I don't know if this piece of advice/information has been posted anywhere as yet and if it has, then this will be a relatively useless update and I apologise in advance. If you, like me, decide to go for a 1260, then be warned. Contrary to previous arrangements for the extended warranty options, with availability to decide to buy, up to 18 months from purchase, this has radically changed. It is now ONLY 20 days from the actual date of purchase and no longer. I'm unsure as yet, if this has been unequivocally applied, but to avoid any issue with trying to follow-up with a warranty extension, it's probably best to check-in with your dealership pretty quickly. TonyN
20 days! Whilst I would normally take an extension I think a year would be fairer before you had to make a decision. You just spent a fortune on changing the bike without having to pay out again?
i was told it had to be bought at purchase. I bought 2 extra years. It also gives you the ducati breakdown uk and Europe cover. Ps the bike is fantastic. I had the 1200 dvt and this is even better, more stable, smother, faster and the quick shifter is great. Canr wait till the first service and can go above 6k. If your paying 17 grand plus on the bike and want to keep it over 2 years buy the warranty.
have a 2003 Ducati for over 10 years, reliability is excellent From my experience a warranty would be a complete waste of money
My house has never burned down nor been flooded. So has all the fire and flood insurance I have bought been a complete waste of money all these years?
I bought an 84 month EverRed warranty when I bought my 1260. It costs $1130 USD. Cheap peace of mind in my opinion; I had a similar extended warranty on my 2011, and it paid for itself.
Yeah, but your bike was out of warranty when you bought it so you couldn't extend it anyway. My twin spark didn't give me any problems in the two years I had it, but I met the lad some time later, who bought the bike after me and the list of problems he had with it prompted him to buy a KTM instead. You make your choice and take your chances, personally I'd rather purchase my extended warranty and risk wasting a small amount of money by not needing it, rather than forking out a huge amount if it did go pear shaped. Read up on JH's woe's regards his Multi.
The reason for the update was to alert new owners to the timeframes associated with taking the option out. I for one would almost certainly take it out as from personal experience I know some of the pitfalls I've found with the 2010 & 2014 models, which would have saved me the expense, in the event that I needed it, which in the case of the 2010 model, getting stranded in Belgium on the motorway, plus a big repair bill, for the BBS, saved me a little over £500; job done...... The peace of mind and cost saving benefits, so rightly pointed-out by Pete 1950, make serious consideration for taking the warranty out, which when considering what companies like Warranty Direct want to charge for something similar, being in excess of £425 per annum +, makes this outlay more relevant. In the end 'you pays your money you makes your choice', as the saying goes. Choices huh!!
I took the two year option when I bought the 1260, but was told I had 30 days to take up the offer. The main reason I took it was when I sell it on, it will give peace of mind to the prospective buyer, as well of coursed the benefits of extended cover for myself.
I took the two year option when I bought the 1260, but was told I had 30 days to take up the offer. The main reason I took it was when I sell it on, it will give peace of mind to the prospective buyer, as well of coursed the benefits of extended cover for myself.
I had several niggly faults repaired and a failed clutch slave cylinder and rear accelerometer replaced under the original two-plus-one-year warranty offered, at extra cost, with my 2013 1200s. But the real blow came when the Skyhook suspension failed completely two weeks after it expired in 2016. Cue a £2,000+ parts and labour bill on an immaculate, main-dealer serviced bike with 14,000 miles on the clock. Fortunately those nice people at Snells, who it had serviced it but I didn't buy it from, used their clout with Ducati to persuade them to provide the parts FOC and charged me £250, so from my experience, buy the warranty (my extra year cost £250) and always have your bike serviced by a top dealer like Snells, who really went the extra mile for me.
Also Ken, 2003 models didn't have all the expensive-to-repair electronioc wizardry of today's bikes. When it had the rear accelerometer replaced, the mechanic doing the job told me that the part - as small plastic box with some electrical connections - cost £600. There's lots of stuff like that on Multis now.
