I should also say the new Monster is not lighter. Ducati claims 465 pounds, four more than the last 1200 S(which tipped our scales at 475 pounds with a full tank). The extra weight for 2017 falls in line with the chat I had with Giuseppe Caprara, project engineer for the new Monster 1200, who said making the bike legal for Euro-4 standards meant making the exhaust bigger, and nearly 4.5 pounds heavier, among other things. That’s not to mention the things the new bike has that the previous model did not: Namely an inertial measurement unit(IMU) and a quickshifter.