Thanks Ralph. The person I deal with at Ducati is a little asian lass so I'll not be punching her out...makes it worse though because the only way I can get some movement is to basically emotionally blackmail her. I feel like I'm dealing with one my kids or an ex wife.
So now we've had at least three members who have had gas come pouring out of their tank now. It's no longer an anomaly but a recurring problem. Ducati better fix this and reassure their customers.
While working on the bike I took at peek too. They're crimped hose clamps. I have no idea why they didn't use quick disconnects...So now we've had at least three members who have had gas come pouring out of their tank now. It's no longer an anomaly but a recurring problem. Ducati better fix this and reassure their customers.
They are refueling the bike here and they spill some gas but still, this is what can happen if gas hits a hot pipe.
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They are - you've missed the pics I posted above... it's a right angled plastic QC that fails - the hose is clamped onto that and is the plastic QC (on the pump side) that fails.
That's so goofy looking and so atypical. Just saw photos of the hose on the elbow and the design of the QC. I wonder if the Super Mario Brothers were filling in for Ducati's engineer that day.
It's an auto adaptor they've taken onboard for bikes... where of course you don't have the room or ease of access like a car.
That's crazy. All good now, I hope? Service called and said the adaptor come out. They are certain they have it back together correctly. They want to keep it and ride it a bit more to make sure.
Sorry to hear this Pete, and very glad you are ok.
