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	"Place your bike in pole position" RAM Italia SPECIAL COMPONENTS
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MONOBRACCIO in magnesio per DUCATI 1098, clicca per una immagine ingrandita

Special RAM Components for
DUCATI 1198, 1098 & 848

Cerchio BST Mamba, Clicca per una immagine ingrandita

New Single Sided Swing Arm and
new Transmission Eccentric,
in Magnesium,

and the new

wheels of Mamba design
in Carbon Fiber Composite

Allow me to introduce, my name is Dino Cappa,
a lifetime automotive project engineer and, since 1996, technical responsible for RAM products.

I wish showing you a new way to improve the performance of your DUCATI 1198, 1098 or 848, that for competition or road use, by installing a RAM magnesium Single Sided Swingarm kit and/or a pair of BST Mamba carbon fiber wheels.
You will also be able to read below independently made laboratory test results from DUCATI R&D, showing dramatic increases of the RAM Italia magnesium SSSarm suspension rigidity and strength in:

torsion, by +27%
flexo-torsion, by +45%
flexion, by +130%

You may also read data from tests carried out over roads and on circuits by famous motorcycle test reporters, like Claudio Corsetti of MOTO SPRINT, Franco Rossi and Alessandro Bettini of IN MOTO and Lorenzo Miniati of MONDO DUCATI.

Test article - RAM/DUCATI 1098 S WSTK by	Test article - RAM/DUCATI 1098 S WSTK by
Added English Translation

If you are interested in these products please offer me some minutes of your time for deepening the reasons why installing on your
DUCATI 1198, 1098 or 848
a RAM SSSarm magnesium kit and a pair BST wheels, singly or together, you are to benefit substantial advantages in terms of

"PERFORMANCE & SECURITY"

"RAM Magnesium Single Sided Swingarm Suspension kit"

Project Targets

The project for designing a new, original SSSarm for the DUCATI 1098 begun early 2007.
The target was manufacturing a magnesium suspension unit to be:

stronger in terms of torsion resistance by about 15%,
stronger in terms of torsio-flexural resistance by about 15%,

follow this link to see some laboratory test results,

lighter, as compared to the stock aluminum suspension by at least 15%, an unsprung weight saving which, in terms of bike dynamic performance, corresponds to a potential of

bike weight saving of about 7.2 Kg

longer in radius by 15 mm, which is the same lengthening later chosen by the maker for their WSBK
with an enlarged chain tunnel so that to increase the number of ratios,
capable to install either 6.00x17" or 6.25x16.5" wheel rims.

The SSSarm can be purchased alone, as a drop fit unit or as a kit, comprehensive of the "RAM Magnesium Eccentric Housing"

The RAM magnesium transmission eccentric housing can be purchased complete or naked, the latter using the stock aluminum housing inner components.
The eccentric is [IMAGE LINK] stiffer then the stock aluminum unit and enables an unsprung weight saving of 30% which, alone, in terms of bike dynamic performance corresponds to an extra bike weight saving of about 1.5 Kg making the

total dynamic potential of bike weight saving of 8.7 Kg.

Independent Test Results

RAM Italia was offered the opportunity to have its newest 1098 magnesium SSSarm tested at length by the Constructor R&D Laboratories.
For confidentiality reasons what follows is the translation of part of the test conclusions:

The RAM Italia magnesium Single Sided Swingarm, in spite of a weight reduction of 0.9 Kg (-16%) and a nominal length increase of 15 mm is much more rigid as compared to the stock aluminum suspension.

The torsion behavior shows a +27% rigidity and is completely symmetrical.

The flexo-torsion behavior shows a +45% rigidity.

The flexion reaction of the magnesium suspension is asymmetrical, the unit being more yelding to loads applied from the frame left. Though, even in such case, the rigidity is almost double of the stock aluminum suspension.
All considered, the average increment in flexion rigidity is about 130%.

"SPECIALIZED PRESS TEST RIDERS OPINIONS"

Following road and circuit appraisals, press testers concluded that the correct blend of project characteristics renders handling performance of a bike installed with the RAM Italia magnesium sssarm is in all ways superior to that of a stock bike, expressing comments and opinions such as:

Opinions for the Magnesium SSSarm

*	"The installation of the sole RAM Italia magnesium sssarm produces a very substantial and immediately perceptible difference in 1098 performance"
*	"The bike handling improves without loosing any of its directional rigor"
*	"For the keen rider willing to enrich and improve an exclusive bile to start with, like the DUCATI 1098, the handling advantage is proving decisive "
*	"Often the differences between standard and special components are so small to demand from the tester special attention to individuate differences worth consideration. To the contrary, riding the RAM 1098 only a single circuit lap is sufficient to evidence the difference in handling induced by the sssarm alone"
*	The RAM magnesium sssarm provides substantial performance differences which practically allow a safer, more exacting bike control in entering and riding through corners"
Opinions for the BST Mamba wheels:
*	The test practice promotes full marks the BST carbon wheels solution for offering massive advantage in terms of inertia, which means vastly improved handling, accelerating and braking in all circumstances"
*	"The bike is granted an incredible agility, entering and riding through corners come up with an impressive nonchalance... even stopping distance and accelerating follow improved paces"
*	"Apart of handling, other performance aspects are also conspicuously enhanced, such as acceleration and braking"
*	"For the keen rider these are great advantages, much superior to any other solutions in terms of riding enjoyment"

I hope I answered most of your curiosities and perhaps tempted you to visit the DUCATI 1098 range products page where you will find pictures and prices of products available.
Next you may, without obligations, add to the cart or remove any products of your choice, then decide to ask RAM Italia for a quote or perhaps procede with a purchase.

Thanking for your interest I salute with a head light blink.

Sincerely,