2009 Ducati Monster 1100
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The omens were good because the 1100 shares its frame and styling with the 696, adding revised longer travel suspension to raise it from the ground and increase cornering clearance, and of course it's fitted with a larger, air-cooled engine. Powering this Monster is a 1100CC twin cylinder engine mated to a manual transmission, allowing the ride to feel more connected to the road and Machine. Change gears when you feel like it, and if you can't be bothered it doesn't matter, you'll have more than enough thrust at your beckoning anyway. Canyons are fun without being frantic, highway overtakes are a shrug and a throttle twist. This Monster 1100 is fitted with a Ohlins shock in the rear. The fuel economy...
