Name: Cain
Location: South of Boston, People's Republic of Massachusetts
Bike (s): none currently.
Looking to purchace a Ducati Monster (going to dealer today... just to look of course)
Looking to purchace a Honda CM400 to modify into a cafe racer
                                   

If you have any recommendations for other Monsters that would be good for a novice rider please feel free to comment back.

695 for a brand new rider.  Enough power to still have fun, but not so much power that it distracts from learning the technique.

And Welcome to the DNF

Not a Honda CB?  Have the cool kids changed their minds?  Old cafe bikes are cool no matter what they're made from though so go hog wild.

When you say novice- do you mean you've not ridden yet, it's been awhile, or what?  If you've ridden before it's like falling off a bike.  Hell- sometimes it IS falling off a bike.  But if you haven't ridden before- get a used bike to thrash for a bit before signing away your wallet.  It's a sketchy prospect to sell a first time rider a new bike.  Shouldn't be done really (imo).  All depends on the rider I suppose. 

Anyway- nice to meet you!

+1 on that  BUT if you must have a Monster and have never ridden I would go with the 695 with a pre-dented tank

CAIN!

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