Ducati maintenance plan & extended warranty - Ducati.ms

adroc · Jun 14th, 2009, 3:45 pm

Hello everyone, I just put down my deposit for a black StreetFighter S and was wondering if I should get the Ducati maintenance plan & extended warranty with the purchase of my new bike once it comes in. The dealer mentioned to me that he would be able to knock a couple hundred dollars off the price of each but I'm not sure if its worth forking out the cash now for this or what.

thx

Gilly · Jun 14th, 2009, 4:10 pm

I'm not sure what's in the plan. But for 2years you are under warranty. And the new incentive for Ducati to take some of the $pain$ out of service is to include the 600mile and 7500 mile service* (does not include cost of parts from what I understand*) If the dealer is your solution to maintenance it may be a viable solution. I am assuming that you do not plan on working on the bike (valve jobs/belts) but might be doing the oil? Extended warranties will typically cover expensive bits like the engine, ecu, dash, electrical. Not sure about expendables/wear and tear parts (rims, sprockets, steering head bearing etc)

Insurance is a form of gambling. You are gambling that something will fail and they will fix it. They are gambling that it wont. Whichever helps you sleep best would be the answer.

TheDucnutOfBevelville · Jun 14th, 2009, 4:17 pm

BillG .... good advice but the 600 and 7500 mile service does NOT cover the Streetfighter...

adroc · Jun 14th, 2009, 5:47 pm

I believe the maintenance plan covers the first 5 or 6 scheduled maintenances that Ducati recommends for the bike and it costs around $1200. In regards to the extended warranty, I have never owned a duc before but have heard stories about how they do break down a lot and without the warranty I'm going to be stuck paying a ton of money fixing it.

flynbulldog · Jun 14th, 2009, 6:07 pm

extended Warrantys and service plans are a way for the dealer to make more profit up front.

in two years you are likely to do two services, the 600 mile and the 7500 mile (the next one is at 15000). Those two services together should run you less than $800 unless your dealer doesn't honer the Ducati service plan and book times (which many duc dealers don't and it sounds like your dealer could be one of those)

Ducatis rarely have catastrophic failures after the first 6 or 8 months or 3000 miles. Once they get a few miles and everything is ok they are pretty bullet proof.

The only thing you really have to worry about is the belts, and as long as you follow the schedule of every 7500 miles you really aren't going to have any problems.

The dealer is trying to hit you for more money - and that is it...

blawrence · Jun 14th, 2009, 7:09 pm

the warranty for the SF will be the standard 12 month warranty. If you can manage to get the 7500 miles on the bike in the first year,, then you could theoretically get that service for free... it's a lot of riding

flynbulldog · Jun 14th, 2009, 7:43 pm

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the warranty for the SF will be the standard 12 month warranty. If you can manage to get the 7500 miles on the bike in the first year,, then you could theoretically get that service for free... it's a lot of riding

Hmm. I don't think so. The warranty is 24 months and it does not cover the maintenance costs...

TheDucnutOfBevelville · Jun 14th, 2009, 8:20 pm

flynbulldog is correct.... not covered ...... you'll have to pay.

adroc · Jun 14th, 2009, 8:37 pm

How much has everyone had to pay for the first, second and third service on their bikes? I would like to find an average to see if my dealership is trying to pull a fast one on me.

thx

blawrence · Jun 14th, 2009, 9:31 pm

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Originally Posted by flynbulldog

Hmm. I don't think so. The warranty is 24 months and it does not cover the maintenance costs...

hmm.. well I guess the warranty does cover 24 months, and it doesn't cover the maintenance. I was confusing it with the warranty with the promotional 24 month service thingy, for the 08 and 09 models. My dealer told me that I will get my first year of service and such for free (which is pretty much just the first service, and IF I put 7500 miles on the bike the second service), of course guy may have been blowing smoke up my butt.