| That’s odd it would take some force to do that damage at that point, so it could be a manufacturing defect but I wouldn’t imagine Ducati letting something as obvious as that through quality control. Has the bike got any other signs of damage have a look at the stops on the bottom yoke and front of the headstock at the bottom to see if they are still there or have been damaged. I wonder if it’s had a chain or something around the wheel and been driven off? | 
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