Whenever I'm really interested in the bike, I watch the video and then head over and read the more in depth review on your site. Thanks for doing both.

As always, great review Mr. Burns.

You guys make some great-quality reviews. Love your content. Looking to get my hands on a new monster and I appreciate the insights you gave me!

If you want more check out the article before watching this video.....he says at the end of the video. LOL

"I tested that one too, that's how old I am ! 😂👌👍

Very Nice.Appreciate your passion & enthusiasm 👏😀🙌👌👍 at your age.

“If you don’t like it I’ll try harder next time” hahahaha priceless

1:41 you are a legend!

Awesome video 👍🏼🔥

Brilliant cinematography 👍

Like the bit on Lombard Street up and down-- Love SA;-)Paul Belfast N Ireland.

The people who have complained wouldn't have bought one regardless. I've owned a Monster in the past and THIS one is making me want another.

nice review and I believe to all your words mate ;)

That quality b-roll footage shot on log cinema style!

My new one is coming in July (Ducati Red) I am really looking forward to it now.

this guys sense of humor hits me just right

Looks good imo. The 'old' monster started out as a cut down sports with the trellis, but became retro because it got old. And nice to have a ducati 'just a bike' rather than having to pick a scrambler that are just too much like ornaments. No way there'll be a 1200 or v4 - fast naked duties taken over by the streetfighter. Which doesn't have a trellis either ...

Removing trellis frame from the Monster and using monocoque design just to keep up with the rest of the lineup. Plus that Japanese looking tank. I am sure the designers were under a lot of pressure. I believe they are moving to a new direction which be clearer in the next version of the Monster. This current version is just filling up the gap.

Very cool!

I love the bike! Looks, sound and electronics! But as you said! The MT-09 SP is cheaper and u get cruise control! Great review John!

This looks great, took a warming up to it as someone with the older design S2R monster... but I would say the older design of the 696/797/1100 looked a bit too bulky and trying too hard and the 821/1200 which looked okay and i was considering the 1200 as my next (ended up not getting it). It never fit me properly and had a bit too much refinement with uninspiring styling... this one is actually has added back some aggression but doesn't look like its trying too hard in the styling, its a fine line that they nailed for me. "the original monster was beastly, this one isn't", yeah... thats kind of my biggest concern, hopefully this bike has that character i would miss.

Looks like the red 2020 grom but way bigger😊 love it👍

I had that red Alpinestars t-shirt in my late teens/early twenties! You kept it in good shape!

Feel the Burns! A lot of money for that bike. I want to sit on one though. A test ride would be even better.

I don’t understand why the Supersport 950 keeps the trellis frame, but the Monster got the “performance upgrades”?

Great review! I’m sure this bike is far better than my 2009 1100 but I’ll take sexy over substance this time.. I think VW took the Italian style away and replaced it with German specs. It’s all in what you like.

Very good

Duca07 look great😂😂😂

Love the ducati coz their frame design and engine..im first love to 719...monster 900, the legend 999...but now design for this monster bike change..fell like entirely naked now..new look are similar to ninja 650 or other japanese bike thou.

Belt swaps on this bike will be a cinch!

Nice review. I like this bike but for the price it should definitely have at least some suspension adjustability even if it was only preload. Bit disappointed tbh.

Great!!!

Everytime Ive been to San Francisco Lombard St is packed and you have to take turns to get down practically. What do they shut down the streets for you?

pls review the ducati nightshift

Is it a v twin engine or L twin engine??

I owned a 2014 monster 1200. I would buy this bike

Lose the pedantic correction captions; John is all about quirky presentation, dry humour and the benefit of decades of experience when he reviews a bike.

What! No slow motion jumps in San Fran???!

This is the first time i feel Ducati trying to copy some cues from another brands, those front end looks like MV agusta & tank looks like like japanese

Certainly “borrowed” (read copied) some aesthetics from the MV Agusta Brutale..

I understand the purists criticism regarding the chassis choice, the m900 was my second bike, it's obvious to feel a sort of nostalgia but this Monster it's a very good bike.

How tall is the rider and what inseam? The bike seems a bit tall for a street bike!

John a kind of funny side note ..The original Alice's Restaurant in Stockbridge Mass. was run by Alice Brock who was married at the time to Ray Brock of (Went up to see friend Ray all that my friend Ray could say was I don't want a pickle just want to rid on my motorcycle ).. He sold a BSA 441 to some friends of mine to race at Pepperell Ma in 69 .Ray was in the race world here in New England .. SO lots of bike racing around the original restaurant out east here .

0:13 I like that trellis frame

will there be a bigger engine to replace the 1200cc?

Ducati lost me at no cruise control.

OMG!!! This old dude is a Hooligan!!! LOL!!!!

The old 821 engine was a bit of a letdown really. A lot of them put down around 90 whp in completely stock form. So the claimed 112 and later 109 hp is, shall we say, quite optimistic. So if the new 937 with its larger displacement is good for 109 crank hp then no wonder why it feels stronger.

Weird, new Monster doesn't have those flush mount front turn signals. I thought they were standard on all new Monsters.

Riding up on Lombard St? You can only go down. 7:15

Your cool buddy and I think you like to crack the throttle from time to time is my guess. Drive safe chum.

The Monster

Is that a FUEL GAUGE?!?!!?!? WOW.

