One of the items on my "To Do" list for my 1996 900SS this winter is to upgrade the performance of the front suspension. The bike currently handles pretty well on the smooth stuff, but as soon as I hit bumpy roads the front end gets skittish, and seems to move around quite a bit.

I plan to remove the forks and bring them into one of my local Ducati Shops (either Nault's in Manchester, or maybe BCM in Laconia).

However, before I just blindly turn over the forks and my checkbook I was hoping to get advice from this board on the best bang-for-the-buck mods. I realize that changing the fork oil is a definite, and I've also heard something about replacing the fork cartridges(?) with aftermarket units. I would guess that the fork springs could also be replaced, but the currrent ones seem to give the right amount of sag with my 180 lbs on board.

Any thoughts? What has worked for you on your 900SS?

Thanks!

Don Hadden
Manchester, New Hampshire