When I first heard about this bike I was attracted by the Specifications - comes standard with heaps of quality gear eg: Ohlins Front & Rear, Carbon front guard and cam belt covers and other bits and pieces, Radial brakes, Marchesini wheels, etc. Pretty much the same running gear as the 999S for considerably less money. Also lovely tubular single sided swing arm to top off the whole package. I had never seriously considered owning a Monster in the past but I just had to check this one out - so I went out to Motomart, looked at it, sat on it under the watchful and knowing eye of Todd and what more could I do - tis mine! Have only done approx 200k so early days yet but I know we are going to get on very well. The ergonomics are perfect for me - no issues with hand/feet position and the seat is very comfy already for a new bike. She turns in lovely and those front brakes make an interesting hissing noise when applied (not sure what thats about but I like it). The actual performance of the front brake might take a bit of getting used to as I find them to have a real harsh initial bite (probably just me grabbing too much - I will see if adjusting the lever span helps). Of course I just love the engine - as for the suspension, needless to say those Ohlins are awesome, pretty good out of the box and I wont try to change any of the settings for a while. One minor irritation is the screen wobbles around annoyingly so I am going to make up some straps to attach them to the mirror stems (this fixed similar issue on my Hornet). Some other minor mods I am wanting to do are:
fit a Headlight Guard, Oil Cooler and Radiator guards, maybe some mini rear indicators, and a rear hugger. By the way - I also discovered that it has a plastic petrol tank - not sure if this is a good or bad thing overall but at least no worries with it rusting out.
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