[Ducati] New Monster 696

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Mirrors look good, exhaust flow from front cylinder is nice and will keep it from getting all cruded up, headlight is different but cannot tell the details, peg platform looks nice and appear to be more functional, the new seat cowl looks good,  swingarm looks more like 1098 or Hyper rather than S2/S4 version, love the scoops in the tank, 355 lbs dry. Says it is shorter reach to the bars but the bars look flatter than any current monster even the Magura bars on S2R/S4R, so not sure how they did that. Not a lot on technicals details. BTW I also noticed that the 848 and the 1098R are on the DNA site, maybe others knew that already.

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From: "Scottie Ducati" <scottieducati at gmail.com> 

> http://www.ducati.com/en/bikes/my2008/Monster/M696-08/presentation/index.html 
> More than just a teaser photo :-) 
> 
> -ScottieD 
> 
> On 11/5/07, Thomas Kremer wrote: 
> > 
> > The guessing is over... a teaser photo of the new Monster 696 is up on 
> > ducati.com 
> > 
> > No front view but the back shows dual high pipes similar to the Speed 
> > Triple. Very sculpted tank, new style of rear subframe (looks like a 
> > cast piece?) Also a new look swingarm for an entry level Ducati 
> > 
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