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Coming Back To Ducati After 23 Years

Discussion in 'Newbies Hangout' started by Air Cooled, Jan 18, 2021.

  1. Hi all,

    I had a Monster 600 in the late 90s and it was a great little bike, It was a metallic blue, stage 2 tuned (air box, carbs, jets and carbon pipes). I sold it in the search for more power to keep up with the group of sports and supermoto riders I was riding with at the time.

    I have always headed to the Ducati stand at the MCN London bike show and had a look at the latest offerings from the Diavels to the Panigales and wondered what a newer Ducati was like.

    Anyway, fast forward 23 years and I’m about to buy another Monster; an early 1200S. I’ve never ridden one and actually set out to buy an 821 locally which fell through. I’m currently running an Aprilia Shiver 750 which is great and I love the torque of V or L twins, but once again I was seeking a few more hp from the 821 - (17 to be precise). So, as is always the way, the gods intervened and a bigger, better bike came along that I couldn’t refuse. I hear this one has a tad more oomph which I am very much looking forward to discovering!

    So, Hopefully, in a week’s time I will be the proud owner of a mint 1200S to to roll around the Surrey Hills and down to the coast on.

    I will be on here asking lots of questions and will post some pics (with bins) when it arrives.

    Cheers all.
     
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  2. Welcome. My sister had a Monster 600 in 93/94 - lovely bikes. :motorcycleduc:
     
  3. Welcome to the forum,there's so much motorcycle / other knowledge on here it's unreal,just shoot away with the questions as & when you need too fella.:upyeah:
     
  4. I’m liking you already :D newbie
    Welcome into our mad house
     
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  5. 23 years?! must have been really difficult!
     
  6. It did take a while... I got there via a few Italian bikes; the most notable being a Guzzi 850 T3 that I bought as a wreck in the 80s, cobbled together to go to Europe and since then it has spent almost 40 years in pieces. I started to restore it in the first lockdown, then I saw sense and went and bought a new (to me) Ducati instead! IMG-20210115-WA0000.jpg
     
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  7. Welcome along nice bike
     
  8. Thanks, now I have to buy all the essential gizmos and upgrades...
     
  9. Welcome and enjoy
     
  10. Lovely bike, congrats
     
  11. Greetings!
     
  12. welcome air-cooled'
     
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