you do get bad ones and good ones, had mine for a year and have had to go to the shop 3 times, for warranty work and unlike the japs they have bent over backwards to help and at no charge, small stuff and not that bad, would I buy a 999 again yes yes yes,
it's my first ducati after 25 years of riding japs and BMWs,
I wanted some thing different and it had to be fast, I'd thought of ducs before but they weren't quick then but with the 999 it had it all and all the jap bikes I tried was to small,
so I thought I'd try a 999 on a long test ride and after a 100 miles thought this is the bike for me,
will I stay with ducati, I don't know as I don't have brand loyalty but I have got into twins in a big way. and it has not put me off ducs if anything it has put my mind at rest about the buld quality and there fore more likely that I'll buy another ducati,
ps I was an engineer and a mechanic