My one year old DVT is at the dealers as my discs are badly warped and I’m off to Spain & Portugal next week, 2 of my other previous MTS had the same issue (sorted under warranty) and gather from all the posts this is still going on, what pisses me off is the dealer is sayings it’s possibly not a warranty claim as it’s wear and tear rather than a fault, firstly in over 35 years I’ve only ever had warped discs with my Ducati’s and the mileage on the bike is bugger all for what is suppose to be an all purpose touring bike, it’s got 8500 miles on the clock which they say is excessive!!. Discs should last longer than that, there’s a difference between warped and worn out is there not!!! Anyone care to share their experiences and whether it was resolved by warranty as I can see a fight coming on, if I have to pay I will have no choice as hols next week but will kick off big time if I have to pay. From experience like most of you, I accept issues with the bike as with all of my previous ones but they have always be dealt with without question, if they start buggering about with claims then this will be my last Ducati Grrrrr
Serviceable items on my new van are covered up to 30,000 miles - I know this as I am on my third set of rear shock absorbers within 25,000 miles - can't see how they would turn it down on a warranty claim as it is clearly a fault and not fit for purpose, especially at that mileage - they wear as service items, they don't warp!
Completely agree with Exige, my warped DVT 1200 discs were replace after 18 month and 8.5k without any fuss or arguing. Its a known issue, you shouldn't have to argue...
Pads are a consumable item, discs yes but after many more miles. Less than 15k is not reasonable unless doing track days so would be pushing for free replacement. Out of order.
A lot of vibrate when braking from high speed 60 upwards, faster you go the worse it is and slight pulsing at low speed when feathering the front brake
Assumig they really are warped the dealer will probably check the run-out, to determine if they are in tollerance or not. I had grabby disks rather than warped ones. They had patches that appeared to be glazed compared to other areas. Supplying dealer said it was not covered, yet my mates had their changed at their supplying dealers. This created pulsing that when the bike was on the brake test rollers created sufficient variance in braking that my local shop said they would not pass an mot. after a lot of haggling they finally changed my disks under warranty. My current 2013 bike developed the same before 20k miles but its nowhere near as much as before. These ones squeal in the wet too, which is annoying. You could try cleaning the cotton reels, and make sure the disk can float from side to side properly too. I had similar with my rear disk as well, but changed it for a brembo gold series. It gives much better bite than the standard one, so if you have to pay for new disks I would avoid the ducati OE ones (which are actually brembo, but OE quality) and fit some brembo gold series ones.
8500 miles is not a lot for a motorcycle disc, Carole’s are still going strong on her Diavel at 21,000. Do you ever clean your bobbins ? The semi floating discs are notorious for pulsing and vibrating if the bobbins seize. Andy
