I hope I don't get pushed off the forum by posting again about my problem and if you have read about this already I am sorry.
I have bought a new 2018 Desert Sled. Delivery mileage was 2km. As soon as I got the bike hot I had trouble shifting gears - the clutch was sticking. Shortly afterwards the gear was jammed in first and the only way to change was to turn off the bike. A visit to a local garafe confirmed there was no issue with cable movement or freeplay. The bike was towed to the nearest Ducati dealer where it has been for 2 weeks. They agreed no cable issue. They recalibrated the oil feed to the clutch but clearly did not test the bike hot since when I visited to pick the bike up 20 minutes down the road I was stuck in second and had to make my way back across the city with no clutch. Now they are changing the clutch plates but they have been frank with me that it is hard to see how this will solve the problem.
There have been two other exact duplicates of this issue reported on this forum, both fixed as far as I can tell by complete clutch assembly replacements. Apparently Ducati warranty won't wear this at this stage so I am faced with yet more delay.
My question is does anybody out there know what could possibly cause this clutch jamming in a brand new bike which only shows when the bike is hot? If so please tell me so I can try and explore this with Ducati and try and get my bike fixed.
I have bought a new 2018 Desert Sled. Delivery mileage was 2km. As soon as I got the bike hot I had trouble shifting gears - the clutch was sticking. Shortly afterwards the gear was jammed in first and the only way to change was to turn off the bike. A visit to a local garafe confirmed there was no issue with cable movement or freeplay. The bike was towed to the nearest Ducati dealer where it has been for 2 weeks. They agreed no cable issue. They recalibrated the oil feed to the clutch but clearly did not test the bike hot since when I visited to pick the bike up 20 minutes down the road I was stuck in second and had to make my way back across the city with no clutch. Now they are changing the clutch plates but they have been frank with me that it is hard to see how this will solve the problem.
There have been two other exact duplicates of this issue reported on this forum, both fixed as far as I can tell by complete clutch assembly replacements. Apparently Ducati warranty won't wear this at this stage so I am faced with yet more delay.
My question is does anybody out there know what could possibly cause this clutch jamming in a brand new bike which only shows when the bike is hot? If so please tell me so I can try and explore this with Ducati and try and get my bike fixed.