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2011 Ducati Monster 1100 EVO

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OILFIELDTRASH said:
It's coming man. Just wear your gear and live and learn. If you never wreck you aren't really pushing the bike much but it's okay nothing to prove anyways.
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I'm not even going to jinx myself by commenting on my number of miles without accidents


....unless you count getting lost, ending up on a gravel road and thinking the kickstand is down (when it isn't, at least not all the way)

....or the time I came back from a good 4 solid days of riding from a trip, pulled into the garage jumped off the bike and.......... forgot to put the kickstand down

....or the close call where I (stupidly) believed the Duc tech when he said the 1098 kickstand switch was foolproof. He showed me how you just hit the starter button once and the ECU takes over the starting procedure. So cool! (I thought at the time) ..how the starter turns itself over for about 4 seconds on its own. Ok turns out the kickstand switch isn't foolproof (of course, I can't believe I listened to him anyway) and I am actually able to chase down a 1098 in a waffle house parking lot that took off on its own. The plastic didn't hit the ground that time, thankfully lol
 
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JulesMaximus said:
No chicken strips on my bike there skippy...
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Spoken like a true novice.🙄 Take a ride down to your local track and talk to some of the local racers and ask them how many times they've been down just this season. And trust me man you don't have half the riding skills of those guys. I bet you'd get blown off the track at the novice class at the local track days.
 
OILFIELDTRASH said:
Spoken like a true novice.🙄 Take a ride down to your local track and talk to some of the local racers and ask them how many times they've been down just this season. And trust me man you don't have half the riding skills of those guys. I bet you'd get blown off the track at the novice class at the local track days.
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Spoken like a true asshole. You don't know me or how I ride so stick to something you do know about...whatever the fuck that may be. Christ I'm sick of the condescending bullshit some of you guys spew all day long around here.

Edit-There are no tracks here locally. I have to drive 3 hours to get to the nearest track and then it's 3 hours back. I don't own a truck or trailer and I'm sure not riding 6 hours to do a track day. Would I get something out of it? I'm sure I would, and I'm sure I'd love it. I'm also sure I wouldn't be anywhere near the fastest guy there nor have I ever stated that I would be. Just because I haven't done a track day doesn't mean shit quite frankly...nor does your intarweb assessment of my riding abilities.
 
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OILFIELDTRASH said:
Spoken like a true novice.🙄 Take a ride down to your local track and talk to some of the local racers and ask them how many times they've been down just this season. And trust me man you don't have half the riding skills of those guys. I bet you'd get blown off the track at the novice class at the local track days.
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You love coming into threads and spouting bullshit nonsense like this. I haven't been to a track day and yet I can kick the shit out of a couple of people who have been to one on the twisties we usually ride, not to mention they're on much larger bikes. Little bit of flawed logic there jackoff.

Go outside and sit on your bike and imagine riding it, cause the way you talk makes it sound like that's all you do.
 
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soccerballtux said:
1100cc's and all they can manage is 100hp? Huh?
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It is air-cooled. Simple, light-weight, no cooling system to add weight, 2 valves per cylinder. Add a cooling system and 4-valves per cylinder and you can rev the engine much higher and develop much more hp like they do with the 1198, the 848, and the Streetfighter.
 
roguerower said:
Thanks for that. Looks like the first 675s were introduced in '06 and hopefully the 4 years between then and now have given the engineering folks enough time to work out these bugs. I haven't read anything anywhere about this kind of a problem but will keep my eye out for it.
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Man I can't keep saying this enough... Please reread my posts..

I am not at all saying Triumphs aren't reliable, or have known issues, or that you will have the same problems with the bike that I had.

Triumph motorcycles: Awesome
Triumph dealers: Awesome (for the most part)
Triumph the manufacturer in UK: Awesome
Triumph North America: HORRIBLE


This means that if your bike never has an issue (or if it's small) this will not affect you. Also if your bike is out of warranty this won't affect you.

If you have a MAJOR issue under warranty you will, in my experience, have headaches getting Triumph of NA to approve the repair.




