Hi Guys, sorry if this has been brought up in another post before. I'm going to start using my 1199 base model on track instead of my Fireblade as well as the road. I have installed an Ohlins TTX shock in the rear as the standard one was shocking: and now looking at the forks, they are ok for the road but I feel I need something with a bit more control for the track. Looking at installing an Ohlins 30mm cartridge kit in the forks, has anyone else tried this and if so what are your thoughts? cheers.
There's a bit of discussion around the 1199 forks here... http://ducatiforum.co.uk/threads/base-model-fork-springs.39349/page-2 Essentially there are loads of options with nice price tags to go with them. Personally I'd give Maxton a call as their kit is rated really highly and they offer a full and half cartridge kit too. Details of that below from the spec sheet they send out to potential customers. If you don't mind spending the cash then the full Maxton/K-Tech/Ohlins cartridge kits are definitely the way to go. FRONT The forks on the 1199 Panigale are Marzocchi forks. The forks feel very hard and harsh, this is because they have too much compression damping, so over small movements the oil can not circulate around the damping system quickly enough and you get a hydraulic lock. At the same time the forks do not have enough rebound damping, so when you let go of the brake the forks return very quickly. This casues the bike to run wide a lot off the brakes. The external quality of the sliders is very good but the fork internals themselves are very poor quality. The rebound and compression damping adjusters have little or no effect on the damping and the original fork cartridges can not be revalved as they are pressed/peaned together, basically the forks are tamper proof. To improve the Marzocchi forks on the 1199 Panigale we have two options... They then went through their options which are the full 30mm cartridge or half 30mmcartridge kit. Going by what has been said above I'm really quite tempted by their half cartridge kit which costs £475+ VAT (plus another £140+VAT for fitting/new seals etc). This is what they recommend for road use. The full cartridge kit costs around £1200 fitted to loose forks and is perhaps a little unnecessary for my type of riding. Hope this helps!
Thanks for the reply and the link Matt, I have had Maxton kit before on my ZX6R and its very good and Rich is dead helpful. Didn't know if I should stick with Ohlins or not as thats what the shock is and keep it all the same make.
Thanks for the reply and the link Matt, I have had Maxton kit before on my ZX6R and its very good and Rich is dead helpful. Didn't know if I should stick with Ohlins or not as thats what the shock is and keep it all the same make.
