| Annettes SPS year 2000 has 23,000 kilometres on the clock. Originally I used the bike for touring, rideouts, and a lot of track days. At around 12,000 km it snapped a valve and destroyed the front cyl/head etc, according to Ducati a very rare occourence. All the work was carried out under warranty. The bike was serviced in April and it needed 3 rockers but again although the bike was out of warranty Ducati paid for the parts. other than that the only parts that have failed have been due to muggins lowsiding it (more than once) My old 916 has at least 30,000 miles under its belt and has never let me or annette down, again the only failures have been down to an inept rider with balls bigger than his brain.
All 4 valve head models appear to have fewer problems if ridden regulaly and thrive on being thrashed (on the track officer)
dave |