Scenario:
You do your own 9k mile oil change. You took pics, kept all records, used Triumph filter and approved oil. However, the motor grenades at 13k, just before end of warranty.

Suzuki: No problem
Honda: No problem
BMW: No problem
Duc: No problem

Triumph North America: "Ohh..... shouldnt'a changed your own oil mate! Warranty void!"



Make sense?
 
JulesMaximus said:
It is air-cooled. Simple, light-weight, no cooling system to add weight, 2 valves per cylinder. Add a cooling system and 4-valves per cylinder and you can rev the engine much higher and develop much more hp like they do with the 1198, the 848, and the Streetfighter.
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No, no, no, no! This sucker's electrical. But I need a nuclear reaction to generate the 1.21 jigowatts of electricity. But when this baby hits 88mph, you're gonna see some serious shit!

Sorry when you posted all I could think of was Doc from Back to the Future.
 
WOOHOO!!!! Paid off my bike first thing this morning! Now I get to spend the next month and a half saving up for the 25% down payment for the next bike.
 
roguerower said:
WOOHOO!!!! Paid off my bike first thing this morning! Now I get to spend the next month and a half saving up for the 25% down payment for the next bike.
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Yeah...having a kid kind of cuts into my discretionary spending. Otherwise I'd be sporting a new Ducati and a Lotus Elise. 😉
 
PlasmaBomb said:
How long have you owned your street triple? I think a street triple with ABS would rock 🙂
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no no, I don't have one. but I would love to 🙂 [currently owns a ninja250, looking for an SV650, or a Motard, hehe].

my opinion was based on the two test ride events that Triumph threw 2-3 months ago. It had EVERY bike for test ride, as it is a triumph "corp" sponsored event and not a "dealer" event, if you know what I'm trying to say. the Triumph has a 18 wheeler that toured the nation and providing test ride event to each of their dealer (or, most of them). I got to try the Scrambler, Speed Triple, and Street Triple R.
 
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OILFIELDTRASH said:
It's coming man. Just wear your gear and live and learn. If you never wreck you aren't really pushing the bike much but it's okay nothing to prove anyways.
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that is a rather irresponsible statement.


and thanks SpatiallyAware for your comments. I will steer clear of T of NA. (but that 3-banger + arrow exhaust is puresex!)
 
soccerballtux said:
1100cc's and all they can manage is 100hp? Huh?
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V-twin, or V-2 in car lingo. it's got two cylinders so it get massive low end torque but not as revvy as the in-line 4 configurations... which is most Jap liter sportbike uses (and the wonderful BMW S1000rr). Not that a V-twin can't be high-revving, case in point the ducati race bikes and Aprilia RSV4.
 
SpatiallyAware said:
Man I can't keep saying this enough... Please reread my posts..

I am not at all saying Triumphs aren't reliable, or have known issues, or that you will have the same problems with the bike that I had.

Triumph motorcycles: Awesome
Triumph dealers: Awesome (for the most part)
Triumph the manufacturer in UK: Awesome
Triumph North America: HORRIBLE

This means that if your bike never has an issue (or if it's small) this will not affect you. Also if your bike is out of warranty this won't affect you.

If you have a MAJOR issue under warranty you will, in my experience, have headaches getting Triumph of NA to approve the repair.

Scenario:
You do your own 9k mile oil change. You took pics, kept all records, used Triumph filter and approved oil. However, the motor grenades at 13k, just before end of warranty.

Suzuki: No problem
Honda: No problem
BMW: No problem
Duc: No problem

Triumph North America: "Ohh..... shouldnt'a changed your own oil mate! Warranty void!"

Make sense?
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Makes perfect sense. I'll just cross my fingers and hope nothing ever goes tits up on it.
 
andylawcc said:
V-twin, or V-2 in car lingo. it's got two cylinders so it get massive low end torque but not as revvy as the in-line 4 configurations... which is most Jap liter sportbike uses (and the wonderful BMW S1000rr). Not that a V-twin can't be high-revving, case in point the ducati race bikes and Aprilia RSV4.
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What I'm saying is my 997cc sv1k gets 125hp.
As another posted out it's the liquid cooling.
 
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