Ducati North America Cashgrab - Recall Clearance Letter

[DuciD03]

... There may be a "recall" issue with your bike, so there being carefull....

... but if not WOW ....

I imported a bike and asked Ducati NA directly for a letter which they courteously and promply sent the original.

Has anything changed since then?

[ducatiz]

DNA has been very unsupportive of owners in situations like this.

It used to be that importing a bike from Italy was easy -- you just buy the bike and Ducati Bologna would issue a conformance letter to be used for the RI.  The conformance letter was a list of items on the bike that needed to be changed or added (such as VIN stickers or reflectors).

Until about 5 years ago, it was easy to get these letters -- I have a copy of one for a bike I imported which came directly from Italy.   I inquired last year and was told to contact DNA -- who then basically told me to go screw myself.

I contacted the guy who wrote the letter from long ago and he told me that DNA did not want Ducati helping individuals import bikes since it undercut their sales.  Period.  He could not help me anymore.

Adds insult to injury since Ducati doesn't sell all their bikes in the US market (M400 for instance)