thanks for the replies guys. the chain was the orginal one that came with the bike, only 7500 miles on it
from wot i can see it's only the alternator cover thats damaged, rang ducati dublin today 580 euro for the cover plus 2 hours to fit
had 7 days in france and tickets to french gp booked and paid for! won't be able to go now gutted
suppose it could have been worse!
[Edited on 24-4-2006 by joe748]