I rang Taz who told me ALL the new bikes they sell are imports. I think the bike was aimed a Germany because a couple of the books that came with the bike were in German.
The kind folks at Ducati Leeds are going to pay for the parts for me ( Big thanks to Jane in the service dept
) So that just means i have to pay for fitting.
I think i paid too much for the bike but i have decided that i wont be selling it for a while and it goes and looks just like a "propper" uk import so sod it life is too short. I will just have to learn from this and try to not let it happen again. Not sure how though yet