Ducati invites thoughts of MotoGP and race winning performance. An exotic machine to tickle the senses, and ignite passion. Their superbikes have long been lust worthy machines. But for many the most iconic modern offering from Ducati has been their Monster line. This bike started the naked bike category and has offered many riders a…
Ducati took a page from the UJM chronicles and came away with a do-it-all smash. Today’s Monster was the top of the range in 1999, and has been farkled to a fare-thee-well, but barely used. 1999 Ducati Monster M900 Cromo for sale on eBay Il Mostro was a bit of a parts bin affair, saving…
It’s arguable whether or not Ducati’s iconic Monster actually started the naked bike craze. Certainly, the Honda Hawk GT and CB-1 beat it to market by more than a couple years, but were relative failures and certainly didn’t spark the public’s imagination in the same way: being first to market doesn’t really mean much if…
The very definition of an “affordable exotic,” the Ducati Monster M900 was designed from the beginning to be cost-effective: their proven air and oil-cooled two-valve v-twin and six-speed gearbox combo, the frame from the 851 with suspension, wheels and brakes from the 900SS meant everything except the minimal bodywork was off-the-shelf. Originally available in 904cc…
Ducati’s Monster was a wonder of parts-bin engineering and basically saved the company from financial ruin, becoming the company’s best-selling model of all time by a healthy margin and bringing Ducati’s mystique to the masses. The four-valve superbikes may have won the glory but they were highly impractical for daily use, expensive to maintain, and…