PANIGALE FUELLED BY PASSION... AND CASH.
Fuelled by passion (and a shed load of cash), Dan Blake has built the ultimate 899 Panigale.
S fortune of oitall started when Ihad the good Fast Bikes winning the Du ca ti competition with for awhile and had the pleasure of riding an 899 months of riding as alongtermer.This meantthatafter put my the babyPanigale Ifellinlove instantlyand Myaimwas to make ZX-10R up for sale straight away! an 899Superleggera the lightest 899 Icould, almost like so beforethe 899 replica. I’veneverleft abikestandard and exhaustsat in my arrivedIalready hadthe wheels alightened generator office.Nextwas the rear shock and forksand slipper clutch. kit, closely followedbythe front control with boxes It then all started to spiral out of theparts.The brakes piling up quickerthan Icould fit poweras wherechanged as Iwantedthe samestopping same its big brothers but the ABS meant I couldn’ t fit the strip the bikeand have calipers. Lastwinter Idecided to Superleggera themeI it painted, andasIwas using the Iwanted it to be a wanted to use that paintschemebut yousee nowand I’m bit different so Icameupwith what turned out.While it was really pleased withthe way it has ones and in pieces,Ireplacedall the boltswithtitanium bits withcarbonfibre replaced allthe ugly blackplastic rear sub-frames replacements.Also, Ifitted the frontand with magnesium and alloyreplacements. the wheels is theBike Probably my favouritemod after which is amazing– Sport Developments autoblipper bonus of replacing the especiallyonthe trackand has the could be abit hitor standard Ducati quick shifter which map andcarbon tank miss. So what’snext? Well,acustom areonthe list as is aPierobon swingarmhopefully…