Looking for input on "desmo service" charges. My DX is at 3 years and just under 20k miles. I'm in Northern California, both of the dealers I would take it to are charging over $200/hr now, and they both quoted me around $2600 for this service. Of course Ducati specifies a laundry list of items to be done in addition to the valve clearances, including replacing the timing belts (@18k miles?!), flushing the brakes and coolant, oil and filter etc. I had the selling dealer back out the items I could do myself (oil change, coolant flush, chain service etc), still $2600. My biggest dilemma is I purchased the EverRed extended warranty and I don't want to void it by not getting the work done. Any experience with independent shops and this issue would be welcome.
DuckDuckGoose
Desmo Service experience / cost comparison
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I can't answer your question about the warranty, but I know of two alternative shops in the Bay Area that work on Ducatis.
advcycles.com and nicholssportbikes.com
I haven't used them personally yet, but many people recommended them. I'm planning to use them for my Desmo service.
advcycles.com and nicholssportbikes.com
I haven't used them personally yet, but many people recommended them. I'm planning to use them for my Desmo service.
Honestly, it drives me crazy how much Ducati dealers charge for service here in the Bay Area, California. I paid about $500 for the first (600 miles) service. For reference, I pay $130 to do service for my Jeep.
Thanks - I'm taking it to Desmoto Sport in SF this week. Still expensive but they quoted me almost $1k less than the dealer. I'll update this when I get it back. I couldn't agree more about NorCal dealers... I know they have to make a living, but $210/hr?
With an assortment of shims and a rented toolset from Ducati Tool Rental, the workshop manual and a free weekend, I’ll probably do it myself when the time comes, since I like working on the bike. At least it’s not a V4….
Great experience at Desmoto Sport. These gents eat, sleep and breathe Ducati - the tech who worked on my bike has over 100k miles on two different desmo twins. My bike was just over 19k miles; seven of the eight valves needed adjusting, six of them were quite a ways out. They had it done in about a day and a half, the dealer said 3-4 “working days”?! Right at $2k, no up charge for removing the crash bars like the dealer wanted, fixed the throttle body sync problem that has been present since day 1 which dealer failed to resolve @ the 600 mile service.
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