DUCATI MONSTER 1200R 140.21bhp, 207kg, £15,250
Likes: apexes, wheelies, heavy braking and spitting out gobs of torque.
MICHAEL RUTTER PB TESTER AND TT WINNER
Likes: Bathams Ales, Mini Cheddars, decent fuel injection, hot tyres and fast tracks. The UK’s quickest road tester.
DESMO RUTTER’S DOG
Likes: Wotsits, vans and pissing on strangers’ feet.
‘There’s torque everywhere, more than enough power, and the throttle connection is right on the money’ A COUPLE OF ISSUES ago we spent some time thrashing about the roads on the latest, most powerful Monster to bear the name. We were seriously impressed with its power delivery and the way its chassis is super-composed under acceleration. And it looks a million dollars, which it just as well: considering it is £15,250, for some it might as well…