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Thought I’d post an update. After my attempts at making a researched, logical, and practical decision my gut took over and I went with the ’99 monster 750. Picked it up Sunday and rode it home. Irrational or not, the bike just feels right.
The Hawk was a great bike, but at 5’11” and 165 it felt a little small. The rear shock was stock, old, and tended to sag pretty low- about the only thing left to be rebuilt or replaced. And I’m sure that I should have ridden an sv before making the decision, they seem like great bikes. But the Duc won me over. I can’t wait to get home and find some new excuse to ride across town. (No Bay Bridge commute till I get my skills back up to par.)
It’s going to take me awhile to decipher the rumblings from the motor. It sounds nothing like the inline fours of my old Nighthawk or Maxim 650. I’m sure there will be plenty of bloody knuckles trying to fix and maintain the thing. A salvage title Ducati is probably not the most sensible decision. But, aside from learning the valve adjustments I don’t think it will be too bad.
So, thanks everyone.
aaronParticipantThanks all for the insight. I’ve posted the same questions over at the Hawk forum and the sv forum. General consensus seems to be that the gs is pretty uninspiring transportation, the geo metro of the group. (Obviously an over statement- I understand the performance differences as explained elsewhere on this site) The sv is the practical decision and the hawk is the underdog bike that everyone wished they had but don’t actually buy because the bikes are old.
I had hoped to see and ride the sv last night, but no word from the seller. I don’t think it’s been sold yet, he and I had scheduled a meeting for last night… but no answer and no return call when I phoned to get directions. hopefully I can see the sv soon and it will win me over.
In the meantime a new contender has entered the ring. A 1999 Duc Monster 750 that I thought had been sold a couple weeks ago was just reposted. Any thoughts? I think its about the same performance as the sv.
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