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Originally posted by Walenut
I think it is not only the oil, how you warm the bike up, bad batch of rockers etc but also the type of journeys made. It would be interesting to also ask what was the main use for the bike short blasts or long ride outs, and why are 888's impervious to rocker wear? |
I think Walenut makes a valid point here. Although statistically I'm in the "had rockers fail" camp, I think one rocker in 40000 miles is pretty acceptable! Especially compared to some other posters' experience.
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Rightly or wrongly, I've always felt that it's largely because my bike is used (almost) every day, whereas I guess many Ducatis go weeks, or even months without being started, especially in the winter. Surely this ties in with the "oil maintaining a film on the rockers from the last use" theory?