.
The final round will take place in France on Oct 3ed. and it will only rearrange the manufacturer standings a bit.
A FAST win in a FAST race
No one was able to come close to the Ducati at Aragon today, Stoner was very.. very fast especially at the straights, the GP10 was as if its from a different class… and won a very fast race.
Despite standing on the potionm a couple of times, but this first place position is a first for Stoner this season.
More on the Mega Monster
150+ bhp, 1200cc, and superbike performance, to be unleashed in November.
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