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I know that some of you have more than one or two horses in their stable.
I love my 1299 but... on some small courses this beast is absolutely overkill - at least for me. A young buddy who had a Kawi ZX-6R 636 MY 2013 in very good condition with Ohlins TTX, steering damper, Akrapovic Racing Line, race fairings and much more in his mind (but no money this year) asked me to help. And that was the deal: I buy the bike (very good price) and drive it as second track racer this season till he has the money (or I brake the little frog).
I compared both yesterday on my "hometrack" Anneau du Rhin. The comparison is not really fair cause the bike is not yet set to my weight (spring rate front and rear for somebody with 10 or 15 kg more on his hips), but nevertheless interesting. The little frog is of course less stress to ride, also very fast, flat torque curve, very high rev (16000rpm) and only 177kg (my Pani is still ready to switch for street use...). A lot of fun (I was suprised ;-)). After some turns the Duc feels like a brutal monster, much more emotional and with a fantastic chassis out of the box! I'm sure you have to invest some thousand bucks to get on the Kawi what you have standard on the Panigale in the S-Version. Ok, serious racers spend thousands in every bike, but I never had a bike fitting as well as the Pani out of the box (including the sitting position). I had Galfer racing brake pads on the Kawi, Nissin monoblocs, but the brakes of the Pani with EBC GPFAX are by far better, performance and feel. I will spend some time with the frog, change spring rates and set the chassis for my riding style to make a new comparision. BTW: The laptimes on this 3700 metres track were not as different as I thought.
Some action pics will follow.
I love my 1299 but... on some small courses this beast is absolutely overkill - at least for me. A young buddy who had a Kawi ZX-6R 636 MY 2013 in very good condition with Ohlins TTX, steering damper, Akrapovic Racing Line, race fairings and much more in his mind (but no money this year) asked me to help. And that was the deal: I buy the bike (very good price) and drive it as second track racer this season till he has the money (or I brake the little frog).
I compared both yesterday on my "hometrack" Anneau du Rhin. The comparison is not really fair cause the bike is not yet set to my weight (spring rate front and rear for somebody with 10 or 15 kg more on his hips), but nevertheless interesting. The little frog is of course less stress to ride, also very fast, flat torque curve, very high rev (16000rpm) and only 177kg (my Pani is still ready to switch for street use...). A lot of fun (I was suprised ;-)). After some turns the Duc feels like a brutal monster, much more emotional and with a fantastic chassis out of the box! I'm sure you have to invest some thousand bucks to get on the Kawi what you have standard on the Panigale in the S-Version. Ok, serious racers spend thousands in every bike, but I never had a bike fitting as well as the Pani out of the box (including the sitting position). I had Galfer racing brake pads on the Kawi, Nissin monoblocs, but the brakes of the Pani with EBC GPFAX are by far better, performance and feel. I will spend some time with the frog, change spring rates and set the chassis for my riding style to make a new comparision. BTW: The laptimes on this 3700 metres track were not as different as I thought.
Some action pics will follow.
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