[Ducati] 1098 question

[cedwards105]

Well seeing as you can't get all but one decent answer in about 12 posts, 
being a 1098S owner, I'll put my 3 cents worth in.

If  it's performance, first get the suspension setup for your weight. The 
jury's out on whether the Ohlins forks is that much better than the stock 
forks. I did replace my rear spring and that's noticeable.

Next do the exhaust, here you have a choice of slip-on's or a full system, 
($2500+). Does the bike need this, this really depends on you riding ability 
and desire for a bit more acceleration. I have the full Termi system and 
love the sound, I don't know whether is really gave me anything because I 
broke the bike in with the stock exhaust and immediately put the Termi 
system on at 1200 miles and didn't ride it for about 3 weeks. It sounds 
great and the bike is way faster than my old R1 and 996. The Termi exhaust 
saves about 5lbs in weight. The full Akrapovic supposedly saves almost 
12lbs.

A nice little mod is a taller windscreen.

After that, you start getting into the bling territory, you can add lots of 
carbon fiber and saves a few ounces in weight. Clutch covers and rearsets 
seem to be the next, again some of these can add a bit of crash protection, 
like the Woodcraft products, others just have nicer bling factor.


It's really tough to improve on this bike without spending stupid amounts of 
money as Ducati did a big makeover when they designed and built it.




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Bonner" <dsi at swcp.com>
To: "Ducati Owners Group" <ducati at ducati.net>
Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2008 10:20 AM
Subject: Re: [Ducati] 1098 question


> You guys are totally missing it. What is the point of doing all that, 
> extend
> the front end , ape bars, etc if you forget the fundamental change. None 
> of
> that will look like anything decent until you replace the front wheel with
> one which has a spool hub.  You certainly don't need those ugly front 
> brake
> rotors cluttering up  "The Look".
>
> Of course, it might be better to just start with the Indiana....
>
> Peter
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "mike major" <textike at gmail.com>
> To: "Ducati Owners Group" <ducati at ducati.net>
> Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2008 9:12 AM
> Subject: Re: [Ducati] 1098 question
>
>
>> How could I have forgotten to extend the front forks.....moonbeam
>>
>> On Feb 8, 2008 2:26 PM, Rob Allen <ducati.rob at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > On Feb 8, 2008 2:11 PM, mike major <textike at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > > take off the faring and front brakes, install ape hangers, hiway 
>> > > bars,
>> > > straight pipes and an extra large rear tire..... Become king of the
> rat
>> > > bikes.  Moonbeam
>> > >
>> > >
>> > Don't forget to rake out the front end.  It ain't worth poop if there
>> > ain't
>> > at least four feet from the radiator to the front axle.  Oh, and
> polished
>> > chrome forward controls....  *rolls eyes*
>> >
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