Ducati Sporting Club UK > Model Specific - Discussion, Technical Problems and Help > 998 / 996 / 916 / 748 > Differences - 998s bip & mono

[Chef]

Decided unlikely to find 998R at sensible price (most are 13k!!! - list retail is just over 12k!) so I'm going to get a 998s

Does any one know the difference between the mono & Bip

I think the mono has a light weight sub frame & a different spring in the shock & that's about it??

Thanks

[JPM]

Sounds about right, you could go for a Bayliss/Bostrom and get an Ohlins front end also...

[the phantom pieman]

As far as I know that is the sum total of the differences

Were the rep ones not also blessed with Ohlins forks?

ps note to self ... read post above ...

[Edited on 24-4-2005 by the phantom pieman]

[Chef]

Thanks for confirming what I guessed

Not keen on reps - like plain red or yellow - how exciting am I!!

[rcgbob44]

I can confirm the above comments but would suggest that you try and get a red one......................there faster.

If your interested there were only 27 998sMono`s inported to the UK and of those only 7 or 8 (can`t remember the exact number) were yellow so the yellow ones are a bit of a rare beasty!

[Chef]

Yeah fancy a red one had a yellow 748SPS for 4 years so I think I've done yellow!!

Only 20, that'll probably make it harder to find than an R!!

May have to settle for a bip with a seat conversion.....