696: Beating a dead horse... from another angle.

[roy-nexus-6]

I was just about the say the same thing.

All you old style monster-lovers, look at the mods you guys are doing (some not all), add some manufacturing clean styling and you have the 696 WITH more power, lighter weight and easier to trick out.

At first i thought plastic covers! Then i see people talking about swapping kits with others, carbon kits, i'm sure there will be some sweet aftermarket kits soon enough. Don't forget what DP will do!

You wait.. you'll convert soon enough, or at least grow to appreciate what Ducati has accomplished with this bike.

2001: REAL monsters are air cooled! Look at that ugly radiator on the S4! And what is with the ST4 frame? Ducati has sold their soul on this one - gone for the quick dollar and made an ugly, ugly bike. I for one will never buy one - no 'true' ducatista would. It looks like an ugly toy!

If Ducati has any sense at all, they'll realize that the M900 is a classic that should NOT be tampered with. Ever. Water cooled monsters? Pah!

[Popeye the Sailor]

2001: REAL monsters are air cooled! Look at that ugly radiator on the S4! And what is with the ST4 frame? Ducati has sold their soul on this one - gone for the quick dollar and made an ugly, ugly bike. I for one will never buy one - no 'true' ducatista would. It looks like an ugly toy!

If Ducati has any sense at all, they'll realize that the M900 is a classic that should NOT be tampered with. Ever. Water cooled monsters? Pah!

So....I have a fake monster?


Who decides what's a fake monster? You can poke holes in any argument.

[roy-nexus-6]

So....I have a fake monster?

Who decides what's a fake monster? You can poke holes in any argument.

No. Your monster is no more 'fake' than the 696 is.

I used irony to illustrate this point: the same people who have problems with the 696 often ride water cooled monsters... which, when they were first released, were criticized for being un-monsterlike.

I myself ride an S4 - the undisputed ugly duckling of the bunch. 

[Dareduc]

boobies on any ducati!