Is the 2021 Ducati Monster still....a Monster? | MCN review 

Sorry to hear she passed away.

You should check out a channel called Urge to Ride i think. You'd love it there

@@Automan9 thank you sir. Will check it out. 👍

Nice man, planning to pull the trigger soon as well, so excited. I'm also looking for feedback on possible heating issues in city usage. Have you ever felt it got uncomfortably hot in city traffic?

@@ThePowerMoves it does get hot but not enough to dismiss the bike, the fans kick in and get air moving

@@MontyBurnsEsq thanks man!

Yes!!! Thank you for the history lesson!!!!!!!!!

How are you not interested in the Monster???

@@lexingtonconcord8751 not into naked or sport bikes I guess 😁

How is it after 9 months of ownership ? Any problems ? Costs of consumables bigger than other brands ?

Nice man, planning to pull the trigger soon as well, so excited. I'm also looking for feedback on possible heating issues in city usage. Have you ever felt it got uncomfortably hot in city traffic Andrew?

New bike is ligher because it's a lighter package, is a bike designed to have 110hp, not 160hp like previous Gen. This bike doesn't have big engine, because if they did, everything would have to be beefier, read heavier. Look at the streetfighter, aluminum frame, but weighs over 200kg. More power, needs more metal in almost every part of the bike. And that's why the 821 is heavier. If they made this new bike with a trellis frame, it would be just as light. The 1200R weighs the same as the streetfighter V4.

Yes! They could have kept the tank looking a but more like it used to. I'll miss the look of the trellis, but I understand that it makes the bike better.

A red Z900

@Ben Daulton i was wondering the same. The brutale 800 is nimble as well and weighs about 190kg wet

@@anandarunkumar7678 Yeah, but the MV is more expenisive and seriously horrible to ride. I've had one and its too high revved for the road, too cramped, very hard seat,...It's good for a 20 mile sunday ride, but more than that and it's backbreaking

had a new 916 from 1994 - new s2r1000 from 2006 ( best bike i ever owend ) now a 821 from 2019 - the 937 details dat i dont like - headlight-no trellis frame -tank -tail loocks its like from a r6 from 2004 and those 821 headers thats wat a call a ducati pipe- can anderstand the weight problem but it loocks to japanese ( the 821 is very heavy bike for sore but its the last best looking monster ever got !!!!!!

Mike certainly did his homework! Thanks for watching.

Loved my Evo.......when it worked.

Really missed the old frame also, but somehow this new design is growing on me, start looking forward to its bigger brother coming hopefully next year with full öhlins.

In my experience, self-canceling indicators often (usually?) don't cancel when they should. They either cancel too soon or not soon enough. Until they can read my mind -- every time -- I will continue to manually cancel my indicators. Surely there's a way to cancel the indicators on the new Monster. Perhaps by moving the switch a second time (ie, move once to signal, move once again to cancel)?

yes the 797 is probally the last true monster but i would say the last true monster was the 796/1100 gen bikes was powerfull aircooled trellis frame and single sided swing arms.

Agree fully. But the 797 was just a 796 for Asian and certain other markets... no?

@@ecojoe2214 The 797 was for the US and European market, though coming out in 2017, it was short lived as Euro 5 emissions regs killed it off.

The air cooled bikes with the mixed trellis and aluminium frame, the 796 / 1100 / 696 era, are possibly peak Monster. They retained all the theatrics of a Ducati, and carried absolutely nothing extra that wasn't necessary for the experience. They were also already reliable, even if you didn't quite keep to the demanding servicing schedule. They were light, if a little heavy to muscle about at speed, and very analogue (i.e. 1:1, direct) in feel. All you could see was the road ahead, all you could hear was the airbox under your chin. A true sports roadster, from the ground up. As the icing on the cake, in terms of power delivery, the 1079 cc Desmodue in particular is an absolute peach of a torque hammer. Its lumpy low rev character is charming, as long as you stick to the open road where such a bike belongs!

I agree with you on the 797 being the last. I bought one for that very reason. I absolutely love her.

What’s the heat like compared to the older ones

@@colinpirie8403 Never even noticed any heat, so obviously not a problem.

The 620's were the budget monsters, the 900,1000,750 etc are more 'real'

i had the 1100 evo, plenty character enough electronics to keep you safe, lumpy on slow revs but great when you give it the beans

Don't forget the Monster 1200 is still on sale, too! Thanks for watching.

Excactly. And it is a shame, indeed!

The base and S are better on the road. The R is set up for track unless you're one of those that just goes on A roads...

I’d go for the triumph...

3 > 2

I had that decision to make too (albeit with the outgoing Monster) and chose the Triple - haven't ridden the new one but the Triple was and is a much better handling bike compared to the Monster.

@@future62 Italy > Thailand

@@TK-cl1jm good bikes are good bikes

With biscoti

@@wanhaniff7010 ...🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

It rides very much like my 790 duke, very chuckable, revs similar to the Duke, engine characteristics very similar. The brakes are better and the seat is more comfortable. A very easy, "safe for newer riders" bike, fun but not loony, not as tetchy as the ktm. Not worth spending the extra money as far as I was concerned. Easy to flat foot, even on the "normal" seat height setting and I'm 5'7". V nocr bike, comparable to the Aprilia 660 tuono which is lots of fun, great brakes. Neither bike is much better overall than the 790 duke.