Free ABS on 2011 Ducati Monster 796 and 1100
ABS is now standard on much of the USA’s 2011 Ducati Monster range and for little or even no price premium. Ducati revealed details of the otherwise mostly unchanged Monster range yesterday at the Intermot Show in Cologne, Germany.
The biggest, baddest Monster is now the 1100, as the slow selling Ohlins equipped 1100S has been dropped for 2011. ABS is now included at no additional charge. In a similar way, ABS is also included gratis on the Monster 796, still at the pretty sharp $9,995 price point.
The 796 joins the 696 in dropping the 43mm Showa forks for (presumably) cheaper Marzocchi units harking a return to the days when Ducati routinely specified the Italian forks. Remember the right way up Marzocchi M1R’s on the first 851 when upside down was, well, upside down!
For its part, the 696 now includes 20mm bar risers for a more upright riding position, a blacked out handlebar and starts with the Dark matte black model at $8,495, a $500 reduction whilst the normal Red, White or Black models feature ABS as standard but at $8,995, $1,000 less than 2010. Who said recessions were all bad?
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