[DirtMcGirk]

Which of these two would you choose? Both are Ducatis, as that's all I really like, and spring is coming, so its time to pick something new...

First is a 2007 Monster S2R 1000.

Specs read like this:

2007 Ducati Monster S2R1000. 2-valve, air cooled, dry clutch, dual spark, 1000 cc motor. 7,xxx miles.

It has a few aftermarket parts:
Ex-Box exhaust (goes under the bike)
Fast by Ferracci Airbox kit and filter
O2 sensor modulators
Power Commander
clip ons
fender eliminator
LED brake light with integrated turn signals
shortie signals in the front
clip-ons (with instrument cluster/headlight lowered)
bar-end mirrors, open clutch cover (with nicer pressure plate, springs, and retainers)
Nichols lightweight flywheel
geared down one tooth with a new front sprocket
carbon fiber (CF) front fender, CF belt covers, CF chain guards, CF heel guards
frame sliders

It's in Norfolk, VA, so I'd have to get it shipped out to me, which adds another $800 or so to the price tag. Has 7,000 or so miles.



Second option is this guy:

2005 Ducati S4R 1000. Has the same engine as the 998.
The owner wants $7900, but it only has 3500 miles and is really custom.
Specs read:

-Ducati Superbike front end (front forks, brakes, ect...)
-Race ECU (Tuneable)
-Floating Front Brake Disks
-PVM Magnesium Wheels
-Dual Headlights
-Custom Stainless Brake Lines
-Single Mirror
-Carbon Fiber Belt Covers
-Custom CNC'D Clutch Cover
-New Clutch
-Quat D Exhaust
-DID Chain
-Everything Powdercoated
-K&N Filter
-Chopped Tail
-Custom Pegs with revised riding position
-GP Shifting
-Racing Slicks

So if you were me, would you go with the cool but kinda plain S2R which is air cooled, or do you go with the Storm Trooper S4R for a little more money?

 

[AngryMetalsmith]

 

[killsdeer4fun]

Personally fond of the first one. Looks smoother.

 

[Kanye West]

White looks hokey...on anything.

 

[jimmydean]

The headlights on the second one suck, I ran them on my FZ1. The first bike is the way to go.

The Dominator lights look cool, but aren't functional. Even after I increased the bulb output, they still didn't show much at night.

 

[jonKranked]

get one of those new sex robots. you'd wind up riding it more anyways.

 

[jimmydean]

And for my money:

$7999 from MotoCorsa in Portland

But I want:

 

[moff_quigley]

White frame and wheels? What the heck was that guy thinking? I like the specs on the S4R, but the S2R just looks right.

 

[Pesqueeb]

I say go with the stormtrooper.

 

[jonKranked]

White frame and wheels? What the heck was that guy thinking?

white power?

 

[4xBoy]

White is over done but would go well with his outfit.

Helmet covers his bow though.

 

[Pesqueeb]

Helmet covers his bow though.

"Aren't you awfully fat for a stormtrooper?"

 

[IH8Rice]

the Monster is a no brainer to me

 

[bdamschen]

Get the S2R. Fast bikes need to draw attention like Abe Lincoln needed a hole in the head.

 

[AngryMetalsmith]

get one of those new sex robots. you'd wind up riding it more anyways.

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to jonKranked again

 

[conor]

just get a supermoto

 

[johnbryanpeters]

Get the S2R. Fast bikes need to draw attention like Abe Lincoln needed a hole in the head.

Yup. The white and the red bikes above both seem long on the ghey.

 

[sossei]

Depends on where you live, the aircooled would suck if you lived say in Phoenix. The S4 would be the better of the two, just have to un-gay it some.....if you could find a 07 S4 it would be better they have the Testrastretta engines in them.

 

[stevew]

 

[DirtMcGirk]

I'm moving to PHX or NOLA in August, so the liquid cooled is an idea I can't ignore.

I like the white one a lot. I know, I'm a tool.
Mind you it needs a few changes, like the head lights and a few other parts, but it does come with a lot of what I would have done to the bike, like the racing forks.

 

[stevew]

I like the white one a lot........

you are not alone.....i just prefer spoked wheels and i'd remove the front fender...

 

[jdcamb]

Get the faster one!

 

[Westy]

you are not alone.....i just prefer the frame rusty and i'd remove the front fender...

Fixed

 

[jimmydean]

Ducati's are best done in Red or Yellow. White bikes look awful IMO, not to mention a bitch to keep clean unless you don't intend on riding it. Since it's parked in his living room, I can assume he doesn't.

 

[kazlx]

I prefer the first one...

 

[TheTruth]

Spend the money you are going to spend on hope.

 

[Bicyclist]

First one FOR SURE. Looks way, way cleaner.

 

[vinnycactus]

hands down the s2r. still trying to work my way into a streetfighter as a gift, celebrating the birth of our second daughter.

 

[AngryMetalsmith]

Purty !

 

[gonefirefightin]

I almost have my R1 dirt bike finished

 

[Leppah]

hahahahaha. Plus 1.

 

[TheTruth]

 

[DirtMcGirk]

I'm starting to wonder about the white one. The guy sent me some close up photos of the bike, and it looks like some really random things on the bike are damaged, like the clamp for the clip on looks broken.

Check these out, I can't make perfect sense of what's wrong here.
The cluster is held on by zip ties....

Is it my monitor or is there a crack in the clutch cover?

Is this a broken clip on?

Then he just sent me this. A little worried he hasn't fired the beast in 6 months.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=<object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/7T98ZzwGQpA&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0xe1600f&color2=0xfebd01"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/7T98ZzwGQpA&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0xe1600f&color2=0xfebd01" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object>

The S2R is looking better and better...

 

[4xBoy]

I'm starting to wonder about the white one.

The S2R is looking better and better...

I think everyone else said that from the first post.

 

[vinnycactus]

not only does it look like there are a few things broken on it, but he also has linoleum flooring.....

 

[NorseManiac]

S2R. That white one has trouble written all over it.

 

[moff_quigley]

The clip on isn't broken. That's a clamp for the headlight/gauge cluster mount.

 

[4xBoy]

The clip on isn't broken. That's a clamp for the headlight/gauge cluster mount.

True.


What is with the head bearing though? that bike has issues.

 

[jimmydean]

I'm starting to wonder about the white one. The guy sent me some close up photos of the bike, and it looks like some really random things on the bike are damaged, like the clamp for the clip on looks broken.

Check these out, I can't make perfect sense of what's wrong here.
The cluster is held on by zip ties....

Yellow zip ties, at that. WTF is wrong with people.

My guess is he bought it wrecked but not reported so the title is clean. Front end damage morphed into hokey street fighter. I'm telling you, those Dominator lights suck ass at night. I couldn't see more than 30 feet in from of me and that aint enough at 100mph.

 

[vinnycactus]

he's got cut outs of chicks in bra's/panty's from the jcpenny catalog hanging on his fridge.....somebody should start digging in his backyard.