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hey guys,
recently come off my corona srad and then got the news of my first child is on the way.
so i thought i best get a lil cheap bike to run me to work and back ( can share the car with the mrs ) im not a wealthy man so was lookin to be spending about £500-£900 on a bike.
so far havnt found ANYTHING in that price range. untill i stumbled upon a 1994 ducati monster 600 in plymton .. for 950 . tax and tested .. gud tyres .. gud chain and sprok .. twin carbon cans and looks pretty clean. engine casings could do with a lil paint and it needs new fork seals.

i dont know bugger all about ducati's let alone the monsters.
anything u can tell me about em ??

cheers guys

There was a thread here by Fluffy Bunny a couple of months ago, i reckon most of the pro's and cons were covered

viewtopic.php?f=4&t=84863

As a starting point i normally check out MCN's reviews for the basics...

http://www.motorcyclenews.com/MCN/biker ... &R=EPI-162

didnt go for it in the end .. took a mate with me who knows abit more than me about ducati's and he told me to stear clear of it.
gutted thought i was gonna be back on the road again.
so gotta look for some local bikes around £950.

cheers for the help anyway

what was the matter with it ??

for £950 you'll be lucky to find a good condition bike that doesnt need somethign spent on it. my zx7r was only £1200 but still had another £200 to spend once i'd got it home

bloke didnt have a clue when the belts where last changed .. bike had no service history .. fork seals where gone and it kept salling anytime he put it into 1st.

i had a zx9r before which i had for a while and only payd £800 for it and it done me very well never had any serious problems with it.
i know its gonna be a hard task finding a half decent bike in that price range but its all i got to work with. first child on the way i shouldnt really be spending that much lol.

that sounds like a wise enough decision to me, too much work for the price. you'll find something if you look hard enough,maybe set your budget a little lower to allow for money to be spent on things like fork seals,brake pads etc