2008 Ducati 1098R Review

[MuddyDuckati]

Well I don`t know, for my XXXr but I installed Brembo Racing Contol ,got rid of those cheesey stock Duc ones...Your 1098R comes with the Damn near Brembo racing ones so..well I`m sure Cycle cat would know.They seem to put some serious engineering into their products

[rherlaar]

looks like Cycle Cat is out of business actually (according to their former website that is ..)
I was actually considering a slightly higher and wider bar on my 1098R - but have it only 3 weeks so I may need to work out a bit to get by abdos in better shape to support the nose-down riding style
In all seriousness however, I looked at helibar (listed as supported for 1098 and 1098S *not* the "R" - but have an open query with the importer in the Netherlands currently) and also looking into the variobar from Gilles Tooling (German company) . Would be interested though if both are supported on the "R" version w/o too many mods or radical change in handling capabilities. My dealer says "nah" - but my body aches ...;-) as I'm not exactly 20 years old anymore...Superb bike otherwise ....

Cheers

Rik

[Rjenks]

SpeedyMoto makes an upper triple clamp that allowed me to raise the bars on my 1098s about 1/2 inch. Not wider though.

[billiamducati]

"my neck ans shoulder cramp after 3 hours of riding. Any hints, here?"

You were able to ride a sportbike for that long!?

[st2lemans]

Originally Posted by billiamducati

"my neck ans shoulder cramp after 3 hours of riding. Any hints, here?"

You were able to ride a sportbike for that long!?

I consider a ride less than 5 hours to be short. I have often done over ten, on each of my bikes. My 999R is the least tiring.

Tom

[martinc]

Ride more!

Those symptoms are usually (for me) the result of 5 long winter months.

Takes a few rides to strenghten the neck muscles back to bike duty.