Ducati Servicing costs

[yorkie_chris]

Originally Posted by Bibio

so thats £285 in parts and £600 in labour costs...

think i'll study servicing ducati's..

Aye!

Does he have to apply to the London mint for that license to print money?

how many people have put an SV in for a service with the bill coming back over £500 let alone £825?

[Lissa]

Originally Posted by thefallenangel

how many people have put an SV in for a service with the bill coming back over £500 let alone £825?

We have!

All but a grand the last time at JHS, and the bike was a bag of ***** afterwards!

[fizzwheel]

Originally Posted by thefallenangel

how many people have put an SV in for a service with the bill coming back over £500 let alone £825?

IIRC I had a bill for around £800 once for my SV...

I dont see why it matters to you non Ducati owners anyway, its not like your paying the bill for the servicing anyway is it

[yorkie_chris]

Originally Posted by Lissa

We have!

All but a grand the last time at JHS, and the bike was a bag of ***** afterwards!

That was tuning though, which is p*ssing money against a wall whatever bike it is!

That's a fair chunk of money, but it's clearly worth it to you as you love the duc so much. At least with you having it serviced well its likely to carry on going for many more tens of thousands of miles

[yorkie_chris]

Originally Posted by Sean_C

That's a fair chunk of money, but it's clearly worth it to you as you love the duc so much. At least with you having it serviced well its likely to carry on going for many more tens of thousands of miles

Aye amen to that.

a few 10,000 shouldn't take them long!

Originally Posted by fizzwheel

IIRC I had a bill for around £800 once for my SV...

I dont see why it matters to you non Ducati owners anyway, its not like your paying the bill for the servicing anyway is it

No true. I guess the SV is the cheap ***** who only asks for Tyres, oil and filters and will keep going for long time. Although she does beg for her clearances every so often.

Originally Posted by Sean_C

That's a fair chunk of money, but it's clearly worth it to you as you love the duc so much. At least with you having it serviced well its likely to carry on going for many more tens of thousands of miles

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

Aye amen to that.

a few 10,000 shouldn't take them long!

Well that's the plan. So long as we don't sell it next month or whatever. The expense comes from having the cam gear apart at every service. That more than likely accounts for 3 hours labour, but if a worn rocker is found in time then it saves getting a new cam (or cams) which is quite expensive.

Some of the stuff I could have done myself, but it's the piece of mind that only a experienced careful mechanic can give.

Right just notched up the 20k since the Duke joined our happy home



She still goes like a train and despite being used all weathers scrubs up really nicely. The nose cone is peppered by stones and of course the lens got smashed but that's part and parcel of riding these days. We bought a mint OEM yellow V piece from ebay for under a tenner to replaced the badly scarred Carbon one. Fits better too. Still looking to replace the screen for a black double bubble to match the lens covers and give me a bit more protection.

Apart from the rear brake switch failing(19quid), and the Ohlins shock needing a quick bit of work, nothing of note has broken. The clutch is still working although noisy as hell, but it has done well over 20k. Two rockers replaced so far, and Jeff thinks new collets will be in order on the next service.

I bought a new reg/rec off Ebay as a spare, but so far the original one has been as good as gold and the battery is holding up well too apparently.

So there you are, apart from scheduled servicing, which has made my eyes water a bit I must admit, the bike hasn't cost too much to run. It usually does 140 miles before the light comes on. The rear Pilot Road 2CT has done 6k and the front 10k (well recommended) and it's had two sets of rear pads and two sets of fronts, although one replacement set only lasted 5k .

The pleasure and pride we get from owning and riding this bike is immense.

Roll on the next 10k