Nesba53, I can inderstand your frustration given the expense of your bike and the apathy Ducati appear to be showing you in dealing with your problem. However ditching your exhaust seems somewhat radical (though the Redline system is nice)
Why did you not simply drill and lockwire a bung into the front header pipe so it can no longer come loose, remove the charcoal canister, it's mounting bracket and associated drain pipe and toss them in the trash (you dont need that garbage anyway and the bike runs better without it)? Additionally, could you not insist (given your photo evidence) ducati supply you with a new fuel drain pipe and lower fairing which you can fit yourself in a matter of minutes?
I appreciate your stance and the "why should I deal with it" take on it, but if I was beating my head against a brick wall, demanding two replacement parts, ditching the charcoal canister and five mins with a drill and some lockwire would be my preferred option. I'd at least be mobile but could still direct my frustration at Ducati NA by way of a detailed email citing that you will pass this account of your treatment onto Bologna directly and the motorcycle press, or better still a polite but negative acccount of your story, on their social media feeds. Companies hate bad PR. You will likely see a lot quicker response that way, than venting your spleen on a forum. Good luck with getting a positive outcome from them and pics of the Redline sytem during installation and when fitted are surely a must.
Um, well because the entire exhaust is locked into Euro4 my friend. It was actually her last ride. Originally, and I have Parts book diagrams I'm about to make public showing the truth, we were to get the same cans as the SL, pretty much the same system. Only difference is we were to buy our link pipe/cat delete ourselves and it's included with the SL. Completely fair.
Instead, what arrived on the big day was very different. Everyone looked very confused, I realized they were staring at the welded in baffles, totally differently flow design... I noticed a lack of mounting springs, quite a few things. I was told Akra was releasing a cat delete regardless, figured ok as long as I'm not starting from scratch at this price point.
After a while Akra answered my email about timeline, no explanation or apology. They excitedly informed me I could buy a full race system in November. I immediately imagined around $5,000.00 cash sitting on my counter promptly evaporating and have been pissed ever since [emoji23]
It's not about more power, she's a damn missile like nothing I've ever had. Makes my RC8 R's seem lethargic, and they range from built to why would anybody do that. One is my absolute love of snarling nasty twin Superbikes, the other is survival. I've put almost 3000 miles on her, starting in Central VA where the retired and ........ are such bad drivers it's mind boggling and without extreme noise? It's like pinball at times, attempted at least.
The other is deer. I live way out in the blue ridge mountains, at times on my RC8 I'd feel like it was a connected game [emoji23] See a group in the road and all around coming out of a turn and move them with fluttering Revs. The Competition Werkes was PERFECT for deer herding! Whoever said a single 8" muffler on that bike was sufficient had high speed herding in mind i know it!
In conclusion, Redline actually came into existence just to fill this need for track bikes and US customers. I'm allowed to let the Duc rumble, unfortunately I had to go this far to do it.
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. FFWD to end of season 2016 and they announce again that the M will be available for 2017 lol
