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Hughlysses
Posted on Monday, November 05, 2007 - 04:08 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
Just found this at http://thekneeslider.com:



http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2007/11/05/2008- ducati-monster-696/#more-1631

It's the new "little" Ducati Monster, now a 696. It looks pretty cool; a decent update on a cool bike. This one sentence really caught my eye:

"It also sports easily removable panels on either side of the tank to quickly change colors."

Looks like another Buell innovation is catching on...
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Mikef5000
Posted on Monday, November 05, 2007 - 04:12 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
It looks like an old Monster with a squished front and tail.

I kinda like it, but I think I perfer the old style.
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Djkaplan
Posted on Monday, November 05, 2007 - 04:20 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
They been lettin' Pierre in the kitchen again? I'm ready for the retro-Monsters now.
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Natexlh1000
Posted on Monday, November 05, 2007 - 04:33 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
OK I LOVE that.
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Diablobrian
Posted on Monday, November 05, 2007 - 04:41 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
That looks pretty good to me.
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Birdy
Posted on Monday, November 05, 2007 - 04:48 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
I looked at one before I got my Buell. The cost of valve adjustments is one thing that stopped me along with a 120 mile trip one to the dealer. Sexy bikes but...I don't know the Buell seems more like a true monster on the road paved OR dirt
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Bads1
Posted on Monday, November 05, 2007 - 04:51 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
To what I understand the valve adjustments can be done on your own if you can wrench a bit. They aren't difficult to my understanding. What stopped me from a Duc is the cost of replacement parts...... Can You Say EXTREME ?????
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Djkaplan
Posted on Monday, November 05, 2007 - 04:52 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
"The cost of valve adjustments is one thing that stopped me..."

For a guy like me, that would be a good thing.

"Hey,look at how much money I'm saving by staying in the garage all day!"

I could pay for the bike with the money I saved... eventually.
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Reepicheep
Posted on Monday, November 05, 2007 - 05:21 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
Thats cool! I think they did a nice job.
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Buellinachinashop
Posted on Monday, November 05, 2007 - 05:30 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
That's the Duc XBS Tuber!
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Xl1200r
Posted on Tuesday, November 06, 2007 - 09:10 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
Those Monsters always looked to me like some really fat guy sat on it and broke it in the middle. The lines are all funky.
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Littlebuggles
Posted on Wednesday, November 07, 2007 - 06:15 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
Looks good, although it looks a lot more like the new speed triple now, especially the pipe.
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Typeone
Posted on Wednesday, November 07, 2007 - 11:00 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
i like it, but the cans are ridiculous. here's what i would do.. . slimmed and tucked the cans, axed the mirrors, eliminated the fender, smaller smoked signals and rim stripes. sexxxy



if i had more time i'd ditch those awful peg brackets too.

(Message edited by typeone on November 07, 2007)
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