Hatari and others
This thread is overdue for an update, but on the subject of Ducatis, I finally gave up.
My yellow 1098, as gorgeous as it was, spent most of its life in the shop, and I spent most of that time wanting to kill both the dealers and Ducati North America.
It seems that DNA doesnt make it so easy for them to get reimbursed for warrantee work.
But rather than fight to change the system, suck it up, or disclose that to their customers, the dealers just spew a lot of BS about what is covered, or whether or not your bike is really broken, because its better to focus on ripping off their presumably rich customers for $1000 oil changes, under the guise of a "12,000 mile service"
To be fair, lets not forget they have to make sure the headstock is secure and the headlight is pointing down the road or whatever.
So having believed that like the latest generation of Ferraris, it was finally possible to own a Ducati as a daily driver, I now feel like an idiot who was taken to the cleaners by a high maintenance mistress before getting dumped and losing half his net worth.
So as of May, I am commuting on a BMW S1000RR, Motorrad Edition.
This bike is so smooth and easy to ride around town that I worried for the first few weeks that it was a bit too boring, and had no personality.
Now that I am comfortable revving it to 14K, however, I must say there is absolutely nothing like it that I have ever ridden - an unbelievable bike.
So far, in about 6500 miles, I have had one significant problem and the dealer fixed it, no questions asked.
Highly recommended.
This thread is overdue for an update, but on the subject of Ducatis, I finally gave up.
My yellow 1098, as gorgeous as it was, spent most of its life in the shop, and I spent most of that time wanting to kill both the dealers and Ducati North America.
It seems that DNA doesnt make it so easy for them to get reimbursed for warrantee work.
But rather than fight to change the system, suck it up, or disclose that to their customers, the dealers just spew a lot of BS about what is covered, or whether or not your bike is really broken, because its better to focus on ripping off their presumably rich customers for $1000 oil changes, under the guise of a "12,000 mile service"
To be fair, lets not forget they have to make sure the headstock is secure and the headlight is pointing down the road or whatever.
So having believed that like the latest generation of Ferraris, it was finally possible to own a Ducati as a daily driver, I now feel like an idiot who was taken to the cleaners by a high maintenance mistress before getting dumped and losing half his net worth.
So as of May, I am commuting on a BMW S1000RR, Motorrad Edition.
This bike is so smooth and easy to ride around town that I worried for the first few weeks that it was a bit too boring, and had no personality.
Now that I am comfortable revving it to 14K, however, I must say there is absolutely nothing like it that I have ever ridden - an unbelievable bike.
So far, in about 6500 miles, I have had one significant problem and the dealer fixed it, no questions asked.
Highly recommended.