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Okay, so part of this is a rant, part of it is asking for advice.
I bought my 1997 748 monoposto in June of 2018, and seriously regretting it. Since buying it, I was able to ride the bike less than one week, before it crapped out, leaving me on the street. I had the bike towed to Wheeler's Performance, who had the bike for a few months, but did nothing with it.
Then, I had the bike towed back to my house, and the tow truck driver dropped the bike when trying to unload it. It was sent to Pandora's European Motorsports in Chattanooga, Tn., where they had the bike for several more months. They misdiagnosed it, and told me that there was a failing fuel injector that was causing the issue. I sent Pandora's a new set of fuel injectors, but that did not fix it. Then, they tell me that it needs an EPROM, so I sent them an EPROM. Still did not fix it. They then told me that it needed a valve shim, as one of them was out of spec. $2k later, and I get the bike back, only to ride it one damned day, before it craps out again. So the bike goes BACK to Pandora's, where they tell me that it needs some ignition pickups, and recommended a TPS replacement and recalibration..... $1k more to the bill.
The tech also stated that he had fixed the low fuel light not coming on, and that it was working fine now, which he clearly did not.
So finally, I get the bike back with a "clean bill fo health." As soon as they delivered the bike, I started it up and noticed that it idled around 800rpm, and would constantly die. So I took the bike n a test ride, and every time I unload the engine by pulling in the clutch, the bike would die. Now, it has absolutely no power, and needs to be dumped at 5,000rpm+ in order to even take off without dying. It will not hardly accelerate under 10,000rpm, and carly will accelerate above that. When I hold the throttle at WOT, it takes around 15 seconds to even get up to 10,000rpm. So far, I am into this piece of *%@& for more than $6,000.00 (purchase price), and the repair bills are already around half of the $3,900.00 cost of the bike, with no end to this nightmare n sight. All in all, I have been able to ride this bike about 800mi., and have ridden it less than 7 days since buying it over a year ago.
Any ideas on what could be wrong with it, and recommendations on a GOOD Ducati shop in East Tennessee or the surrounding areas would be great!
I bought my 1997 748 monoposto in June of 2018, and seriously regretting it. Since buying it, I was able to ride the bike less than one week, before it crapped out, leaving me on the street. I had the bike towed to Wheeler's Performance, who had the bike for a few months, but did nothing with it.
Then, I had the bike towed back to my house, and the tow truck driver dropped the bike when trying to unload it. It was sent to Pandora's European Motorsports in Chattanooga, Tn., where they had the bike for several more months. They misdiagnosed it, and told me that there was a failing fuel injector that was causing the issue. I sent Pandora's a new set of fuel injectors, but that did not fix it. Then, they tell me that it needs an EPROM, so I sent them an EPROM. Still did not fix it. They then told me that it needed a valve shim, as one of them was out of spec. $2k later, and I get the bike back, only to ride it one damned day, before it craps out again. So the bike goes BACK to Pandora's, where they tell me that it needs some ignition pickups, and recommended a TPS replacement and recalibration..... $1k more to the bill.
The tech also stated that he had fixed the low fuel light not coming on, and that it was working fine now, which he clearly did not.
So finally, I get the bike back with a "clean bill fo health." As soon as they delivered the bike, I started it up and noticed that it idled around 800rpm, and would constantly die. So I took the bike n a test ride, and every time I unload the engine by pulling in the clutch, the bike would die. Now, it has absolutely no power, and needs to be dumped at 5,000rpm+ in order to even take off without dying. It will not hardly accelerate under 10,000rpm, and carly will accelerate above that. When I hold the throttle at WOT, it takes around 15 seconds to even get up to 10,000rpm. So far, I am into this piece of *%@& for more than $6,000.00 (purchase price), and the repair bills are already around half of the $3,900.00 cost of the bike, with no end to this nightmare n sight. All in all, I have been able to ride this bike about 800mi., and have ridden it less than 7 days since buying it over a year ago.
Any ideas on what could be wrong with it, and recommendations on a GOOD Ducati shop in East Tennessee or the surrounding areas would be great!