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how does the streetfighter compare to the 1098 and other sport bikes?
- Thread starter KyleC767
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You have two or three problems and a few advantages:
Cons
1) wheel base is 58.1 inches so your not going to turn with as low of effort as them...period
2) You have fairly relaxed ergos and longer trail which is great for stability but bad for turning quickly
Pros
1) you have what was GP technology brakes less than 5 years ago
2) you can crush them with torque, go with the 14T up front and really pull them coming out of corners. What they have in flickability, you can make up with corner exit.
Your problems are simple: 14T front sprocket, Ohlins adjustable damper, setup the chassis to work better, lighter wheels. The only expensive piece for you is going to be the wheels. There is a lot of chassis setup and you are nearly like a 1098 so read those thread. Rumored to have .5" longer swingarm and 32mm offset triples which many of us 1098/1198/848 guys would love so we didn't have to buy the 30mm triples. My buddy have a SF and he said the stock damper is a POS and he has the S model.
Cons
1) wheel base is 58.1 inches so your not going to turn with as low of effort as them...period
2) You have fairly relaxed ergos and longer trail which is great for stability but bad for turning quickly
Pros
1) you have what was GP technology brakes less than 5 years ago
2) you can crush them with torque, go with the 14T up front and really pull them coming out of corners. What they have in flickability, you can make up with corner exit.
Your problems are simple: 14T front sprocket, Ohlins adjustable damper, setup the chassis to work better, lighter wheels. The only expensive piece for you is going to be the wheels. There is a lot of chassis setup and you are nearly like a 1098 so read those thread. Rumored to have .5" longer swingarm and 32mm offset triples which many of us 1098/1198/848 guys would love so we didn't have to buy the 30mm triples. My buddy have a SF and he said the stock damper is a POS and he has the S model.
One of the reasons Ducati went for a longer wheelbase and more relaxed rake is quite simply because there is so much damn leverage from those wide bars!!.....when I purchased the SF I expected a lazier machine in cornering; Truth is with a bit of pushing (counter-steering) on that wide bar and the SF tips into corners as quick as many Sportbikes (in fact many journalists have commented on how well this thing steers).
I'm not sure if it's a US thing, or perhaps a city-riding bias, but the 14T sprocket is well-liked over there. The opposite is true here with most of us who swapped to the 14T, have gone back to the 15T. The issue with the smaller sprocket is that it becomes a nuisance at higher speeds, freeway travel and annoying on trackdays (I just kept banging into the rev limiter with regular monotony).
The SF has miles of torque so doesn't really need lower gearing to be quick. The 14T does make low-speed work / traffic riding a little easier, but that's about it....
jdw
I'm not sure if it's a US thing, or perhaps a city-riding bias, but the 14T sprocket is well-liked over there. The opposite is true here with most of us who swapped to the 14T, have gone back to the 15T. The issue with the smaller sprocket is that it becomes a nuisance at higher speeds, freeway travel and annoying on trackdays (I just kept banging into the rev limiter with regular monotony).
The SF has miles of torque so doesn't really need lower gearing to be quick. The 14T does make low-speed work / traffic riding a little easier, but that's about it....
jdw