Ducati = bs?

[kokis]

Is it just me or every ducati owner has problem with his bike?
As it seems in Tech forum even brand new bikes fail with something.

[oldndumb]

You are assuming that every Ducati owner has posted his experiences in this forum. What your assumption overlooks is that not every owner has taken the time to post their good experiences. While informative, it would be boring. It is reasonable to consider that when someone has a problem they post here for assistance/guidance/venting, and that is one of the forum benefits, but it should not betaken as indicative of every owner experience. To do so would be an unsubstantiated assumption.

In case this is your first bike forum experience, try logging onto other bike marque forums and you will see similar.

[Armor]

I have bought my Monster new in 2004 and 40,000+ miles later have had no problems with my Ducati.

[HotIce]

I have owned 14 Ducati over the last 20 years. On top of other bikes of popular brands.
The defect ratio was not a bit different from the others.
This is the same BS put around when a dork see a guy with an hot chick around, and he thinks she must be a b*tch and dumb, just to calm down his envy  

[77south]

I've had 15,000 miles on my two Ducs since 2007 and aside from the plastic tank swelling issue the bikes have been rock solid.  They've never left me stranded, never had to walk home or call a tow truck.  I take them in for regular maintenance and do what the mechanic recommends.

[duccarlos]

Don't feed the troll. 

[Blackout]

Mine's got just a tick short of 70K...but it's time for a new engine. Totally worth it. 

[the_Journeyman]

Mine is 13 and 39,000 with no real problems.

JM

[RBX QB]

24k... normal maintenance and wear & tear items only.

Well... except for a (well documented) replacement tank issue... but only 1.

[SpikeC]

 It helps to have a competent dealer to do setup and maintenance. An experienced Ducati tech for when there IS an issue is good as well.

[kokis]

Mine is 13 and 39,000 with no real problems.

JM

I am not troll. M696 my first bike.
Quoted post says no real problem. I had and have car, and bike just don't seems to be reliable transport. Always some problems and hassle.
I just don't see any special quality for it's price, only design .

[ungeheuer]

kokis,  has your bike ever had any attention from a Ducati mechanic?

I dont necessarily mean at an authorised Ducati dealership, but by a motorcycle tech with Ducati knowledge and experience?

Or even a long time Ducati enthusiast do-it-yourselfer?

[Howie]

My bike will soon be 13 years old (bought it new), has 68,000 mostly urban miles on it.  Never been stranded, no major engine repairs.  Runs great.  A gent named PhilB last I heard, about 2 years ago had 220k on his.  A buddy of mine turned 100k on his a year or two ago, still running.  Most folk don't post in tech asking what to do because the bike runs fine.

[thorn14]

Look back at the past few months of factory issued recalls. Problems that were present before a bike even left for dealership floors. You'll find every major manufacturer, and all the little ones present. From Harley to Zero to Suzuki, even Kawasaki Police Bikes!

Comparing a car to a motorcycle is apples to oranges.

[kokis]

ungeheuer
No. Ducati is not very popular in 3rd worlds.

howie
again

no major engine repairs

how many minor repairs you had to do?

Yes there are tonns of recalls by another companies.

May be Ducati has not more issues than japs, I don't know. But I do know that ducati is always 30% higher in price. Yes it has superior complectation (armored brake lines, brembo brakes etc). But still you have at least same amount of issues that other similar but cheaper bikes have.
So why pay more?



p.s. I don't try to turn you off by my topic. When I bought Ducati I bought it because I like design and I was ready to pay more for worry free bike. I bought it with 6k miles on it, almost new, right? and in first month weird things started to happen, for example bike just turned off on red light. It did not happened again but wtf was that?