Review: Ducati Monster S4Rs – Redux
From time to time I bring back older, popular posts that some of our more recent readers may never have seen. To be honest it happens mostly when I’m away, like right now! The Ducati Monster S4Rs review was the first ever post on the site back in January 2009. It was my first Ducati and the first bike I had ever owned that wasn’t a sportsbike. Had I sold out and gone soft?
What happens when you are faced with the realization that your life in actuality no longer resembles your life in your mind (did it ever)? As a lifetime sports bike enthusiast from the days when the GSX-R750 redefined what a sports bike was and a former club level road racer it seemed axiomatic that I would always own a sports bike. A bike that reminded me of my rapidly fading youth, the mad days of battling the canyons with my riding buddies and the track exploits that provide years of material for reminiscing.
So you can understand then why my last 2 bikes have been a 2006 Yamaha R1 and a 2002 Honda VTR1000SP2 (RC51). However the reality of a busy career with the requisite travel, a young family, and joints and muscles that can no longer be fooled into calling the super sport crouch comfortable, mean I have branched out from the hyper sports genre for the first time ever. Is it really possible to achieve the thrills of an open class hyper sport on something more comfortable and less powerful – or have I just sold out? Continue on to read Ducati Monster S4Rs Review – Forever the Ultimate Monster
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