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PANIGALE FUELLED BY PASSION... AND CASH.

Fuelled by passion (and a shed load of cash), Dan Blake has built the ultimate 899 Panigale.

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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…

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