No word yet. I am expecting a call this morning. However, during my sleepless night last night, I was thinking about possible contributing factors. The primary one I considered is this was my first ride on my bike after the most recent recall service, other than riding it home from the shop which is only about 15 minutes away. I was only on the bike for less than 10 minutes when this incident happened.
Since one of the recall services was to replace the bolt that connects the linkage rod to the swing arm, it is possible the mechanic forgot to replace a washer and/or over tightened the bolt, which could restrict the pivoting motion of the rod at the ball joint on the swingarm. So basically every time my swing arm pivots upward to absorb shock, it would create stress on the rod since it was flexing with the movement of the swing arm. This made sense to me since the rod just snapped.
I agree with some of you the rod should be made out of a stronger material since its the only piece holding your suspension in place. I plan on telling Ducati NA this story and seeing if it is cause for a recall.
