12/8/2023 0 Comments Ducati 900 supersport![]() All info tid-bits are "as far as I know". Over the years, I've noticed some subtle improvements to the Ducati 900 Supersport model line. ![]() This customer's 900CR was ridden heavily on Palomar Mountain and the owner hated how it pogoed when braking for the turns. Why was I putting heavier rate springs in a 1996 and newer CR? It is the exact mod that a popular bike magazine did to try to stop it from bottoming easily. Unless you're Ricky Racer and really haul butt in the canyons, etc, you'll be OK. Do the R-T springs and oil and live with it. if you read this after you purchased your CR, don't worry. Eerily enough, imprinted on the forks which I installed heavier rate springs were the words "750SS" on one and "600SS" on the other - on the same motorcycle! You can change the oil seals, but you cannot remove the cartridge to properly clean it or to revalve it. You can't clean out the valving internals in them the way you can every other motorcycle on earth. You can't put RACE TECH gold valves in them to fix their feeble damping. Friends don't let friends buy 1996 and newer CRs. Notice that I went through some great lengths to point out the non-rebuildable forks on the 1996 and newer CRs. Marzocchi, non-adjustable, Non rebuildable
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