Standard 959 Or 959 Corse?

Mcn had the Corse in this week. Apart from the paint work and end cans can’t remember the other differences. Depends if you’d be happy with the two cans or want an underbelly system.

 

You will when you look at it.

 

Personally, I would buy a lightly used 959 at £11250 (about the going rate it seems for a really low miles one) and put a really good rear shock in it and some crash protection and crack on. The BPF forks are lovely on track, I had no complaints at all with mine, and you still get all the same electronics and slipper clutch etc. Honestly it's madness to spend £16k on one when you can get a bike so similar for £11k. Also, if you did have a prang with that fancy paint job it's going to get at you... and very little chance of finding clean replacement fairings on ebay.

 

If I could I’d have two of the 959 Corse.

One to ride and one as an objet d’art in the house, I think it’s stunning.

 

if you buy new it’s worth the extra 2k in my opinion. I don’t like the paint in the corse. The fairing is ok but really don’t like the pattern on the tank

You can get a low milage 959 for 10k, spend a grand on a shock, £70 on a battery, £500 for a can, £500 track fairings and away you go.

The ohlins it comes with probably aren’t as good as the ohlins you buy off the shelf either.

 

Used 959 and use the change to make whatever changes you wanted such as cupholdera and reversing cameras.

 

The Ohlins it comes with are not the same spec as Ohlins bought separately. Save ya wedge, buy a used boggo model then spec it up

 

Mines got 1299 exhaust, oz wheels, ktech shock, rapidbike and filter, lithium battery, brake pads and a few carbon bits of bling and all for less than a corse and I would say it’s probably better.

 

I’ve just been through this. I had a deposit on a £16.5k Corse before they were announced, but have ended going the upgraded standard (new) 959. I’ll tell you my reasons and you can decide for yourself:

- I was able to get a new standard 959 for £12k, leaving me (because no discount was being offered on a Corse) with £4.5k to play with.
- the Akras pipes on the Corse are still not exactly sexy. For £500 I put a 1299 under belly on (actually, the £500 included the lower panels that I didn’t need).
- as I was going to put a set of track fairings on mine and putting the standard panels in storage, there was really no point in me having the paint job.
- I have added a ttx rear shock (which I had serviced and the spring changed) and added the Nix30 ohlins kit to the front forks, all for £2040.
- not that it matters, but I always put the Brembo SC pads in mine (about £60)
- I won’t buy a bike based on what tyres it comes with because they only last a couple of months anyway.
- the reason I went new (apart from it being close to second hand price) is because for a couple of hundred quid I also have a 4 year warranty, and having already owned a 959 and 1299, I know that is more than worth it.

So, I got what will perform as well as a Corse (with a better exhaust) for the RRP of the standard bike. A complete no brainer for me.

 

https://www.motorcyclenews.com/bike-reviews/ducati/959-panigale/2018/

https://www.motorcyclenews.com/news...cati-959-panigale-corse-special-edition-2018/

 

The assumption the better bike will make you be a better rider is one that often see's people spend more than they need too.

Be honest with yourself on the following things, how good are you on the track, are you buying it to have fun with on the track or to race, when you have had your fun what do you expect to do with it.

Personally I'd buy a standard one, get it set up (it's quite cheap honest) for the track and you personally, then spend the rest improving your craft by riding.

 

I'm considering a Corse. There are comments here saying that the Ohlins on the Corse aren't the same as those off the shelf. Speculation, or fact?

Also, I'd be swapping the ugly side-exhaust for the underbelly option. The side-exhaust config is 7kg heavier, with a different weight distribution - so I read the EU rear shock is 2mm longer to handle that. So, if I swapped the exhaust, I'd have the 'wrong' shock. 2mm doesn't sound like much, but then Ducati took the trouble to use a different length, so it must make some difference. Any thoughts on running the longer rear shock with a underbelly exhaust?

Cheers.

 

Everytime the Ohlins thing comes up, there are stallwarts that say it's Show-lins, and not real, ignore it. Definately the Ohlins on all the Triumphs and the 959 and some other Ducati's like the 1199s1299s are proper kit, not 'suzuki internals' or any of that crap.

However where it really adds to the experience is how adjustable it is from standard. I loved the Showa BPF forks on the 899, couldn't see an issue with them in terms of feel, having come straight from Ohlins on a 675R, the rear shock was pretty lousy though.

 

Ohlins build suspension for Ducati to a budget which is a common business practice. That budget will mean that some components are made from cheaper materials. That as far as I am aware is a fact.
A Ducati purchased in the UK will be to an homologated EU specification, that is required by EU legislation embodied in UK legislation. I am happy to check what is required to fit the under seat exhaust but it won’t be any different if fitted to a bike bought in Europe or require a different rear shock. Andy