[Ducati] Front Suspension Upgrade Suggestions

[Bruce Bradsby]

Thanks Art.
I'll check in with them, as they've got a good reputation. I think I 
ran into their booth at Sears or Laguna one year and they said they 
didn't do Ducati forks, but maybe I'm confusing them with someone else. 
I'm confused about most things these days. Anyway, with the TiN-coated 
sliders being stock, it seems logical that I have a good starting point 
there and would get good results with new or re-worked innards. Am I 
wrong on this and going to the R&T forks would yield benefits enough to 
justify the high cost of admission?

Thanks,
-bruce/SF

  '03 999mono
  '02 ST4s Ti
  '95 Cagiva Mito
  '87 BMW K75s


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> Message: 13
> Date: Wed, 31 May 2006 18:33:43 -0700
> From: "Art Ramos" <hyperpastabiker at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Ducati] Front Suspension Upgrade Suggestions
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> Bruce
>
> Take that Ohlins rear shock and your stock forks to Jim Linderman in
> Campbell Ca.
> Have him refresh and setup the rear and rework your front forks while
> setting them all up for your weight!
> Drive down and drop them off!
> http://www.le-suspension.com/index.html
>
> Art
>
>
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> On 5/31/06, Bruce Bradsby <bbradsby at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>
>> Hey Listers,
>> I just bought an Ohlins '04 999r rear shock for my '03 999 mono (12k
>> miles on the clock) and have been looking at the Ohlins options for
>> upgrading the front suspension. The cartridge kit at $300 is at the 
>> low
>> end and seems like a great value as it just gets scary from there from
>> what I have seen:  next level is $1500 for the fork innards w/ springs
>> and cartridges, then it goes to $2500 for the full R&T assembly with
>> tubes & sliders, then heads up to the sublime/ridiculous for the full
>> monty track setup, which only costs half - half of everything I own 
>> due
>> to immediate and sudden divorce! I strafe the local canyons at a fun
>> but relatively sane level, and envision doing trackdays if I ever get 
>> a
>> breather from work. What would you guys recommend - Ohlins or other -
>> for good value/quality compromise for a mostly on-road rider who's not
>> quite ready to lose the wife ~:]
>>
>> -bruce/SF
>> '03 999mono
>> '02 ST4s Ti
>> '95 Cagiva Mito
>> '87 BMW K75s
>>