i've suffered with this!! didn't put a hole in it but ground it away nicely!
had mine replaced with a beefier one machined from billet alu! no probs since!
just keep an eye on it.
2 mates have had the same, changed to the beefier billet version and all ok now! (one did hole his, but i saw him deck the plug out and told him to stop. Which was a good job as it spilled its guts right there within about 2 minutes!:o )

Will find out the possibilty of my mate getting some machined, he may punt a few on if anyone is interested. I will get a pic of one.

I've got a 2005 Mono. I have not experienced this problem, but might have to check the bottom of the bike ! Living in the South it is reasonable that I have not experienced it, but I am off to France in September and we don't use motorways so might run into the problem, especially on the more minor roads in the SOF.

What I would question is why is it happening on the 2005 model and not the 2004 model. The engine is the same...as far as I know... shock is the same but the swing arm is different, is the ride height lower due to the swing arm?

I have a deep sump testastretta engine in my 998R and was a bit curious about this.

What bikes are the damages limited to? Only 05 model's? Earlier model's?

Year doesnt matter, Its just the deep sump R & S models

Surely this has got to be setup problems then, whether that be ride height, forks through the yokes or sag/compression, spring rate etc?

The 05 models come with a heavier spring so I would of thought this would of been less of an issue.

I only run with TD kit on and my belly pan is a sealed unit, not even a mark on that fom various track days ( Brands down at the bottom of paddock hill would be good test of compression) and various twisty undulating roads (Cat and Fiddle etc)

I think its more wheelies and air born jumps etc, These arnt just isolated instances surely a sumplug mod is all thats needed.

The thing is people make it sound like weve done something wrong, if that was the case im sure Ducati would have pointed it out rather than repair the bikes:puzzled:

A naked 999 ( Special)
http://www.ducatisportingclub.com/xm...5&pid=211 835

[Edited on 25-7-2005 by itexuk]

:lol:

thanks for the heads up, I've just checked my bike, theres cratches on the sump and fairing, not so good on a bike thats not even run in yet, guess I'll have to stiffen the front up and increase the ride hight at the rear,
cant see any other way to stop it, ps mines 2004 :flame::burn::burn:

05 999 HAS 03/04 S DEEP SUMP ENGINE
SEAMS THIS CAN GROUND OUT OVER JUMPS/UNLIKEY TO GROUND OUT ON CORNERS