Review of the 800 Monster

**sweetpea** · 09 Jan 08, 08:49 PM

Do you know? I visited this new area dedicated to the lovely 800 and found there was just three posts in here, two of which were about problems with the 800 and one from some silly girl worried about buying this bike as her first bike

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Well that silly girl is loving her bike and as you will see from my other threads I am determined to improve my riding to get more out of the bike and to enjoy myself even more.

When I went shopping for a bike I had gone in to get a 620 and it had been sold the day before so the salesman started to talk to me about the 800. Well of course he would I thought, he does not want to lose a sale, especially as I knew another local dealer had a 620 in stock. I was told that the 800 was going to be very forgiving with me as I started to ride it and then, when my confidence had grown, it would grow with me.

So what do I think of my bike so far?

There has been a number of times I felt I had done something stupid on the bike and thought I would die, but the bike got me through it, in fact I was left feeling there is a lot more that she could give.

I found this review from when this bike was launched and I think it is spot on.

Ducati Monster 800

I'm not here to preach, I have a lot of respect for the knowledgeable folk who know far more about bikes than me, but all I want to say is that if you are in the same situation as I was last summer and you are looking to get a 600/620 please do not over look the potential of a partnership with an 800. As it has that extra power it has got me out of trouble whenever I needed it, I'm sure it still has a lot more to give and I look forward to be able to really push my bike to her limits.

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I just know it will be a while before I am bored with her, in fact I think it is more likely that it will be the bike that gets bored with its rider first!

**851 Tri Colore** · 09 Jan 08, 10:01 PM

Sweetpea the 800cc engine is a great little package i would recommend it to anybody, nice level of power and not to lame or scarey my wife has one and a S4RS 998 monster she prefer the 800 on trips.
the bike will only go as fast as you twist the throttle.

waz

**Rudolph Hart** · 11 Jan 08, 07:34 PM

Cheers Sweetpea, nice post. Just keep on enjoying that Monster!

**myduc750** · 18 Feb 08, 08:32 AM

Hi sweetpea, that must be an awesome feeling walking into a bike shop to buy a Brand New bike and say, "I want that one".

Best wishes and stay upright.

George

**sweetpea** · 18 Feb 08, 11:32 AM

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Originally Posted by myduc750

Hi sweetpea, that must be an awesome feeling walking into a bike shop to buy a Brand New bike and say, "I want that one".

Best wishes and stay upright.

George

Bless George I am sure it would be a good feeling but not one I can afford....yet, but will keep saving my pennies so you never know.

The bike is second (well third hand) and was three years old with 2,007 miles on the clock. I have now added an extra 1,350 to it since I collected at the end of July last year.

Suze

**Mrs H** · 03 May 08, 09:18 PM

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Originally Posted by sweetpea

Bless George I am sure it would be a good feeling but not one I can afford....yet, but will keep saving my pennies so you never know.

The bike is second (well third hand) and was three years old with 2,007 miles on the clock. I have now added an extra 1,350 to it since I collected at the end of July last year.

Suze

Hi Suze. Just browsing the Monster posts this evening and read your 800 posts here. You've got a lot of miles under your belt in less than a year! Well done.

I did about 140 today - which is my furthest. But I have a way to go to catch you up!

Cheers. Donna

PS I remembered about counter steering today - a bit of a epiphany