| Ducati servicing costs or quoted servicing costs really dick me off. This puts so many people off from owning them and is a large reason why I will never buy another new 4 valver (in addition to the fact that the 749/999 is so ugly - but that is another story).
If you shop around you can get an independent to do that job for a lot less and providing that you can demonstrate that it has been serviced in accordance with the schedule by a competent person then Ducati will have to honour the warranty under European legislation.
I service my own bikes except for doing valve clearances. The software to reset the TPS can be obtained fairly cheaply online from somewhere like California Cycleworks or from less scrupulous sources if you so wish. A set of balance gauges cost £50 - balancing the throttle is easy. A twice-a-year run on a dyno to check fuelling costs about £50. Belts I do myself at about £36/pair - it takes me about 30 minutes to do them - it's not difficult. Smae goes for oil, filter and gauze filter. We're not talking leading edge technology here.
£800+ for a routine service on a common-or-garden 999 is a joke - whichever way you look at it and whoever is doing it...no personal criticism of Nelly or anyone else intended in making this comment by the way.
People who are prepared to pay £800+ for a service are being ripped off and are not doing the rest of us any favours at all. If people are prepared to continue paying such prices then there is no incentive whatsoever to reduce those prices.
Ducati please take note.  |