Just had a look at the technical help forum, there are a lot of newer bikes, 1098 etc with problems, maybe our old super sports aren't too bad after all?
fond memories or poor recollection?. if theirs gonna be a build problem its gonna show in the couple of years same in the motor trade. a mate of mine was updating my I.T stuff, he recons if there is a problem it will show in first couple weeks, which it did.
it's the same with cars.........the quest for power and reliability does not always go hand in hand.......and of course our friends in the environment add so much to an engine to clean it up you need an extra 20 bhp to run all the aadded crap to clean it up.......wait until bikes have to meet stringent emissions test then you will see many problems arrive.
Add the occasional 1098 destroying its gearbox. I never thought the Ducati gearbox could handle a clutchless change of gear (aka a quickshifter), certainly never had the nerve to try one myself. Sometimes I can take more than a sec to change gear if the next gear is reluctant. Lets face it the 2-valve engines are a good streetbike but when you purchase a machine more suited to the race track, expect race track inspired problems.
I would have thought that with all the experience of sorting out the bevel engine problems, then the street bike problems, plus the numerous years of race bike development, Ducati would have known how to build a reliable bike by now.
i wunder if ducs tend to spend more time under the pressure washer than the typical bike. it more often than not apears to be connection problems.
i remember my grand father giving it" i dont want any of that fancy electric window shite" it will only ever break down.
... I must be related to your grandfather then....if it was up to me we would be still on drum brakes and points lol
you must be in your 50's then steve...good observations but im not quite 50 and i use green Rizla to set my points.
IMO MrR has hit the nail on the head..... .....Ducati still suffer more from assembly / build quality problems than actual component failure...... ...........more or less just as British bikes used to....... Guzzi used to suffer from the same problems (don't know what they are like now) but when sorted; they were extremely reliable and required little maintenance. In addition, the gradual introduction of 'computerised' bikes with all the gimmickery that goes with that has led to more and more problems...... ....IMO, simple and basic = reliability.
