VOL. 50 ISSUE 42 OCTOBER 22, 2013
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2. A Sachs gas-charged shock soaks
up the bumps at the rear.
3. Unlike the 1199 Panigale, the 899
uses a double-sided swingarm.
The 899 is much
different from the
848 Evo.
R&D Director on the project. "It is
very complicated, the aluminum
casting, so we wanted to simplify
the construction of this motorcycle and we shifted to the steel
trellis. It is much more simple to
manufacture."
Plastic covers hide the less-expensive steel in an effort to make
it look like the more expensive
1199. At least from a distance.
The 899 Panigale also uses a
steel, 4.49-gallon fuel tank (.8mm
thick) – half a gallon bigger than
the plastic unit found on the 848
Evo. The steel unit also weighs
two pounds less than the Evo,
according to Ducati. So lighter
with more capacity. A win-win.
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Ducati also toned down the
suspension components on
the 899 compared to the 1199.
The new bike gets a fully adjustable 43mm Showa Big Piston
Fork (BPF) up front and a Sachs
monoshock, also fully adjustable, at the rear. Sachs also produces the non-adjustable steering damper that comes on the
899 Panigale.
The 899's 17-inch wheels will
come shod in Pirelli Rosa Corsa
tires.
Brakes on the 899 are Brembo: 320mm x 4.5mm front discs
that use Brembo's four-piston
Monobloc M4.32 calipers; and
a single 245mm rear disc that
