2023 Ducati Monster SP Is a Featherweight Wheelie Rippin’ Machine and We Love It

The Ducati Monster acquired a brilliant complete overhaul for the 2022 mannequin yr, dropping a bunch of weight and bailing on its signature trellis body. Total, it was a terrific bike, nevertheless it deserved a real efficiency model, and now, for 2023, Ducati is giving it simply that with the SP mannequin, which it introduced on Thursday.

The SP mannequin is notable as a result of not solely does it look means cooler than the conventional Monster, nevertheless it additionally sheds much more weight – round 4.4 kilos, which sounds form of meh till you do not forget that this bike was already a featherweight at simply 366 lbs, dry weight.

Even higher, the burden financial savings usually come from components that may add different benefits, like a totally adjustable Ohlins suspension, a much-ruder-than-standard Termignoni exhaust system, and a few particularly good-looking Brembo Stylema brake calipers up entrance. The remainder of the financial savings comes from the swap to a lithium-ion battery.

Different tweaks embrace a wild new paint job, a purple seat (which, to be sincere, I might stay with out), carbon recommendations on the aforementioned Termignoni cans, and funky little purple accents on the black-finished wheels. It’s not groundbreaking, however different motorcyclists aren’t more likely to mistake it for a extra plebian Monster, and that’s form of the purpose, proper?

The 2023 Monster SP is ready to hit sellers within the US and Canada in February of 2023 with a beginning value of $15,595 in American freedom models and $18,295 in Canadian loonies (or half as many toonies). Positive, that’s not low-cost, however Ducatis by no means actually are, and if you wish to rip dank Italian nooners on a light-weight bare bike, that’s simply the value of admission, bud.