http://www.garagenight.tv/forum/tags/696 Find out how to fix your bike en-US Thu, 09 Sep 2010 19:09:01 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.1 q http://www.garagenight.tv/forum/search.php http://www.garagenight.tv/forum/topic/monster-bike-of-the-decade#post-64 Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:51:14 +0000 guest 64@http://www.garagenight.tv/forum/ <p>No need to worry about the taillight! Its far cheaper to get the same piece from a local Harley Davidson dealer, as its the same unit on a Buell.</p><div class="wpbb_anonymous_userinfo">User information<ul><li><span class="wpbb_anonymous_userinfo_key">Author</span>: <span>atomemphis</span></li></ul></div> http://www.garagenight.tv/forum/topic/monster-bike-of-the-decade#post-63 Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:51:12 +0000 Waz 63@http://www.garagenight.tv/forum/ <p><img src="http://www.mcnews.com.au/Wallpaper/Ducati/Monster_696/Wallpaper/1.jpg" align="right" height="212" width="283" /></p> <p>The previous decade, I mean &#8230;</p> <p>Got together with Pete, Trent and Richard last night, and Pete had the latest issue of Motorcycle News featuring Ducati&#8217;s reinvention of the Monster, the 696 (you&#8217;ve got to check out <a href="http://www.ducati.com/en/bikes/my2008/Monster/M696-08/presentation/index.html" title="Ducati Monster 696 promo">this Ducati promo</a>, it&#8217;s a giggle).</p> <p>Riding to work the same morning, I had been thinking of how, for me, the Monster would have to be the bike of the 1990s.</p> <p>I remember when my mate Dave bought his. It was the year 1997, I think. I had a Cagiva Elefant 900 back then, and riding a bike with the 750 Ducati engine was a revelation.</p> <p>The pig-headed, snatchy, lumpy low-end, dry-clutched 900 engine is fun in its way, once you get used to it. Dave&#8217;s Monster was fun right from the word go - a willing engine that pulled right off the line and a really flickable frame. My arms were splayed out to grip the bars, and my grin was almost as wide. The all-round nicer engine is the reason I have the 750 version of the Elefant these days.<br/><a href="http://www.garagenight.tv/monster-bike-of-the-decade/">Monster: Bike of the decade?</a></p>