T
here's no other machine so in-
trinsically valuable to one brand
as the Monster is to Ducati. A
timeless classic, the Monster is largely
responsible for reviving the heartbeat
of the legendary Italian marque in the
early '90s and has gone on to be-
come by far Ducati's most popular mo-
torcycle, selling a whopping 353,000
units up to August 2017.
Over the past 25 years, the Mon-
ster has gone full circle from being a
bare-bones street bike to the naked
superbike of 10 years ago and back,
returning to what made the iconic,
original Monster 900 such a hit
worldwide.
The $11,995 MSRP 821 is thus the
closest motorcycle in the company's
lineup to that 1993 machine, sitting
right in the middle of the capacity
range between the base 797 and 797+
and the three-pronged attack of the
Monster 1200, 1200 S and 1200 R.
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model
year
Compact, light
and oh so Italian:
the 821 Monster
is a staple of the
Ducati diet.
MONSTER
