| I know this is an old topic but I've not been able to log in for ages......
The source of the knocking noise was traced to the front cylinder where the piston skirt was picking up on the cylinder bore. This resulted in some nasty piston slap and a loud noise. This was to the point of bits of metal from the bore had attached themselves to the piston!
I was very upset and contacted Ducati UK but they were useless - but the Jeanette at Italia Moto in Lincoln was brilliant and sorted it all out for me.
The moral of the story is that sometimes the funny noises from between your legs are not the Ducati 'character' but something wrong.
The bikes back together now and I recently rode it to the LeMans 24hr car race and it was brilliant. Much better after the 800 miles. Does everyone find that their motors get better with the miles? | 
25-Jun-2004, 13:33 
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