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Its a bit like the Dzus fasteners on the fairing - some early bikes came without the d-rings while some did. The race sp/sps ones certainly should have, while the bipostos shouldn't. The later E models shouldn't have, but the S and R bikes did.
However, you'll find that some dealers ended up with bikes that had them when they shouldn't because Ducati ran out on a friday afternoon, so they just grabbed a handful from the d-ring tray instead to get the bike finished.
It's a bit like the forks and shocks - some got Ohlins over Showas for whatever reason.
Ducati have various periods of cost cutting and it must be that the fuel pump lines was another exercise in this. I know that the S and R model bikes definitely should have them, but that it's probably hit'n'miss if you get them on an E model. Remember that they switch from biposto/sp/sps to E/S/R in 2000. |