Well..I remember reading a thread about a belt snapping.....
Destroyed valves and pistons.
Damaged valve gear, con-rods and barrels
In my question I did actually mean why didnt Ducati do the gear driven cams on something like the SL maybe, as a limited production run to make it really 'special' (with a bit more power to boot !!!)
***I think I've just created a niche market **** ------ NOT !!!
Ca-cycleworks seem to be the peeps tp talk to about FCR's on Ducatis - I've seen a few banks of 4 - 41mm FCR's for some of the Suzukis etc and wondered about splitting them in half but, it seems like a lot of problems for not much money saving.