I had the same problem last year with front end judder. JHP replaced both the front discs and pads, cleaned and grease the calipers and pistons. The judder went away for a short time, but then returned. So back to square one. A friend suggested that the suspension preload could be out and the judder is caused by the suspension bottoming out. Not had any clonks from the forks, so don't know if that will work. Got some revised suspension settings from Sport Rider (
http://www.sportrider.com/bikes/146_...ttings/#ducati) and the 996 instructions from PB, so will check against the factory settings to see if they are out at all and what the differences are with the new settings when the weather gets better. All that I know is it probadly looks like it is not the discs/pads/calipers that are to blame as I have only done around 250 miles since the replacements where fitted due to a knee op. JHP also checked the head bearings and fork alignment/tightness and they were correct. This is starting to really puzzle me now as what it can be apart from a suspension setup issue. Any ideas? Paul.