Maint popped out

[The Bearded Duc]

yea i can do some of the stuff myself except the valves or belts.. i asked some shops and they told me that they dont have the proper tools to open a ducati engine...
and i know that there is a special key to open the heads...
another questions.. if i do this major service now that i have 7k miles.. do i have to repeat the exact one at 12-13k?

If you do all of that now you shouldn't have to repeat the process for the 12k. Belts are good for somewhere around 12k, unless it sits for a long time. Should be fine on the brake pads if they need replacing now. Oil/filter every 2-3k. Plugs should be fine unless you're running either rich or lean, which should be fine when the throttle bodies are tuned.

Another thing that may need to be done is changing the fuel and air filter, completely DIY.

And there is no reason to open the engine. There are inspection covers that are removed to do the valves, no special tool needed to do that.

[nomadwarmachine]

The shop that told you they didn't have the "special tools" was either blowing you off or did not know what they are talking about.  A 5mm Allen key will take off the inspection covers to check your valves.  That's it.  At any rate, I would not take your bike there. 

I would not ride on to 12K miles with 8-year old belts.  They cost $80 to replace, and can be replaced in 25 minutes by somebody who knows what s/he is doing.

[DrDesmo]

The shop that told you they didn't have the "special tools" was either blowing you off or did not know what they are talking about.  A 5mm Allen key will take off the inspection covers to check your valves.  That's it.  At any rate, I would not take your bike there. 

I would not ride on to 12K miles with 8-year old belts.  They cost $80 to replace, and can be replaced in 25 minutes by somebody who knows what s/he is doing.

... And in about 45 if you don't.  Check out ducatisuite.com

[He Man]

I used Rockewell cycles at Fort Montgomery a couple of times when I lived up that way and they were nothing but good to me, I live in the UK now.
They identified that the ripples in my tank were a no no and called up Ducati NA while I was standing there and installed a new tank for me, under warranty, within the week. 
That was 3 years ago though, I'm not sure if anything has changed since then.
Not to mention there are some really nice places to ride up there

thats funny. i dont have good luck with them even though everyone says they are top notch. its been over 3 months with no word on the tank.

[Aus_X]

Yeah, things may have changed since I used to go there and maybe the Ducati NA rep is different.