Ducati Sporting Club UK > Model Specific - Discussion, Technical Problems and Help > 999 / 749 > 24 month service

[HW]

Originally posted by Dseered
Erm, like, erm how overdue can you go before it is likely to lunch itself ??? I'm thinking of maybe a year, maybe two

Erm ... no. The belts will deteriorate with age, regardless of whether you run the engine or not. I have a mate with a '97 916 and he'd not managed to get out on his bike for an entire year (workaholic!), so it needed a major service before being ridden. Fortunately he had the sense to get it fetched in a van rather than ride it in because after 3 years the belts were crazed and perished.

Having said that, it doesn't get to 2 years then suddenly fall apart either. They do that pretty much continuously anyway! (joke - I think).



[Edited on 21-11-2005 by HW]