2007 Ducatis- 50% Less Service Cost!!!

[Ken]

From the Ducati North America webpage...

"Ducati is proud to announce that all 2007 Ducati models require less frequent service, less parts and labor during each service and, as a result, greatly reduced scheduled maintenance costs—by as much as 50%.

Reducing the cost of service is one way to measure the new quality of Ducati. It also contributes immensely to making the Ducati ownership experience as satisfying as the Ducati riding experience.

Research and development is the top priority at Ducati. This investment in performance and quality includes our factory processes, machinery and the people who build each Ducati. By engineering-in quality through design, materials and testing, Ducati owners will enjoy significant and quantifiable improvements in every Ducati motorcycle.

To a rider, the best measure of quality is the riding experience. You can feel a new smoothness to the legendary Ducati L-Twin, a more progressive nature to the powerful brakes, and more confident road holding in every turn. Reliability and quality—one ride is all the proof you will need."

[RedScare]

" by AS MUCH AS."

service every 7500 miles vs. the previous 6000.

you do the math

[JEC]

From the Service FAQ on Ducati.com

Bikes from MY 2007 and on:
Service "A": within 6 months or 1000 km / 600 miles
Service "B": within 12 months or 12.000 km / 7.500 miles
Service "C": within 24 months or 24.000 km / 15.000 miles
Service "D": within 36 months or 36.000 km / 22.500 miles
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It's dependent on the dealers following the new servicing procedure, which reduces the amount of time to do each process. In general, most places will not follow this unless Ducati really polices them.

Just look around, you can reduce your service costs by 50% simply by going to a different dealer! I've seen full 4V 6000 miles servicing offered for around 500$, where most dealers will happily charge 1000$+.

[RedScare]

here in the bay, nichols (independent shop) charges $440 for service, incl valve adjustments.

[JEC]

Originally Posted by RedScare

here in the bay, nichols (independent shop) charges $440 for service, incl valve adjustments.

That's the one I was thinking of.

Up here, where dealers are scarce and people are gullible, you can expect to pay 1000-1500$ for a valve job. I've been quoted upwards of 8 hours just for the labour, at 75-100$ an hour, plus the cost of oil, filters, gaskets, shims, etc. Some of the dealers (none of which I shall name) have been refusing to acknowledge the new service intervals.