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First Ride: 2001 Ducati 620ie Monster
By Jon Urry on 27/03/2008 21:20:35
Jon Urry tests out the Ducati 620ie Monster
, so despite being Italian, subtlety is the by-word here.The frame is still a steel-tubed trellis, but now derived from the liquid-cooled S4 Monster. Rear suspension now comes from Ducati's superbike family with the S getting a ride height adjuster
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First Ride: 2006 Ducati Monster 695
By Jon Urry on 22/09/2010 11:10:00
Low capacity Monsters of old have been a little on the cheap side, so will this new model reflect Ducati's upmarket image?
themselves down somewhat with the first small-bore Monster, the 600, which looked and felt low budget, with single disc brake and matt black tank - a fashion statement which backfired on that model. It just looked cheap and unfinished. Buyers of Ducatis
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First Ride: 2006 Ducati Monster S2R 1000
By Jon Urry on 20/09/2010 21:58:29
If the prospect of a liquid-cooled S4Rs Monster goes against all you stand for, how about trying a 1000cc air-cooled one on for size?
Click to read: Ducati Monster S2R 1000 owners reviews, Ducati Monster S2R 1000 specs and to see the Ducati Monster S2R 1000 image gallery.EVERY TIME I ride a Monster I'm reminded that I'm not the right shape to fit one comfortably. The pegs feel
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Road Test: Ducati Multistrada 1000DS
By Jon Urry on 27/04/2008 20:47:54
I have to say I'm a bit of a Multistrada fan. It's one of those strange bikes that, initially, I wanted to hate, but has since really grown on me.
There was a big ceremony, lots of talk about a bike that can go on any roads - 'Multistrada' is Italian for 'many roads' - and then they pulled the covers off and revealed the bike...The reaction was one of hushed shock, because the Multistrada
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First Ride: Suzuki GSX1300R Hayabusa
By Jon Urry on 02/04/2008 18:24:39
With a tyre-shredding 194bhp on tap and a fully revised chassis the original Hypersports bike is refusing to grow old gracefully. Hold on tight, because the 'Busa is back and is meaner than ever...
in all aspects. The engine is stunning, handling very good and annoying quirks such as the low screen ironed out. The only question mark for me hangs over the brakes, but I'm fairly confident that for road riding they will be perfectly fine, if a little
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First Ride: 2008 Ducati 848
By Jon Urry on 17/02/2008 14:42:12
It’s just like the 1098 but smaller, right? Er no, actually it isn’t. Ducati has taken a completely new change of tack with its 848
’t necessarily true. Get a 748, or later the 749, spinning and the motor reveals itself as a rev-happy monster, more than prepared to receive the thrashing of a lifetime and return the favour by providing a thrilling and immensely satisfying ride. So, fairly
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First Ride: 2007 Suzuki GSX-R1300 Hayabusa
By Jon Urry on 29/03/2008 10:23:35
With a tyre-shredding 194bhp on tap and a fully revised chassis the original Hypersports bike is refusing to grow old gracefully. Hold on tight, because the 'Busa is back and is meaner than ever...
but the new model manages to improve in all aspects. The engine is stunning, handling very good and annoying quirks such as the low screen ironed out. The only question mark for me hangs over the brakes, but I'm fairly confident that for road riding
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First Ride: Ducati 1098R
By Jon Urry on 10/04/2008 21:09:57
If you can’t beat them, get the rules changed so you can then build a bike with all the bits you need to dominate the racetrack out of the box. Ducati’s 1098R is pure WSB homologation magic...
weight restriction in WSB after the first few rounds.Because the 1098R is such a dedicated machine you have to accept that it will have some issues that won’t make it a great road bike, but that’s not the point. Around a circuit the Ducati was sublime
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First ride: Ducati 1098R
By Jon Urry on 06/11/2008 13:03:10
Thinking of buying a 1098R Ducati? Check out our first ride report of the ultimate factory superbike for the road
of over 15 years of riding bikes. Mid-corner isn’t time to give it the ‘big one’, especially when this involves unleashing 180bhp on the rear tyre. But if they can put a man on the moon with less computing power than a TV remote control surely Ducati could
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First Ride: Ducati 848
By Jon Urry on 10/04/2008 22:12:19
It’s just like the 1098 but smaller, right? Er no, actually it isn’t. Ducati has taken a completely new change of tack with its 848.
’t necessarily true. Get a 748, or later the 749, spinning and the motor reveals itself as a rev-happy monster, more than prepared to receive the thrashing of a lifetime and return the favour by providing a thrilling and immensely satisfying ride. So, fairly
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