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ok so will have the money to by my bigger bike at the end of the year and am now starting to look at a few and want a few others veiws on it so
my head says : bandit or hornit
my heart says: monster

fluffybunny wrote:ok so will have the money to by my bigger bike at the end of the year and am now starting to look at a few and want a few others veiws on it so
my head says : bandit or hornit
my heart says: monster

Monster truck?

Ducati Monster?

Monster truck?

Ducati Monster?

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well it is a close call but as i am not doin the licence for a truck think i will have to stick with the ducati lol

considering you killed the single cylinder DT.... I'd say Hornet...

bandit , loads of extras to bolt on

if giving advice i'd say buy with your head, but stood ther myself with the money i know i'd go with my heart, hence blowing up rgv.

If i were you,being a learner, i`d follow my head.
You want a bike that,if it happened to get damaged ,wouldn`t pee you off too much.
Just think how you would feel if you had the bike of your dreams & it got damaged through lack of experience.

Hope this helps

Go for the Bandit, indestructable engines and loads of cheap bits when ( sorry 'OR IF' ) you drop it!

bandit,bandit bandit bandit bandit bandit.
not that i love em or anything but in a couple months time after the ducatis in the carpark and you cant afford to repair it then ul be regretting it.
i no the duke is ur favourite bike but itl be no good,if u cant afford repairs.especially if ur anything like me with ur first bike lolxx

Although you do get a little more oomph & GOOO! with a hoonit...

In all honesty, duke parts prices ain't really any more expensive than Jap parts ....... and Bandit build quality ain't all that either. The 600 monster has been around a long while now, and parts will be available from breakers (most monsters of all capacities share similar running gear). The 600 monster engine performance is soft an un-intimidating, and pretty understressed to (the bottom end is basically the same as the 750/900 variants. It's also probably less likely to tempt you to go quicker than you're able either, and has a nice riding position .......

That said, if it has to live outside and uncovered, it probably won't survive as well as a jap bike (even given Suzuki's poor build quality ) and in all honesty it probably won't be as reliable/fool-proof as a Jap bike, but sometimes it's nice to let the heart rule the head All I would say is look carefully at what you buy - any of the bikes listed bought "cheap" could well be poorly/hamfistedly maintained "first big bikes" with all that means .....

Monster everytime. Just make sure its a red one cos they go faster

Getting the belts changed and the services etc on the monster is bloody expensive unless you do it yourself...

But then again, a Monster is less powerfull than a Hornet or Bandit.
And trellis frames looks awesome, and the sound
And you can say you own a Ducati

hornet looks like more fun than the bandit - the duc looks like it (possibly) could be more fun again.

out of that lot the bandit is the only one I have ever ridden and its a painfully dull uninspiring bike so im going to presume that the other two options have got to be a better bet as far as grin factor goes. id grab a go on both and see which makes you smile more then buy that one.