Ducati Monsters? Owners who can tell me the truth

[miloking]

Can you supply proof of this or is is opinion? It could turn out to be a very expensive opinion.

If in doubt confirm this with Motor Vehicle Disputes Tribunal ...they will know all about it.

Or even better discuss with dealer where you purchased the bike (or even before buying it!) because not all of them are trying to rob you on servicing and might be more than reasonable about DIY servicing...

[pritch]

The oft repeated mantra when buying a used Ducati is to make sure it has a full service history. So I get the dealer to do the scheduled services. The last one (10,000K) was in the region of $500.00 from memory.

I may, however, do the recommended extra 5,000k oil & filter change myself.

[dipshit]

The oft repeated mantra when buying a used Ducati is to make sure it has a full service history.

And yet the other often repeated mantra is "they are not expensive to run if you do the maintenance yourself"

Quite a conundrum.

I may, however, do the recommended extra 5,000k oil & filter change myself.

I could never understand bike manufacturers recommending 10,000k service intervals just so they could bragg of long service intervals.

[miloking]

And yet the other often repeated mantra is "they are not expensive to run if you do the maintenance yourself"

Quite a conundrum.




I could never understand bike manufacturers recommending 10,000k service intervals just so they could bragg of long service intervals.

How much does the bike realy depreciate if you service it yourself 15-20% value max vs. service history bike? (on a bike that you end up selling for 10,000 or even less)
And if you keep receipts for all the parts and oil it might be not even that much...as most people will prefer DIY servicing done often in comparison to dealer servicing with "few" services skipped or stretched to 10,000km between services...
Also how much more do you end up paying over the years of usage for salaries of ducati mechanics?
I reckon DIY is always the way...

Also 10,000k interval is crazy if you realy like the bike...some people recommend oil change after every track day or race meeting how is that vs 10k service interval.

[jim.cox]

Quite a conundrum.

Not if you ride a BevelHead

The dealers dont want to look at them

And you dont want hamfisted aopprentices screwing with the machinery