Panigale S, Hall of Fame or Hall of Shame?

Took my Panigale S out for my first ride last friday around 8 PM.
(Yes I ordered the panigale S on Dec 2011, and received the bike on Oct 2012 - 10 months waiting period)

Anyhow, I went to meet up with my groups, who were all drooling over it, of course. (This are not many Panigales in here) Only to have a couple guys to take it out for a short spin. When the second guy came back, he was having a hard time to put the gear back in Neutral. To my surprise, the bolt that connect the rod on my left foot to the transmission was missing (see picture). This happened before the odometer reach 50kilometers. I was lucky since this incident occured close to one of our buddy's garage. He helped me fixed the bike. I didn't have the heart to go for a ride that evening, I took my ride and went home after I had it temporarily fixed.

Second pictures shows the location of some oil spattered around the lower fairing right after the right exhaust header. I have to wipe clean the oil spit twice in the life of the bike. (less than 60 kilometers now)
Does anybody else have the same problem on this issue?

I have the Ducati Indonesia took it for thorough inspection today. I am not sure who should be held responsible in these two matters, all that I can think of was my fellow owners of 1199, whom should have the bolt checked out as soon as possible.

Sorry to hear about your issues.

I believe the gear-shift actuator is a know problem, but I would have thought that it would have been sorted on such a late production bike - very weird.

Re the splats, are they maybe coming from the exhaust joint? Since you have so few km's, there may still be crap blowing through?

On a more positive note, at least you have the oil-sight window

Not had the oil splatter, but the gear shifter happened to me twice.

Was fine once I'd threadlocked it.

The Mech at my local shop said that they were starting to threadlock them all now.

same region different screw second time:


a friend of mine who has several ducs said before i bought mine: make sure to tighten all screws after 200 km ;-)

i am starting to put thread lock everywhere now.

That video is unreal. Do they have Loctite in Italy!?

Sgt93 said:

That video is unreal. Do they have Loctite in Italy!?

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That video is crazy, however a lot of the blame can be placed on the dealer. This is all part of the setup and prep that they charge you for. I guess not all Ducati techs are created equal? Thus far I've been lucky and only had a reservoir cap rattle loose.

I've found so many loose bolts on the bike(s) after taking delivery it's unreal. I go through and check some major points before each day at the track/race and I'm also religious about thread lock. I would encourage everyone to check every bolt they can atleast every few hundred miles.

Thanks for your information, I should've check the bike then, 200km on going now..

And btw this is second incident involving two Ducatis in Indonesia, that been reported in the forum, the other Duc was Diavel.

HELP? IS IT OK ENGINE RUNNING WITH OIL 800 CC LEFT ? - Ducati Diavel Forum

Who's responsible for this matters?

Bloody rediculous....

Xbox said:

Sorry to hear about your issues.



On a more positive note, at least you have the oil-sight window

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No he doesnt

bolds said:

shouldnt there be some responsibility of the owner to check things as well -cant believe that came that loose all in one go?

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If you've been riding a couple of thousand miles and this happen then I would say yeah some of the blame can be on the owner. Twins tend the shack the .... out of things lol. But If the lower bolt fell out because it was only finger tight from the dealer then I would say the tech didn't do his job. Either way, Lock-Tight is your friend.

bolds said:

shouldnt there be some responsibility of the owner to check things as well -cant believe that came that loose all in one go?

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i rode the bike for the first time home after buying at the dealership. I dont think i should be expected to check every detail of the bike then do you? this is ridiculous. Since then, yes I have checked the bike over and applied locktite as necessary

it's funny because, I wasn't able to adjust the shift lever pedal, try as I might the threaded shaft would not move. When at the dealer for the first service, the took the whole foot pedal assembly off and only then were they able to free the adjuster, from the factory the threads had been liberally coated with the green loctite (the really tough one!)

E350 said:

i rode the bike for the first time home after buying at the dealership. I dont think i should be expected to check every detail of the bike then do you? this is ridiculous. Since then, yes I have checked the bike over and applied locktite as necessary

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fair enough didnt realise it was that low mileage

you going to be OK ?

Should get a dealer prep fee refund after that.

I've been fortunate nothing came loose because they locktite the crap on my bike. In fact they over did it I had to drill out the bolt that connects the shift linkage eyelet to the rearset because they put so much locktite on I stripped the Allen head when I was swapping to my Rizoma rearsets.

You should sue them as well .

zvez said:

it's funny because, I wasn't able to adjust the shift lever pedal, try as I might the threaded shaft would not move. When at the dealer for the first service, the took the whole foot pedal assembly off and only then were they able to free the adjuster, from the factory the threads had been liberally coated with the green loctite (the really tough one!)

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Thats right,the green Loctite is the heavy duty ....,i"ve got some and they call it Loctite Retainer,used for sticking bearings in slightly worn housings. The blue Loc is the mild stuff,aiding easier dis-assembly. Only use the green stuff if you have no intention of ever removing the item its used on. A tip if you have any stubborn bolts that you know are Loctited is to warm them up gently if possible, with a blow torch,works a treat as the Loctite softens.

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it's funny because, I wasn't able to adjust the shift lever pedal, try as I might the threaded shaft would not move. When at the dealer for the first service, the took the whole foot pedal assembly off and only then were they able to free the adjuster, from the factory the threads had been liberally coated with the green loctite (the really tough one!)

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Ditto; one of the first things I tried to do when I got mine was lower the shifter and brake pedal for my preferences, but the shifter rod would not budge due to being stuck at the front end, even with the locknut backed off. Ended up just undoing the rear end from the pedal completely and turning the rear adjuster by itself a couple of turns. Can't really fine tune it that way, but at least it was better. Was going to take the front off and try to get it unstuck, but couldn't get to the allen bolt since it was blocked by the clutch hydraulic line banjo fitting. Figured I'd just undo the pinch bolt and pull the whole thing off the shift shaft to get to it, but again it would have required removing the hydraulic line from the clutch slave and all that entails. Had some choice words for the wizards who thought that was an OK design. A minor ergo adjustment that would have taken ten minutes tops for both sides on any other sportbike I've owned became a real PITA. Don't even get me started on the brake side...