Ducati = high maintenance - rumour or truth?

[idb]

Ask idb about Ducati 'character'......

I do all my own maintenance you know.

I have total faith that nothing can possibly go wring.

[Richard Mc F]

I do all my own maintenance you know.

I have total faith that nothing can possibly go wring.

Nice...... just blew red wine through my nose......40000 km, 20000 on my own engine rebuilding ( god loves an optomist) and counting

[Drew]

I do all my own maintenance you know.

I have total faith that nothing can possibly go wring.

I subscribe to the same theory. nothing can go wrong, there's nothing to stop it

[idb]

I got the 888 with 32,000 on it and I don't think it had ever been serviced.

I had a whole lot of little things go wrong with it but I've worked my way through them and now it's as reliable as.
I took all winter a couple of years ago to do the shims and belts but that was just because I wanted to take my time and make sure I had all the right gear, it isn't difficult.

I got the Darmah with a similar mileage and it has been almost totally reliable over 9 years, in fact I took it to Europe last year and clocked up about 7,500ks.
It had a couple of little issues but it is 30 years old and because I work on the bike myself I know it well and nothing was too daunting to fix.

The simple answer is that if you keep the maintenance up to a Ducati there is no reason why it shouldn't be as reliable as any other bike.

[jim.cox]

40000 km, 20000 on my own engine rebuilding ( god loves an optomist) and counting

So are you another victim of that dreaded bevel ducati premature botom-end roller bearing failure?

[idb]

So are you another victim of that dreaded bevel ducati premature botom-end roller bearing failure?

Not me...I've got well over 50,000ks on my bevel and the cases have never been split.

[desmo dave]

Not me...I've got well over 50,000ks on my bevel and the cases have never been split.

Without the cases being parted .Like any bike if you get a good1 keep it.

[Marmoot]

A damn good place! I commented on the pricetag, which was hanging from one of the bikes there, as it seemed too cheap. "I'm here to sell bikes, not have them sitting around" replied Kerry!

Yes, funny chap.
Absolutely love him on how he makes the deals.

[Marmoot]

P.S.

It's a bit hard to count how many 916/748 variants posting in this thread...can anyone help?