My Ducati's and their Problems!

b9009b said:

Received 2 calls from DNA today..

1st call gentleman was apologetic and is gonna make sure the bike gets taken care of.. So that's good..

2nd call same gentleman.. the service rep cant find any sign of oil leaking. so I am going to email him the pics of it. Going to the dealer tomorrow also..

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b9009b said:

Let me start by saying that I haven't really ever put my bike's problem's out there until now. I have purchased 2 Ducati's right out of the crate and both were nightmares.. I'll start at the beginning..

I was out of riding for around 12 years after being injured in combat and just got cleared to ride again so I went right for DREAM BIKE territory.. I wasn't cleared to go back to sport bikes but the Hyper fit the bill for me until the time I was cleared. I purchased a new 2013 Ducati Hypermotard and was as thrilled as ever to ride.. Nervous as hell, but thrilled.. The owner of the shop delivered the bike to my house for me and I was off and running.. a month into it the bike would rev to the limiter regardless of throttle input and then come back down making it unsafe to ride.. It took 3 attempts to fix it.. turned out it the was the Throttle assy.. this whole time the bike would hard start everytime I rode it.. No matter how much or how little fuel was in it. It spent more time in the shop with the evap can "Airing" out as its called than it did on the road. Even with a half a tank in it, it would still do it and it was said the reason is i "leaned the bike over too far" meaning the lean angle of the stock tire was too much so I had enough after a year and traded the bike in for my current 2014 1199 base model (new in crate). This is were the real fun begins.. so I will use bullet points from here on out..

Day One - Heavenly salsa lusty bliss.. No for real not kidding.. Rode for hours after leaving the dealership.. Lets just way me and wet/sport mode got thru those break in miles pretty quick. I pointed out that the QS seemed to shift hard as hell and was told it gets better after first service. So ok cool lets ride.

Week 2.. I felt the bike was underpowered and still shifting hard as hell.. Took to shop and nothing was found. I have the oem exhaust on so I figured wth its probably that choking the .... out of the motor.

Within a Month - Hard starts non stop and had to bleed the front brake daily. Plus the QS was getting worse. No fix or concern so I figured it was normal.

Shortly thereafter(week) - Front brake fails after bleeding 20 minutes before sending me into an intersection of a 4 lane major road.. Hairy as hell made it thru clean.. Same day dealer picked up the bike(MC replaced) happened again within a week on to MC #2.. seemed to be good then a month later I had to bleed it again and didn't have problem since.

Now to months 3-8.

QS still shifting hard as hell.. Bike still underpowered when riding friends 1199 getting pissed.. Also noticed the bike was making no power above 60mph and sounded really weird. Took the bike to the dealer.. Come to find out the exhaust servo valve was stuck closed on the exhaust backing up the front cylinder on the bike for god knows how long.. Servo was replaced all was well and was told this could create an engine issue and to keep and eye on it.. Nothing for the QS and no explanation was given.


Months 6-today.. QS being a POS, Oil leaking from Various places in the engine.. Large gearbox metal chunks in the oil. Notes QS by dealer that it is was extremely hard on shift.. Ducati's service rep told the dealer to tell me not to use the QS at all as there was no way to change the setting in the ECU for this. and the change the oil on the bike and tell me to ride it for the 3500 miles and check it again.. Well ran the bike for 240ish miles noticed more leaks so took it back in.. Dealer took the oil out noticed more large chucks and main bearing shavings in my oil this time.. ALOT.. Message was sent to Ducati Rep who blamed me for the oil leaks on the engine saying I over filled the oil. Mind you the dealer does all of my oil changes and I check the sight glass on picking up the bike.. Not overfilled. Still no fix for the QS either.. They said to remove the sump screen filter and check for chunks/flakes etc.. Some were there but not as much so the rep said fill it back up and run it for the full 3500 miles this time.. So off I went being patient as ever... 400 miles later riding the bike I smell burning oil and some other weird .... the bike boggs down to almost shut off then surges to redline then back to 4k rpm.. I wait for a good place to pull off the road and it does it again and surges even worse and almost causes me to highside.. pull over call my wife to bring my truck and take it straight home.. Take the fairings off and it was a fondue fountain of Oil cascading down the front, rear, right side and bottom of the bike.. So much came out it covered my bike mat and I could see any oil in the sight glass at all.. I added oil back and it took a few quarts..

In ending. the bike is at the dealer for the final time. I have called DNA and informed them of this I guess I will talk to them tomorrow at some point about it but this is a Lemon/Garbage and for me to have bought 2 shoddy Duc's in a row brand new and it speaks volume to me that I put my dream bike up to far on a pedestal and I have been let down for the final time. I paraphrased mostly but understand this has been from day one with this bike and 1.5 years in I am done with it and being patient and probably forgot alot too. A few of you know me and my bike well outside of here and have seen what I have dealt with from her.. This may help to explain my knowledge of the bike as well lol

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Prince Albert said:

This thread won't be complete, unless "Speedy" chimes in with his usual 10 page essay on why he is upset with the Panigale and its issues....

We await....

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speedy14 said:

WOW and I thought I had problems...

