Ducati Sporting Club UK > Model Specific - Discussion, Technical Problems and Help > Supersports: SS / SuperSport / Supersport 950 > Front Fork Replacement/Upgrade

[frazelli]

Dear All,

I am thinking of changing the forks on my 900ssie (1998) and wondered how interchangeable Ducati forks are i.e. will a pair of forks from a 748/916 etc fit straight in or would I have to make any modifications?

Caliper bolts spacing is 65mm.

Regards Frazelli

[Iconic944ss]

I've known it done on earlier SS's - Darren (Fiscusfish) has done it on one of his - 50mm fork fitment springs to mind.
A bit more involved than a simple swap but I gather decent mech skills are all thats needed. I think your might be easier as I guess a '98 model will have the larger diameter hollow wheel axle already?

Having said all that - if you are after some specific result - why not have your forks rebuilt, Maxton, K-Tech and mctechnics all seem to be decent workshops - amongst others.

Good luck - Frank

[Jools]

I think my response would be why? Are they damaged? Cosmetically tatty? or don't they work properly?

Either way I think I would just be inclined to get them "upgraded" by means of a service and set up by a competent suspension tech rather than faff about changing them

[Zimbo16]

Agreed, get your current forks fettled, it'll be cheaper and they'll be better. Properly sprung and damped Showas are as good as anything else you can put on that costs unser a grand.

[frazelli]

Thanks for the advice chaps I think the best bet is to get my existing forks sorted, I'll contact K-Tech.

Regards Frazelli

[shmoki]

Super bike forks are 53mm top and bottom triple clamps, whereas all post 91 SS, 851, 888, most Monsters and probably ST's have a 54mm bottom bracket and a 50mm top bracket. Offset on the triple clamps is also different, that said Cyclecat do a top triple clamp and shim to fit Superbike forks using your existing bottom bracket -> http://www.cyclecat.com/tc1-1.htm. The superbike forks are better in general to the SS forks, but will be sprung differently due to the different steering head angle and weight increase of the water cooled bikes. So probably better off just getting your standard items tuned to you and your bike... That said I like to do things differently so I am putting a set of GD021 Showa's on my latest project. Same forks that came on the 888 SP5 and 900SS FE, they look the same as the GD011's but have a two tone stanchion and a gold, instead of silver, lower leg.