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Ducati has sold over 320,000 monsters in the past 25 years. So that there will be many more in the future, the 821 has been given a facelift. PS was allowed to test drive.

Roman Kirschbauer

11/08/2017

The sheet metal bodies push themselves miserably slowly forward. Where the low sun cannot develop its morning power because of the towering tourist hotels, wildly flickering brake lights dominate the city. Unimpressed by this, you dig into the smallest of gaps with the bright yellow bike, squeezing yourself motivated to the pole position of the traffic light starter field. But be careful: In Germany you may see the transverse dynamic entrance to the following roundabout as a sporting point of honor, here, very close to the Mediterranean beach in Rimini, you can be happy if you don’t fall on your nose while driving upright. The slightest tug on the throttle, the slightest change in direction and the tires twitch over the tar as if they had been electrified with a stun gun.

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This also changes the excellent response behavior of the V2 of the revised for the new model year Ducati Monster 821 Nothing. You maneuver yourself through countless roundabouts as if on black ice, using the intermediate straights to make acoustically clear on the Italo bike why you are rightly at the top of the urban food chain. It’s crazy when you consider that the Monster series can look back on a 25-year tradition. In October 1992 the original version M 900 was presented at the IFMA. Since then, more than 320,000 family members have populated the world. In addition to the air-cooled 797 and the mighty 1200s, the 821 has currently stood out as a sales guarantee.

Finally the boots have enough space to the rear

To keep it that way, the naked bike, which was first presented at the end of 2014, received a few new goodies for the 2018 season. Outwardly, the new headlights, from which the bluish LEDs spread the daytime running lights, stand out. A full-color TFT display sits elegantly above it. Gear display, remaining range, average consumption, engine mapping: everything can be read easily even in strong sunlight. Optionally, you can now pair the display with your smartphone, it then shows incoming calls and messages (Ducati Multimedia System).

The new 16.5-liter tank known from the Monster 1200 and 797 is somewhat narrower and flatter between the driver and the display. As characteristic as 25 years ago: the elegant ski boot lock behind the ignition lock. But it’s not just because of the new tank Monster 821 wirier and more agile there. The new subframe, which takes up the rear, now carries the pillion footrest system that was previously screwed onto the driver’s footrest. Functional advantage: Finally, the driver’s boots have enough space to the rear! A visual plus point: the rear section now looks a bit airier, more compact and therefore sportier. The optional shift assistant, which is supposed to enable upshifts and downshifts without a clutch for little money (the test motorcycle was not equipped with this), is in the same direction..

Whether something has changed in terms of driving dynamics? Try out! Thanks to the wide handlebars and the convincing light-footedness of the 206-kilogram mid-range Naked, you can swiftly circle the last cars in the city, enjoy the successful, upright ergonomics for a moment, then finally the expressway comes into view. The servo-assisted clutch, which is equipped with an anti-hopping function, is easy to pull and flip through the six-speed gearbox precisely with your foot. Click in the second gear, cock fully cocked, off you go, out into the hilly hinterland of Emilia Romagna. Only a good hour away from the Ducati factory in Borgo Panigale, the L-Twin, unchanged from its predecessor, shoots its dry-bassy V2 staccato from the new, angularly accentuated exhaust. The water-cooled engine with a nominal 109 hp continues to offer the best country road performance without making any problems. Three pre-configured, but customizable mappings are available. They vary the three-stage ABS, the eight-stage traction control and the power mode of the motor.

You gondola through the next village in touring mode, relaxed and responsive, enjoying the good manners, the never-disturbing vibrations of the engine and the palpable lightheartedness with which the pistons whiz through the cylinders. With two clicks on the indicator switch you zap into the sports mapping: The Monster now reacts more spontaneously to changes to the ride-by-wire throttle and marches forward more directly without annoying with hard load change reactions. The ABS regulates later, allowing the rear wheel to float a hand’s width over the asphalt when braking hard into the next bend.

And the landing gear? All in all, he’s doing a great job

Stepped down a gear for a moment, carefully decelerated far into the curve with the Brembo radial brake calipers, greeted the asphalt with the toe of your boot, then accelerated fully at the apex and let the traction control do the rest. It’s wonderful how finely the electronics regulate. It is remarkable how much freedom of incline the Monster 821 has.

The V2 already runs smoothly below 3000 revs, pushes the mid-size monster forward vigorously out of the basement, takes a short breath between 5000 and 6000 rpm, in order to then really do chapel and only captured by the rev limiter at a good 10500 revs become. That sucks! With the new first-time tires, the Pirelli Diablo Rosso III, the 821 tilts neutrally, offers a high level of grip and conveys a lot of confidence. A slight righting moment on bumps and when braking in an inclined position cannot be denied, but it is not pronounced. So you like to grab the brake lever, which can be adjusted in width and late, which unfortunately does not have a crystal-clear pressure point. The dosability is therefore mediocre. Apart from that, however, the stoppers bite vehemently with the 320 disc.

And the landing gear? Does his job all in all great, but not perfect! The non-adjustable 43-millimeter upside-down fork plunges deeply when anchoring, could use a little more compression damping and respond a little more sensitively to warping. The directly hinged shock absorber offers ample damping and is not so easy to be disturbed. The rebound and spring base can be adjusted. On the mostly rough, scarred asphalt in Emilia Romagna, the 821 stays on course for a surprisingly long time and does not behave like a diva even at the limit.

So the package is also right with the new model of the Ducati Monster 821. The design is now more modern, the technology more profound, the performance at a high level. The first copies should be available from dealers at the end of the year. The 821 in the typical Ducati color red, in matt black and the new yellow 200 euros more costs 11,490 euros.

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