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It not quite there yet, you could service the V4 for 10 years for the cost of one Bugatti Veyron tyre.

Yes, but the Ducati is as cool-as-fcuk, and something that people can walk into a dealership & buy.
A Veyron, on the other hand, looks like it was conjured up by the Captain Scarlet & The Mysterons in-house design team. It's more of a design exercise than anyrhing else, and it's fairly safe to say that anyone buying one isn't interested in bikes, and vice-versa.

I never get the car vs. bike comparisons...it's just the benchmark we all seem to go by.
The race-bike comparison ....with everyday reliability, seems a safer bet to me.

I wasn't comparing performance D, more how highly tuned the bike is but still super reliable and reasonable to service.

I get that....was thinking more of Montague's servicing a bike vs. buying tyres for a. POS car "remark".

Rumours of a V4 800cc being whispered about.

Now that sounds amazing

Wow, that sounds like a lot of work to to an oil change!! But its a Ducati and to be fair it needs proper pampering!

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I don't think it is to be honest Rossgo.

The only addition really is the weighing of oil.

I've never gone to the length of weighing oil but I have always measured how much I got out and put slightly less in, then topped up in a controlled manner. Just methodical and good practice imo.

I always keep old oil containers to pour the old oil in too and then check how much came out on the scale on the side of the container. Its also easier to safely dispose of the oil this way too.

If you don't get it all out and just pour the amount specified in the manual straight in it's easy to over fill, which obviously is not good.

Blade wrote:I don't think it is to be honest Rossgo.

The only addition really is the weighing of oil.

I've never gone to the length of weighing oil but I have always measured how much I got out and put slightly less in, then topped up in a controlled manner. Just methodical and good practice imo.

I always keep old oil containers to pour the old oil in too and then check how much came out on the scale on the side of the container. Its also easier to safely dispose of the oil this way too.

If you don't get it all out and just pour the amount specified in the manual straight in it's easy to over fill, which obviously is not good.

The only difference between this and Ducati's V4 solution is that temperature doesn't affect the amount of oil going in. It's possibly quicker too.

I personally just keep pouring oil in and take note of what's left in the bottle (i.e. how much I put in)

I seem to take note of what needs to go in, put a little less in and then go for glass level and see whats in, then top up from there!

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