I thought that the front turning indicator was gonna be planted in main frame

This man is a national treasure just like nicholas cage.

Looks like they went to yamaha and said hey build us a monster

It's lost its iconic looks Now it's competing with the Japanese on the same level but at extra cost

Done at 6:08

You should leave the, if you don't like it part at the end off... it's not becoming of you! Other than that 👍sweet bike even if it doesn't have cruise control 🤣

Good review. I currently ride a 2020 Suzuki SV650 and I love everything about it. In many ways, the perfect bike. In the past, I considered a Monster, and thought I would in the future, but I'm struck by how much this Monster is similar to my SV650. Obviously, the Monster has far superior tech than my SV. The only tech I have is ABS and what's between my ears. I think the bike looks great, but now after seeing the review I'm asking myself: "Why would I choose this over a SV650"?

Man emissions really kills this bike my 2015 monster 821 came with 112 hp and 65 ft. Stock. But that was before euro 4 this is probably euro 5.

Me after seeing Ducati releases Monster without a Trellis frame "Look how they Massacred my Boy"

I loved the old version of Monster and I don't like the design of New Monster 2021.. old version design is more amazing than new one

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The very last thing I would ever want on a motorcycle is cruise control. I had it on my S1000rr, I used it once the first day as a novelty, then never again.

Less Monstrous than previously unfortunately.

I want to say I love this bike because of good memories on past Monsters but I just can't. Ducati you changed a recipe that didn't need changing.

Dewcaddy monster

Those indicators look like a hammerhead shark.

1:12 Ducaddy monster

I think the problem with this bike isn't so much that it doesn't "look" like the monsters of old, but that the price is too expensive for what it offers, imo.

Bring back the good looking old school head light. First Yamaha and now this thing.

actually it look great...more advance

Looks like the monster got the experimental jab as well. No bueno

I like this new Monster just a couple dislikes. The ugly long rear license plate holder that all manufacturers seem to like to use that forces you to buy an aftermarket fender eliminator and the price is a little high compared to the Yamaha MT-09 or KTM 890 Duke etc etc. At least it doesn't have that license plate holder that is attached to the rear axle bolt which are the worst. Full LED lighting and exhaust exiting out the back not out the bottom and the round tach is nice instead of the bar graph other manu's use and standard quick shift. All in all a nice bike.

Mt9과 비교 부탁드려요

I'm an engineer and obviously the motor as stressed member is a better solution, objectively, but I do miss the old distinctive trellis frame.

Sorry Ducati. You’ve created an SV650. The visceral charm of the mt900 is gone.

To me this is not a good looking bike, must be getting old. The old Monster looked and sounded better.

I own one, I can confirm that it is indeed not a monster anymore. Let's forget about the trellis frame because it is what it is. This monster feels very cheaply made, the fit and finish is garbage, its got a plastic shell around the tank. You sit noticeably higher which is not the way monsters have been. It sounds like garbage with the OEM exhaust which is partially due to exhaust laws in the US and the UK but even with those laws having been around for a while the 821 still sounded good with factory exhaust. The only thing that this thing has in common with previous monsters is the badging and the fact that it feels like it wants to kill you, but then again cheaper bikes from yamaha, kawasaki, and honda offer that same feeling with much cheaper maintenance.

I hope he does not get thrombosis.

Did someone hire KTM designers?

Duacti Monster

The priorities on the Monster have been: looks, handling, performance, others. Ever since the introduction of the Streetfighter the argument that the Monster is basically a naked Pannigale has lost its merit all together. Style is what should differentiate the Monster from the Streetfighter and the trellis frame is a big part of it (as much as the single-sided swing arm, which IMHO should be implemented on all Monster models or at least on all but the smallest one). Without the trellis frame this bike looks... bland, not to say 'lame' - Ducati may as well put the non-desmo engine on it, because this is no longer the Ducati Monster.

It’s a sv650 that does not start

MT-09...

Why don't motorcycles sold in USA don't get LED turn indicators like rest of the world ? What's the stupid law ?

You people and your comments about the MT09. The arguments are terrible. All these bikes are fast, end of story. The focal point really is about, which bike is more fun? Hands down Ducati. I own a CP2 Yamaha in the T7. Fun, but I also own a 803 air cooled scrambler, more fun with the same HP.

Red Painted Yamaha!

There is absolutely no way I would trade my 696 for this thing.

MT-09 kills this bike in every category. I still like it though, the new Monster is a fine looking machine.

As an owner of multiple Ducatis for the last twenty five years, this bike is a major disappointment. What Ducati seems to not understand is that the Monster never competed with other manufacturers bikes; it was not cross shopped, now it will need to, and I think it will lose. And John states Ducati says that a Monster was always a Superbike with it's bodywork removed; that is not true; the first Monster did use the 888 frame, but that stopped after a few years when it got the ST frame, plus is was powered by the SS engine; so not a naked superbike at all. That lack of historic knowledge says all I need to know about Ducati America these days.

Nice bike but that headlight needs to go.

Something is making it not beautiful, wat is it? It doesnt feel like a ducati, its just not ugly looking red bike

New Ducati's don't look as good as they used to be.

Everything I know about Ducati Monsters, I learned from John Burns. And I owned one.

Now it looks like a kawasaki. Lol

You are obsessed with cruise control 😂

Sure better to ride but definitely harder to look at

still prefer my 695 than this anonymous bike