Difference btw 05 07 09 Superdukes

Davey Sprocket

Davey Sprocket

Hi Guys

Anyone know what he technical differences are betwwen these bikes are? IE. What was upgraded? Also starting to think my 07 Superduke is a 05 model in disguise....
samba

samba

post a picture of your bike and we can tell you what model year it falls into, no problem.There are a good few discriminating factors between 05-06 and 07-onwards. 2010 I believe they made some very small changes, but i'm damned if I can remember and I'm pretty sure they were internal - so you'd never spot it by looking alone.


as I'm flying to Brazil in a few hours, I probably won't see if you do post up a pic, so very quickly, the differences I'd be looking for to see if your bike was 05-06 or 07-on;

Headlight mask - easy one, that.
Speedo - again, very easy - 05-06 is the two piece orange backed affair, analogue tacho, wheras 07-on is an all-digital one piece

^^^ the above are often changed, so can fool people...

Radial brakes on the 07-on
Bigger tank and slightly different tank spoilers on 07-on
Different "super duke" font on tank spoilers

^^^ not many people change this so this is the first thing I'd look for

Black swingarm on mid/late 08-onwards

and, umm, those are the biggies.

I'm talking standard SD here, not SDR by the way
smoky

smoky

also, 05-06 comes with 17T front sprocket - 07-on with 16T (almost everyone swaps those to 16 though)
05-06 comes with metal heel guards, 07-on with cheep plastic ones...
Davey Sprocket

Davey Sprocket

THANKS A MILL GUYS.. Looks like i have nothing to worry about, seems I have an 07 model. Been riding superbike for years so this is all new to me.. Pretty fun learning is all!! Will post a pic as soon as i fugure out how too.