I've bought a 1200s that recently had the 5year Desmo service carried out by a premier Ducati dealer. So i'm now checking things myself and aside from the overtightened rear wheel nut that did not have the locking pin located properly I can see a gap inbetween the upper and lower vertical cam belt covers. Is this normal? Next I am going to check the belt tension - the last Multi I bought had also been serviced by another premier Ducati dealer with incorrectly tensioned cambelts.........:angry:
Mine is exactly like that. Although when I opened it, everything seemed normal. I thought it was placed there in a hurry but there is no play in the screw holes. It's impossible that somebody put it back the "wrong" way. Seems to be bad design.
I googled for some pictures and it seems that the original covers do have a gap (at least on all bikes that I happened to find large photos of). Even in "official" pictures. The carbon ones however, are a different story. They seem to cover the cam belts fully.
Thanks for that. I may well get the carbon covers then seeing as they actually fit properly! Best Lumpy
