So, I've been lurking around for the past 5 years... posting on the odd occasion but mostly reading in awe of the motorcycles that everyone's been building on here. It seems the moons have finally aligned and I've put my 2nd car up for sale and I'll now be going down the road of getting my bike license and my first bike.
I'd always been pretty set on the VTR250 and convinced a mate to buy one and also got him to do a twin headlight kit and a few other mild streetfighter mods. But when I started to do my LAMS research I found out about the Monster 400...... now I'm a huge Ducati fan and all I wan't is the M400, however I've read some negative comments about them on the net and I don't know what to do... (I'll be test riding both before I purchase one, but want peoples honest opinions).
So my question is.... what is everyone's view on the Ducati M400 S.I.E. ? I'll be looking at this model as it has a 6 speed gearbox and twin brembo front brakes. The bike is air cooled and has a wet clutch (from what I've found out).
Power of the bikes is (24kw VTR / 33kw?? M400) and weights are (141kg VTR / 174kg M400), I'm 5ft7" ish and weigh in at a tiny 63kg.
My heart tells me to go the M400 as its a Ducati and I could make a nice fighter out of it in the long run and it would serve well as a cheap to run daily with a bit more power than the VTR.