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Borracho, you are not alone. I posted about this in April, and at the time Ducati sent out a Press Release saying that people could now buy race (raw, matt) carbon DP panels, or glossy, lacquered ones. Ahem...
The release was mysteriously removed from this forum shortly after being posted, but it seemed like a total fudge from Ducati at the time i.e. like they had ordered from two different carbon manufacturers (since confirmed as fact), received sub-standard carbon or they ordered incorrectly from one, but *still* fitted it to their bikes regardless, probably for financial reasons.
I, for one, am not paying an extra £1200 mainly get the cool-looking carbon of the S model, only to find that two-of-the-four carbon sections are raw and matt, but the other two have the proper (original) gloss finish. Surely they can't have meant to offer two different types of carbon *on the same bike?*. At the time it cost Ducati a sale, as I was disgusted with their crap response and so lost confidence having had hassle dealing with KTM, and bought something else.
One (ignored) letter to Ducati in Italy later, and a recent visit to a dealer where I saw bikes still with non-matching carbon, and I still haven't bought a HM. Sorry, but this is not a cheap bike by any stretch of the imagination once you add extras, and I am a very fussy customer. When they return to fitting carbon that matches, like they were a year ago, I shall reconsider. It's a bit of a joke to be frank, although why don't you guys ask your dealers to replace all carbon with DP stuff under warranty?
Last edited by Jaydash; Nov 5th, 2008 at 7:39 pm.
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