Ducati Monster 1200

Design and Style

Ducati Monster 1200 has a stylish, sporty and aggressive look with all the Superbike features. It consists of a comfortable dual seat, adjustable passenger grab handles, a bright round headlight with bulb light for high-low beam functions and LED technology for two position lights placed at the sides, headlight flanked by the forks, a solid and sculptural metal fuel tank with capacity of 17.5 litres, a powerful Monster-fly-line, a sharp tail with low-mounted license plate holder, compact engine area expertly integrated with radiator, oil cooler and water hoses, a stylish side-mounted 2-1-2 staggered shotgun exhaust, premium looking brushed metallic components, traditional Ducati Trellis frame, dedicated side panniers at rear, stylish cannon-style and vertically stacked silencers, a kerb weight of 209kgs with the help of classic tubular layout of sub-frame, an adjustable seat with 785mm and 810mm height, two optional seats to further adjust its height, 765/790mm or 745/770mm, stylish 17-inch, 10-spoke lightweight Aluminium alloy wheels with 120/70 ZR front and 190/55 ZR rear Pirelli Diablo Rosso II tires, high and nicely positioned handlebar close to the rider, low passenger foot-pegs, a passenger seat with easily removed cover, integrated passenger handles, a license plate LED light, fully integrated LED tail light and front and rear side indicators with bulbs. It has a wheelbase of 1511mm for a stable ride and a rake and trail of 24.3-degrees and 93.2mm respectively. It has a front and rear wheel travel of 130mm and 152mm respectively.

Instrument Panel and Modes

Ducati Monster 1200 also has 3 Riding Modes, Urban, Touring and Sport, which can be enabled with the help of technologies such as Ride-by-Wire, Ducati Traction Control, multi-calibration 9MP ABS and the graphics on the instrument panel. These all can be customized and selected by control of the left-hand switchgear while riding. There is also the default setting for every mode. There is also present a Ducati Safety Pack which comes standard along with 9MP ABS system and the 8-level Ducati Traction Control. It also has a full-TFT instrument panel with variable display configuration and also adapts automatically to variations in environmental lights. It can also be changed by changing the Riding Modes or selectively by rider. It has 3 configurations which are different in information displayed, background style and display layout: CORE view is for Urban Riding Mode which only displays the essential riding information, FULL view is for Touring Riding Mode which displays the same information as CORE but with added information and TRACK view is for Sport Riding Mode which immediately displays the more crucial information such as an rpm bar graph in a sporty layout. It is stacked with all these eye-catching features.

Engine and Gearbox

Ducati Monster 1200 has a 1198.4cc, L-Twin cylinder, 4 valves per cylinder, Desmodromic, Liquid-cooled, Electronic Fuel Injection System having 53mm throttle bodies with full Ride-by-Wire, Lightweight 2-1-2 Exhaust System with Catalytic Converter and 2 Lambda Probes and Twin Aluminium Mufflers, Light action Wet Multi-plate Clutch with Hydraulic Control having Self-Servo action on drive and Slipper action on Over-run, 11-degrees Testastretta engine with a maximum power of 135 bhp at 8750 rpm and a maximum torque of 118 Nm at 7250 rpm and has a 6-speed gearbox transmission.

Suspension and Braking System

Ducati Monster 1200 has 2x320mm semi-floating disk brakes with radially mounted Mono-bloc Brembo M4-32 callipers, 4-pistons and radial pump with ABS as standard at front while 245mm disk brakes with 2-piston floating calliper and ABS as standard at rear. The suspension system consists of 43mm fully adjustable USD forks at front and progressive linkage with fully adjustable monoshock absorbers and aluminium single-sided swing arm at rear.

Shades and Price

Ducati Monster 1200 is available in a single variant in Red shade. The expected ex-showroom price, Delhi for this bike is INR 16lakhs which may vary. It also comes with a 2 years/unlimited kms warranty along with 1 year/12000kms Maintenance Service Intervals and 30,000kms Valve Clearance Check.

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