Which Ducatis are made in China ? At my last factory tour, they still pride themselves on how many of the components are made locally.
AFAIK, no Ducatis are made in China - someone seems incapable of distinguishing China from Thailand, where they are made (and not just for Asian markets)
Apparently in 2015 KTM made 115,419 bikes in Austria. The rest (another 40,000) were made in India. This shows KTM being about twice the size of Ducati.
Just popped over to Ducati Aylesbury - nice to see that they are showing just how bad the corrosion can be on the chain and fasteners on their Multistrada 1200S demonstrator. The outside plates of the chain are red with rust and the cush drive nuts/rear wheel spindle/rear wheel nuts are very corroded. Not nice to see on any bike but on a demonstrator it's unforgivable.
A very high proportion of the components assembled are made with 100km of the Factory, which they like to promote when doing a factory tour.
Sounds about right judging by my MTS, which has a pre silencer so corroded after 1000 miles that it jammed the exhaust valve and whole unit had to be replaced. And I wash it all the time and keep it in a garage.
So what proportion of the assembled parts which are manufactured (locally) are manufactured by Ducati ?
I don't recollect if they mentioned that but of those components out sourced, they do try and source them from within 100km of the factory.
I already mentioned this. Ducati manufacture the crankshafts and camshafts themselves, but nothing else. Every other part is bought in from suppliers and contractors, mostly in Northern Italy.
So, the only parts of a Ducati that can justifiably be claimed to be "DUCATI" is the crankshaft and the camshafts then. I rest my case
That's normal. No manufacturer makes all the bits themselves. Ducati's skill is designing and building bikes, they buy components from those who have the expertise in those, such as press work, plastics, electronics, brake calipers, discs, wiring, tyres, castings etc.
When I bought my Multi (2013 GT) I test rode all the others in the comparable market as I was moving from an 03 GS1150 and had a budget I couldn't go over. The XR was good fun but out of my price. The GS LC was also enjoyable and felt like a much faster version with the same handling I was getting rid of. I managed to find a 0 miles pre reg one just on budget including the luggage I would need but the dealer didn't fill me with confidence when I asked about warranty issues for engine corrosion I had read lots of complaints about. The Honda was just bland, and I didn't bother with the Vstrom, KTM didn't have a demo for the 1190 Adventure R available for another 2 months unless I travelled a fair bit. The Multistrada test was initially on a whim but I knew the dealers well from my Kawasaki ownership and they were always very good with me. I loved the bike when I rode it back to back with the GS LC and a second test with the missus pillion had her tapping my shoulder after 5 minutes saying "this one wins hands down" as it felt so smooth in comparison I have had a few niggles which have all been sorted by the dealers without any hassle or qualms at all as the bike, although already 2 years old, was sold with an aftermarket 12 month warranty (in tomorrow to have the rear wheel speed sensor changed for a DSS error) that has been used a few times. Niggles aside, I absolutely love the bike and I intend to keep it to my normal mileage on bikes (50,000 in 4 years ish) as it still delivers me where I want to be comfortably and when I am in the mood to play it makes me grin at how fast and smooth it takes off and keeps going with 3 figure speed sweepers and bends feeling planted I had never even ridden a Ducati before of any sort but its been an eye opener
In answer to the original question Yes yes yes yes yes yes..... My 5th Multi (1st 1200-m/y2010) will be delivered tomorrow. Yes you have to pamper them a little, just like a fine lady they like to be shown some tlc! But boy are the rewards worth it:hearteyes:
Another big YES here as well, when I picked up my DVT the hands free unit went wrong before I even got to ride it away, got it back 2 weeks later, a week after that the fuel sender went wrong, not a good start. The dealer I bought it from was totally awesome! (Hyside in Romford) they loaned me their demo multi s for 2 weeks, gave me the first service free, Ducati UK threw in heated grips and LED driving lights for my trouble all to be fitted at the first service which was yesterday, they put on a +2 tooth sprocket that I supplied (bigrisk.de) FOC as well. You just cannot knock their service at all. As for the bike it's brilliant, I love it even more so with the +2 rear sprocket, it handles so well, so so well, even 2 up! It sounds great. I came from a Triumph tiger sport, 2 years old when I traded it in, it had already had a shock replaced as the first had rusted so badly, its handling was crap, screen was crap, the paint flaked off the sump of my new speed triple that I had before the Tiger, the dealer was crap as well saying its a naked they all do it!! BMW has problems so it's not Ducati that suffers issues in isolation. I love the bike, I love Ducati, I love Hyside. I suppose that can all change, but at the moment I'm in a happy place [emoji3][emoji3] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
So today the multi had an "Italian" ride to work. The problems started 10 miles into my 86 mile commute. Firstly, the rear brake suddenly started going right to the floor (no jokes, my rear brake has always worked). Pumped it a fair few times and it would go hard but after 5 seconds odd of not pumping it would go to the floor again. Stopped and pulled over and pumped it engine off. All fine and back to normal for the rest of the ride. Second, about 1 mile after I sorted the brake, the indicator button is gone. I can indicate but not cancel them. Arm signals for the remainder of the journey then. Thirdly, the engine kept cutting out momentarily on the motorway. I think it's the side stand switch so I'll look at that later. And finally, I get 3 odd miles from my destination and I get an ERROR DEVICE DES. Beautiful. Engine off/on clears it straight away. To top it all off the petrol station at my destination was coned off so I couldn't get my breakfast sausage roll. Crap morning. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
