Ducati Sporting Club UK > General > Idle Chat > Ducati ownership, be honest now, do you spend heaps per year.

[dave w]

Ducati= £££££ Its not rocket science ! Why do these main dealers charge a fortune. Not missing the expense bit and not missing the SORRY that's not in stock !! Simple things... like tank pipe O-rings.. Coils..filters etc... 7 months wait for a fuel tank... Now thats a joke.

The hole setup thing sucks, and someone needs to sort all these thing before i ever own another Duke....

Rant over !!

[Mark]

Originally posted by dave w
Ducati= £££££ Its not rocket science ! Why do these main dealers charge a fortune. Not missing the expense bit and not missing the SORRY that's not in stock !! Simple things... like tank pipe O-rings.. Coils..filters etc... 7 months wait for a fuel tank... Now thats a joke.

The hole setup thing sucks, and someone needs to sort all these thing before i ever own another Duke....

Rant over !!

Easy tiger, get back in bed, and roll the other way, oh, and give Adam a hug.

[andys 900ss]

I like my bikes to look different, which is why mine is.... and it had more spent on it than what it cost when new !!!

Bling, indeed......different, definately.

Andy

[Twinfan]

Originally posted by ali
I gave up buying nice cars

I've just done the very same thing so I can enjoy the Duke without having to worry about the cost. It's the servicing that hits my wallet most, and the insurance I guess. I'm not into major bling, just a few select goodies

[jodycraw]

When they go wrong they are expensive! Everyone seems to be scared of the engine's going bang, so they have all the expensive servicing kept up to date. Me included, but mine has still gone wrong a few times.

Maybe i've just been unlucky!

It's not put me off having a Ducati, other motorbikes seem a bit plain/all the same to me....

At the tender age of 17 I proudly wheeled an aged (1971) Honda CB250 into my back garden. My mate let me have it for a month or so to get used to it and subsequently buying it.

My Dad took one look at it and said -

If your getting that you'll never have any money!!

Not long after that he said -

Another thing lad ... if your thinking of getting a girlfriend get a rich one ... or they'll bankrupt you

When I got my first car (a Mini Cooper circa 1967) he said -

Cars eh! You'll always be broke now you've got that

See a theme developing here?

My love affair with Ducatis started in 1998 and my Dad died in 2003 - not of shock - just old age sadly.

If he was still alive today I know what he would say -

..... ditto ..... ditto .....

And he's right to a degree. He'd probably condemn me to the nut house. Thank goodness I've an understanding wife

[Gaz 748]

SERVICING

Went out on a 05 GSXR 750 on Sat. ( nothing to service if your not doing the miles ) very good, mental top end but a bit bland its the only jap bike I would think of buying after a Ducati

[KeefyB]

Originally posted by Red SPS

that much keefy,, but i bet it was worth it mate.

Ooh yes,every penny.

[weeian]

including the bike which i got for 6 k ive spent 11.5 grand all in on it this year which the missus dosnt know about, i have perfected the art of filtering the money in the bikes direction. its a drug addiction.

/ian

[rcgbob44]

From reading the above, I think I`ll sell the duke and get a Honda C50!