[Leeland]

Good morning gents and ladies. I need a little help. My little mistress is badly undersprung and I need to change it. Where would you do you sugest I find a set? what should I expectet to pay for them? I can do the fronts, no big deal there, but I will need to rent a compressor or pay to have someone do the rear. Any thoughts?

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[damossguy]

Good morning gents and ladies. I need a little help. My little mistress is badly undersprung and I need to change it. Where would you do you sugest I find a set? what should I expectet to pay for them? I can do the fronts, no big deal there, but I will need to rent a compressor or pay to have someone do the rear. Any thoughts?

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There are many previous threads on the subject if you do a search on this forum for for Rick from Cogent Dynamics. Rick and his wife Joyce are experts on SS suspension parts and setup.

 

[standswithabeer]

front

i called racetech, they recommended a pair of .80 springs and shipped them pronto, $124 shipped. changed them out with the forks still in the bike. a very nice change. i matched front/rear rider sag using the stock spring. am 155lbs / moderately aggressive street riding only, no track.

 

[Joe-B]

I find Racetech's recommendations to be on the soft side.

 

[curveman99]

Just did mine with RT .90/165 lb rider, and New Ohlins for the rear.

BIG Diff!!!

$880 rear installed/ 10mm sag
$425 Fronts installed with Gold Valves/.90 springs.

 

[standswithabeer]

soft?

racetech's spring rate calculator uses ducati's spec of 409lbs, while period tests show the weight of a fueled 900ss at 440lbs. so yeah, i took that into account when i ordered springs.

 

[Leeland]

racetech's spring rate calculator uses ducati's spec of 409lbs, while period tests show the weight of a fueled 900ss at 440lbs. so yeah, i took that into account when i ordered springs.

I set mine on the scale and with the fuel light on and got 421. There seemed to be a large descrepancy in the weights for this machine. Question, as I am new Ducati, do marchizini wheels come stock on the 900? (hope I spelled that correctly ) If not, could that be the differance?

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