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2 Reviews found for Ducati Ducati 700cc

Ducati Monster 700cc Sept '07 (57)

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NEW MOTORBIKE REVIEW - DUCATI MONSTER 695

MONSTERS INC

* What’s It All About?
Inflation is a fact of life. It’s inescapable if you’re a biker too, with subsequent generations of bikes often becoming bigger, weightier and, consequently, more powerful. Ducati’s Monster is a case in point. The entry-level version started out life as a 600cc bike, swelled to 620 and is now a hefty 695cc. But is bigger necessarily better or is it just another way of extracting more money from your savings?

Ducati has some form here. Their 851 superbike needed to compete with the best Japan had to offer and metamorphosed into the 888, the 916 becoming the 999. The Ducati Monster hasn’t abandoned its roots quite so drastically as some of the bigger Dukes if only because the formula is a pretty basic one – it’s an unfaired, relatively unsophisticated two-valve per cylinder air-cooled twin that looks good and promises a fun time.

* What Does It Cost?
Ducati have a chi-chi reputation helped by their dribblingly delicious exotic superbikes and bolstered by a pedigree of track success. The Ducati Monster plays on this a little, although £4,995 doesn’t seem unreasonable for a brand new slice of Italian exotica residing in your garage. That’s only £600 dearer than something Japanese but broadly equivalent, such as a Suzuki SV650. Insurance is rated at NU12.

* How Does It Handle?
The Ducati Monster 695 is even easier to ride than the 620cc bike thanks to 16 per cent more torque that chimes in a tad lower down the rev-range. Long-legged riders may well find the 770mm seat height a little restrictive but it just means adopting a different riding stance to that of a typical sports bike. The wide, flat bars and the canted forward seat tuck your chest down towards the tank in such a way that cruising at 80mph is no problem, this sort of speed even giving a respectable 45mpg fuel return without too much wind blast. Sixth gear is super relaxed with a gnat’s less than 5,000rpm showing on the clock at this speed.

The Ducati Monster has always been a wheelie machine par excellence and you’ll need to be a little careful when cracking open the throttle not to stand the thing on its back Bridgestone BT56. Power has crept up from 56 to 65bhp in the engine enlarging process and this gives a useful turn of acceleration up to around 100mph when aerodynamics take over. The handling is decent, if a little ragged at the envelope when the low-mounted exhausts come into play.

* Verdict
In bringing the charisma of the Ducati brand to riders with less than £5k to throw at a bike, the Italian company must be commended. The Monster might not hang onto the tail of a well piloted Japanese bike but when it looks and feels this good, who’s counting? It makes a great bike for sunny days when you can parade around town or just go for a country-road blast for the fun of it. As long as you don’t take it too seriously and enjoy it for what it is, it’s churlish to find serious fault with the Ducati Monster 695.

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UKBikerBoy on 04/06/2009

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Ducati Monster 700cc Apr '08 (08)

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I have just bought a Ducati Monster 696. What an awesome bike. It's the first big bike I have had and I was smiling all the way home and a long time afterwards. It's so comfy I could ride it all day. The handling is fantastic. I am a 28 inch leg and I have had it lowered but thats no problem. My other half rode it and he was impressed and he has bee riding bikes for roughly 20 yrs. I would definetly reccommend it for a first big bike and the service I have had from the Ducati dealer has been fantastic. It not only loks great but sounds great with that loud rumble of the V engine. It certainly turned a few heads. The only downside is that it doesn't have a petrol gauge as this I think should be a must because of the way it rides you will want to keep on riding and not worry about how much petrol you've got left !!

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amethyst in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire on 17/11/2008

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