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RIDE REVIEW I 2021 DUCATI MONSTER
(Top left) Switching
off wheelie
control leads to
hooliganism. It
should be noted in
the owner's manual.
(Above) With 40
pounds less than the
outgoing Monster,
the new model
just loves being
thrown around in
the twisties.
(Left) The Monster
is slimmed
everywhere. The
mufflers are now
about half the size
they were on the
821.
the seat and the gas tank. Mon-
sters were traditionally known as
having very wide tanks, a bit like a
1990s Suzuki GSX-R. This made
it easy to clench with your legs
but didn't give much in the way of
letting you move around, espe-
cially when the road got twisty,
and you needed a more compact
and dynamic ride position. That,
and it made it harder for shorter
riders to put their feet flat on the
ground at the lights.
The new tank/seat relation-
ship helps all these points, while
giving the chassis a more neu-
tral and unintimidating feel and
