03-28-2017, 06:16 AM
My son has a 696 and a nephew had* a 796. Not sure what an 821 looks like, but they are all sporting L twins. Theirs seemed very small, light, and you feel like you are leaning out over the front wheel when you are riding. You have to look down to see the gauges. Neither is very torquey and don't have much oomph until you are over 6000 rpms. Not sure how much of a performance upgrade they are because the 696 only had 75 HP, less than the CB. Maybe the 821 is more powerful? Neither have been real reliable with my son's experiencing a transmission lock up, a complete electrical failure and a persistent oil leak that they can't seem to fix, all of which required multiple trailer trips to the nearest dealer 2 hours away. If it hadn't been a wedding present from his wife it would be in someone else's garage. He calls it his 50 mile bike. He won't ride it further than 50 miles from home...round trip. He has a Yamaha FJ-09 he rides when he wants to go someplace further than that lol. The nephews 796 had rear brake problems Ducati couldn't fix and he traded it in (hence the askerisk above) on a new Triumph T 120 Black. Make sure you do some cruising on the Ducati forums to know what you are getting yourself into. My son wishes his wife had gotten him a Triumph 675 R instead of the Duc. A buddy of his bought one and my son rode it and said it was very similar to his Ducati only better. Those were his words. I have never ridden a 675R.
They are all so completely different than the CB as to making a comparison difficult. The Ducs and the Tri 675 are kind of hyper compared to the CB which is rather laid back. That's the best I can come up with. One is an Australian shepard, the other a labrador. lol
They are all so completely different than the CB as to making a comparison difficult. The Ducs and the Tri 675 are kind of hyper compared to the CB which is rather laid back. That's the best I can come up with. One is an Australian shepard, the other a labrador. lol