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Mutt1979 said:

I trashed a water pump on track, took the teeth clean off the gears and probably 5 miles from engine meltdown. Told the dealer it was on a trackday.......... replaced on warranty

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Sinjin said:

What about when Ducati themselves include the track block off kit with their street marketed 'track ready' Anniversario?

Also, the dealer is the intermediary between you and Ducati; except in unusual circumstances, Ducati will honor repairs made at the advisement of the dealer and even then, I have had my dealer challenge Ducati regarding initially denied claims and they have submitted photos to convince them otherwise.

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esmirna8261980 said:

ducati sell the 1198 with a track school ,easy up,tires warmed. back in 2010 if i remember that don't change the fact the you warranty can be void if you make you bike a track bike or if you take your bike to the track.
we need to make clear is not the track the problem is that everybody know that when you ride at the track you ride the bike very hard. You can do the same damage in the public road is just is hard to prove it because you can said all day long that you was riding under the speed limit, can you said the same at the track ?
also no dealer will challenge ducati, they will ask for mercy with a cherry on top. sure they will tell you .... just to make feel better but remember dealer work for ducati making money out you, not the other way

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Sinjin said:

You said that it wasn't Ducati promoting the track image, it was the dealer. I am demostrating that it IS Ducati. I don't care how fast you ride street or track.

If a part fails within the contractual obligations, as in, not being used for commercial purposes, i.e. racing or for rental, then it should be covered under warranty. Period. Tough ..... You promised that it would work under hard driving conditions. It doesn't matter what pavement you are riding it on and the bike shouldn't care either. If the mods didn't interfere with the working conditions of the stock parts then stand behind your product. No one is asking for anything more than that.

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Sinjin said:

You said that it wasn't Ducati promoting the track image, it was the dealer. I am demostrating that it IS Ducati. I don't care how fast you ride street or track.

If a part fails within the contractual obligations, as in, not being used for commercial purposes, i.e. racing or for rental, then it should be covered under warranty. Period. Tough ..... You promised that it would work under hard driving conditions. It doesn't matter what pavement you are riding it on and the bike shouldn't care either. If the mods didn't interfere with the working conditions of the stock parts then stand behind your product. No one is asking for anything more than that.

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BTrain5489 said:

The warranty exclusion says racing or related activities.

The second part is vague and that's guaranteed to be intentional to give Ducati the ability to deny things at their discretion. An owner's only recourse then is lawyering up.

My dealer actually warned me about the warranty implications of doing a full track conversion. They didn't say "If you do this it will void your warranty" but they did say that if a corporate rep sees something that looks like a duck and walks like a duck they're liable to call it a duck.

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