Almost 30 years after its debut, the 350,000th Ducati Monster has rolled off the line ? with a new generation soon to come.
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The Monster reaches a significant milestone in its history with the delivery of the 350,000th model. This is a Monster 1200 S ?Black on Black,? which Ducati CEO Claudio Domenicali and the Director of the Ducati Design Center Andrea Ferraresi personally delivered to its owner, the Ducatista, Sebastien Francois Yves Hervé De Rose.
Mr. De Rose, who ordered the Monster 1200 S ?Black on Black? from the Ducati dealer in Milan, was invited to Borgo Panigale for the occasion. The bike was personalized with a plate bearing the number 350,000 and was delivered to the owner accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by Claudio Domenicali and a sketch of the Monster signed by the designer Angelo Amato.
The Monster is the largest selling Ducati model of all time, as well as the longest-serving motorcycle in the range. Its legend was created in 1992 when the company had the intuition of putting a Ducati on the road with a superbike chassis stripped of the fairings and all elements not strictly necessary. With the launch of the M900 model, the first Monster ever, Ducati was able to give rise to a new segment of the motorcycle market ? the sports naked – creating a bike that has represented a true benchmark for several generations.
Over the course of almost 30 years the Monster has changed, improved and evolved from a technical a...