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so, all of the above - bike went back in and this problem turned out to be a chunk of carbon fouling the top cylinder plug.
Snow/rain/crap weather in general so hadn't tried the bike since it came home...last Monday (20/03) dawned dry 'n bright so went to ride to work for a treat ('busa needs a good clean anyway) - got the 748 outside and it's just spinning the starter, not even a hint of it catching so I put it back inside (complete with cracked screen after it rolls back at me...need power to put it away properly as it lives in the house & we've a step to make things awkward...)
Get to work & call Ducati Manchester to say it's still fooked & eventually speak to one of the guys who looked at it who says "I had to disconnect the alarm (Meta 357) as it had gone into sleep mode before we tested it after changing the plugs" - anyways, advises me to do the same and bingo, deafen myself in the process but after reconnecting everything it starts fine - ****ing down by now so a couple of days later before I get to try again and guess what, dead again...more of the above & it's fine - conclusion, rockers did need changing & no doubt a bit of carbon had fouled the plugs but why the f*ck didn't they mention the alarm problem when dropping the bike off (or even before?!!) - upshot is it looks as if it's nothing worse than a goosed alarm which they fitted less than a year ago & hopefully is a warranty job to fix (cost me enough already this year!)
Next up, how customer friendly are Ducati Manchester & Meta...?
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