Ducati Monster 696 Specs
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The new Monster’s liquid-cooled 821 Testastretta 11° agent claims 112 application and 65.9 lb-ft torque. The ability stats correspond, roughly, with the 821-powered Hypermotard models (110 application and identical torque) as activated during MotoUSA’s 2013 Hypermotard First Ride. The eight-valve, L-Twin sources Ducati’s desmodromic valve actuation, but if it holds accurate to the Hypermotard specs, account intervals are now continued to 18,500 miles.
Ducati’s accustomed electronics apartment is featured on the Monster 821 including: three-level ride-by-wire and ABS, forth with an eight-level absorption ascendancy system. The settings are keyed to Ducati’s Riding Mode format.
The 821 administration apes that of its 1200 sibling. There’s the signature filigree frame, which sources the agent as fatigued member. The characteristic curves of the bankrupt headers and appropriate ancillary silencers additionally attending familiar. Notably absent from the 821, however, is the 1200’s below oil-cooler.
While Ducati is yet to acknowledge the 821’s official specs, the active accessory shows radial-mount Brembos, astern angle and distinct shock. The columnist advertisement does account a claimed dry weight of 395.7 pounds (the 796 Monster claims a 369-pound dry weight).
Announcing this latest addition, Ducati touts that added than 290,000 Monsters accept been delivered during its 23-year run. Which leads to belief on the accepted archetypal line’s future. This latest 821, forth with the new-for-2014 1200 Monster, completes the alteration from the once-defining Monster affection of an air-cooled agent to a liquid-cooled Twin. If it follows the Hypermotard development, the 821 will alter the air-cooled Monster 796/696 belvedere – which at $9295 (696) and $10,495 (796) are finer Ducati’s entry-level models. Further cementing the 796/696 fate is the account that Ducati will aftermath belted 25 kW (33.5 hp) and 35 kW (47 hp) versions of the 821 for tiered-license belted nations. However, the 696/796 charcoal the base for the Italian brand’s Monster 795 – a bike produced in Thailand for the Asian market. So the air-cooled Monster attitude will acceptable alive on, for a little while at least.
The 821 will be accessible in three colorways: Dark Stealth, with atramentous anatomy and wheels; Ducati Red, with red anatomy and atramentous wheels; and Star White Silk with red anatomy and red matte wheels. There is no acknowledgment of an up-spec S adaptation (expected accustomed the S adaptation of the 1200 Monster and Hypermotard). However, Ducati does accompaniment bikes are slated to hit dealers in July. Stay acquainted for updates.
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