A Friendly Monster

THE MONSTER HAS BEEN ONE OF THE MOST iconic motorcycles in the Ducati line-up: a naked streetfighter with a character of its own, easily distinguishable from its competitors, and one of the highest-selling Ducati models with over 350,000 units sold worldwide. The lineage of this motorcycle dates back to 1993: the introduction of the first-generation Monster 900. Since then, there have been various iterations, all of them sharing one main characteristic — the iconic trellis frame that gives the bikes their menacing stance.

For 2021, Ducati have completely refreshed many aspects of the new Monster. The bike is now sleeker, lighter, and more compact than ever before. Naked streetfighters have always been my preferred genre of motorcycles and, over the