VOL. 53 ISSUE 26 JULY 6, 2016 P61
the $10,995 821 Ducati Monster
is rolling heritage. Twenty-four-
years of uninterrupted Monster
manufacturing and millions of
happy riders across the globe
mean the model is nothing but
a genuine icon in world motor-
cycling. The Monster has and
always will—in my opinion—define
easy street riding.
T H E N U M B E R S
This class, almost more than
any other, does not require
big performance numbers to
sell motorcycles. The midsized
street bike range is an impulse
one—people buy these bikes not
because of how fast they are but
how they look, with horsepower
and torque numbers coming a
very distant second, sometimes
third.
But for the sake of it, here are
the vitals anyway.
In the black corner, the Ducati
821 Monster Dark is powered by
the 821cc 11° Testastretta V-twin,
with a claimed 112 horsepower
measured at 9250 rpm and
65.8 lb-ft of torque at 7750