My 2015 1299S has had a crap load of problems also.. It dies on me from time to time.. Runs real rough most of the time (intermittently) at anything below 10% throttle and it surges and buck and kicks on the hwy at 70 to 75 mph.. Of course whenever I bring it in to the dealer they tell me it isn't throwing any codes etc. so they have no clue how to fix it and I just get told that "that is just the way they run" I cant blame the dealer they have tried and tried to get it to run right however I just got a bad one and there is nothing to be done until it finally breaks something (hopefully while still in warranty) and maybe then they will be able to fix it..
I have spent another $5k on exhaust and Rapid Bike unit to try to fix it.. However I haven't had near the problems like you have with the oil leaks etc..

*Mine did have the throttle sticking in first gear when slowing down but after 6 months the dealer finally fixed that. That is after they had replaced the ECU and Throttle body and injectors and also the throttle assembly..

Sounds like both of us got lemons.. Mine is better than it was but still not what it should be for the money it costs..

If I decide to keep it next year and will definitely be purchasing the extended warranty LOL..

Speedy

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b9009b said:

The strange turn was noticing what the dealer put on their forms and what was entered into Ducatis system this whole time were completely different. Now I'm Absolutely being ignored.

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b9009b said:

Let me start by saying that I haven't really ever put my bike's problem's out there until now. I have purchased 2 Ducati's right out of the crate and both were nightmares.. I'll start at the beginning..

I was out of riding for around 12 years after being injured in combat and just got cleared to ride again so I went right for DREAM BIKE territory.. I wasn't cleared to go back to sport bikes but the Hyper fit the bill for me until the time I was cleared. I purchased a new 2013 Ducati Hypermotard and was as thrilled as ever to ride.. Nervous as hell, but thrilled.. The owner of the shop delivered the bike to my house for me and I was off and running.. a month into it the bike would rev to the limiter regardless of throttle input and then come back down making it unsafe to ride.. It took 3 attempts to fix it.. turned out it the was the Throttle assy.. this whole time the bike would hard start everytime I rode it.. No matter how much or how little fuel was in it. It spent more time in the shop with the evap can "Airing" out as its called than it did on the road. Even with a half a tank in it, it would still do it and it was said the reason is i "leaned the bike over too far" meaning the lean angle of the stock tire was too much so I had enough after a year and traded the bike in for my current 2014 1199 base model (new in crate). This is were the real fun begins.. so I will use bullet points from here on out..

Day One - Heavenly salsa lusty bliss.. No for real not kidding.. Rode for hours after leaving the dealership.. Lets just way me and wet/sport mode got thru those break in miles pretty quick. I pointed out that the QS seemed to shift hard as hell and was told it gets better after first service. So ok cool lets ride.

Week 2.. I felt the bike was underpowered and still shifting hard as hell.. Took to shop and nothing was found. I have the oem exhaust on so I figured wth its probably that choking the .... out of the motor.

Within a Month - Hard starts non stop and had to bleed the front brake daily. Plus the QS was getting worse. No fix or concern so I figured it was normal.

Shortly thereafter(week) - Front brake fails after bleeding 20 minutes before sending me into an intersection of a 4 lane major road.. Hairy as hell made it thru clean.. Same day dealer picked up the bike(MC replaced) happened again within a week on to MC #2.. seemed to be good then a month later I had to bleed it again and didn't have problem since.

Now to months 3-8.

QS still shifting hard as hell.. Bike still underpowered when riding friends 1199 getting pissed.. Also noticed the bike was making no power above 60mph and sounded really weird. Took the bike to the dealer.. Come to find out the exhaust servo valve was stuck closed on the exhaust backing up the front cylinder on the bike for god knows how long.. Servo was replaced all was well and was told this could create an engine issue and to keep and eye on it.. Nothing for the QS and no explanation was given.


Months 6-today.. QS being a POS, Oil leaking from Various places in the engine.. Large gearbox metal chunks in the oil. Notes QS by dealer that it is was extremely hard on shift.. Ducati's service rep told the dealer to tell me not to use the QS at all as there was no way to change the setting in the ECU for this. and the change the oil on the bike and tell me to ride it for the 3500 miles and check it again.. Well ran the bike for 240ish miles noticed more leaks so took it back in.. Dealer took the oil out noticed more large chucks and main bearing shavings in my oil this time.. ALOT.. Message was sent to Ducati Rep who blamed me for the oil leaks on the engine saying I over filled the oil. Mind you the dealer does all of my oil changes and I check the sight glass on picking up the bike.. Not overfilled. Still no fix for the QS either.. They said to remove the sump screen filter and check for chunks/flakes etc.. Some were there but not as much so the rep said fill it back up and run it for the full 3500 miles this time.. So off I went being patient as ever... 400 miles later riding the bike I smell burning oil and some other weird .... the bike boggs down to almost shut off then surges to redline then back to 4k rpm.. I wait for a good place to pull off the road and it does it again and surges even worse and almost causes me to highside.. pull over call my wife to bring my truck and take it straight home.. Take the fairings off and it was a fondue fountain of Oil cascading down the front, rear, right side and bottom of the bike.. So much came out it covered my bike mat and I could see any oil in the sight glass at all.. I added oil back and it took a few quarts..

In ending. the bike is at the dealer for the final time. I have called DNA and informed them of this I guess I will talk to them tomorrow at some point about it but this is a Lemon/Garbage and for me to have bought 2 shoddy Duc's in a row brand new and it speaks volume to me that I put my dream bike up to far on a pedestal and I have been let down for the final time. I paraphrased mostly but understand this has been from day one with this bike and 1.5 years in I am done with it and being patient and probably forgot alot too. A few of you know me and my bike well outside of here and have seen what I have dealt with from her.. This may help to explain my knowledge of the bike as well lol

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