Ducati India had two big announcements today. The first one was that the company started taking bookings for the new Monster in India. And the second announcement is that Ducati will announce the prices of the new Monster on September 23, 2021. The new Monster is going to be Ducati's flagship middleweight naked sportbike and it will go up against the Triumph Street Triple R and the Kawasaki Z900 in India. The new Ducati Monster was unveiled globally late last year and comes to India nearly 9 months after its global debut, delayed because of the second wave of the pandemic.
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(The lightweight aluminium front frame replaces the traditional steel trellis frame)
The motorcycle gets a full revamp, top-to-bottom, for 2021. There's a new Aluminium swingarm in play and the Monster now loses its curves and becomes edgier, leaner and meaner. The LED headlight, chiselled fuel tank along with the new frame means that the motorcycle loses up to 18 kg of weight over the old model, having a dry kerb weight of 166 kg. The 2021 Ducati Monster gets a 937 cc L-Twin Testastretta engine which is liquid-cooled. The engine is seen on other Ducati models too such as the Hypermotard and 2021 SuperSport. On the Monster, it is tuned to make 110 bhp at 9,250 rpm along with peak torque output of 93 Nm at 6,500 rpm. The engine is paired to a 6-speed gearbox and Ducati offers a bi-directional quick-shifter as standard.
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(The 2021 Monster also gets a 4.3-inch TFT console with graphics inspired by Panigale V4)
The Monster gets an all-new Aluminium frame inspired by the Panigale V4. The sub-frame at the rear is made of glass fibre reinforced polymer (GFRP), making it lighter and stronger than before. The motorcycle gets 43 mm upside down forks with 130 mm travel and an adjustable monoshock at the rear with 140 mm travel. The bike also gets new 17-inch alloys which are lighter than before. They are shod with Pirelli Diablo Rosso III rubber, 120/70 up front and 180/55 at the rear. Up front it gets twin Brembo M4.32 4-piston monobloc callipers that grip two 320 mm discs. At the rear the bike gets a single 245 mm disc gripped by a Brembo calliper. Like the front brake, it features sintered brake pads.
(The 2021 Ducati Monster will go up against the Triumph Street Triple R & Kawasaki Z900)
The new Monster gets ABS, cornering ABS, power launch, traction control and wheelie control along with ride-by-wire and three riding modes which are Sport, Touring and Urban. All modes allow the rider to adjust the other electronics as per their requirement. The new Ducati Monster also gets a new 4.3-inch full colour TFT instrument console with graphics inspired by the Panigale V4. The new Monster is likely to be priced between Rs. 10 lakh-11 lakh. Globally, the bike gets two variants, Monster and the Monster Plus. The latter gets a flyscreen atop the headlight and a cowl for the rear seat.
