Monster EVOlution

Monster EVOlution

Where do you start to improve a motorcycle without re-engineering it to the point of losing the original bike in the process? In Ducati’s estimation, a useful enhancement to the engine is step one. Changes to the air-cooled L-Twin include revised cylinder heads with reworked intake ports, inlet valves gaining 5% more lift, and exhaust valve lift increased by 4%. Top-end oiling is improved for better cylinder head cooling, and revised piston shape bumps compression to 11.3:1 from 10.7:1 on the previous Monster. Keeping the pistons spinning is a new, lighter-weight flywheel designed similarly to the flywheel in Ducati’s supersport 848. eard more