Ducati owners speak up

[LowRyter]

 

[Testarossa]

Re: cleaning the chain. Remember that paraffin in English-speaking countries = kerosene in North America.

[jazzamoto]

I've been looking at later Model Ducati's for sale. The various Monsters are interesting, bigger bore models at reasonable prices. It seems they are all fuel injected? In all seriousness are the electrics reliable and are parts like ECM's and injectors available for less than silly money ? I don't want to buy a 4 grand bike and have it sit because of an expensive hard to find part... Thanks

Recently sold my 2006 Multistrada DS1000S. Lovely bike but be aware that most of the Ducatis using the DS1000 engine needed to have valve guides replaced early on - about $2500 if the dealer does it. Also the plastic fuel tanks will be seriously distorted by ethanol and a new tank is about $2400. Ducati no longer warrantees the tanks on older bikes.

[Kev m]

Recently sold my 2006 Multistrada DS1000S. Lovely bike but be aware that most of the Ducatis using the DS1000 engine needed to have valve guides replaced early on - about $2500 if the dealer does it. Also the plastic fuel tanks will be seriously distorted by ethanol and a new tank is about $2400. Ducati no longer warrantees the tanks on older bikes.

Since we haven't had a problem with ours I've not paid close attention to the terms, but wasn't there a significant increase in warranty coverage from the settlement of the class action suit.

[jazzamoto]

Since we haven't had a problem with ours I've not paid close attention to the terms, but wasn't there a significant increase in warranty coverage from the settlement of the class action suit.

My 2006 Multistrada was covered under California's 5 year 50K miles emission controls warranty. I may be wrong but I think the class action extended warranty coverage may be expired. Here's the critical link if you're interested:

http://www.girardgibbs.com/ducati/

[segesta]

Just to pile on, my 2013 Monster 796 has been flawless. It's just buzzy in the handlebars, and I'm one of those guys that gets numb hands no matter what. Valve adjustments are expensive, and replacing the battery means disassembling the bike (I exaggerate but only slightly), but I strongly recommend it.

[leroysch]

I'm not having problems finding parts keeping my '95 916 on the road. Heck, they're still selling bling for it. Likely going to have more trouble with the Buell 1125R, which has also been more trouble prone than the Duck.

[Arizona Wayne]

Re: cleaning the chain. Remember that paraffin in English-speaking countries = kerosene in North America.



Say what??    Paraffin means wax.  Is that like aluminum(us) vs. aluminium(them)?

[Old Jock]

Apologies

Testarossa I had to laugh at English speaking countries Vs America too funny

Yes my bad, Kerosene to the US community

Just to complicate it Kerosene over here is usually more associated with Petrol or Gasoline in the President's English

Yet another thread Derailed........... .....apologies

John

[Rough Edge racing]

Recently sold my 2006 Multistrada DS1000S. Lovely bike but be aware that most of the Ducatis using the DS1000 engine needed to have valve guides replaced early on - about $2500 if the dealer does it. Also the plastic fuel tanks will be seriously distorted by ethanol and a new tank is about $2400. Ducati no longer warrantees the tanks on older bikes.

 Dealer ? No way...    What years and models have the distorted fuel tanks?  By distortion you mean you can see it, or more like hidden damage ? 

[Kev m]

My 2006 Multistrada was covered under California's 5 year 50K miles emission controls warranty. I may be wrong but I think the class action extended warranty coverage may be expired. Here's the critical link if you're interested:

http://www.girardgibbs.com/ducati/

Ah, there you go... ours is a 2011 so we've still got 2 years to go...

Dealer ? No way...    What years and models have the distorted fuel tanks?  By distortion you mean you can see it, or more like hidden damage ?

Off the top of my head all the Sports Classics and all the Monsters from something like 2006 or 2007 until the end of production for the air cooled ones. Not sure about the new water-cooled ones.

There were a couple of other models included too.

One thing though, the later air-cooled monsters use a tank which is mounted UNDER a tank cover - that cover allows for a certain amount of expansion/contortion without much trouble. Certainly they don't have nearly the potential distortion/mounting/leaking problems of the Sport Classics which don't use a cover.

[TodkaVonic]

The tank distortion issue is/was related to the use of ethanol in gasoline. There's tons of info on this at Ducati.ms

Apart from replacing the tank with an aluminum aftermarket version (and there are several), one can solve the problem by avoiding ethanol-mixed gasoline. It's hardly ever an issue where I live and ride but I can see how this could be rather inconvenient for certain Midwestern riders.

[Kev m]

The tank distortion issue is/was related to the use of ethanol in gasoline. There's tons of info on this at Ducati.ms

Apart from replacing the tank with an aluminum aftermarket version (and there are several), one can solve the problem by avoiding ethanol-mixed gasoline. It's hardly ever an issue where I live and ride but I can see how this could be rather inconvenient for certain Midwestern riders.

It is literally impossible in many northeastern states.

[tool flinger]

On reliability, here's a guy who just passed 250k miles on his '93 Monster.  Keep up with the maintenance and they will last a long time.

http://www.nestreetriders.com/forum/f4/moon-alice-ah-lee-chay-87778.html

[jazzamoto]

Dealer ? No way...    What years and models have the distorted fuel tanks?  By distortion you mean you can see it, or more like hidden damage ?

Pretty much all the classic air cooled Multistradas are affected and some other Ducati models as well. By "distortion" I mean the tank no longer fits the frame. You can muscle it off but never get it back on. Bear in mind that the tank is almost the entire upper half of the bike. It goes from the triple clamp all the way back to, and including, the seat. I had a double coating of Caswell's put in my new tank and that seemed to work.
Anyway, no longer my concern 

[Petrus Rocks]

So our conversation started/encouraged something...
Any updates?