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I got a call from Ducati. They told me wow, sorry man. I know that is hard.
BUT, if you pay  to have the motor torn down and we see something that shows us this is a manufacturing defect "I will go to bat for you to get it fixed". What a guy! 
$1700.00 for this to just tear it down.
When I told this guy, well, according to the Magnuson Moss warranty act this is exactly backward. the manufacture needs to prove the modification caused the failure. His response was, if we want to talk about this, we need to stop talking and I will have to refer you to our legal team.
Guys in Detroit will do it if I bring it to them but no discount. No one is going to do anything to help me on this F-ED up mess.
eBay engine is 2800-3K 1500 to get it installed. But I wonder what is the value of the bike after? I am sure it would be much less.

F. I wish I would have driven past that dealership a year ago but, I have to deal with the reality I have.

 

Thanks I will. If Ducati says no f-ing way I am
Going to ask the guys in Detroit to do something for cost or something. 
If they do I will trailer it up.

I missed a call from "unknown caller" that I assumed was spam.
Nope Ducati calling. They left a message saying they would call at a later date.
Great.
My plan it to try and keep my cool and play nice.
I will ask them for their denial in writing and ask them how they feel this explanations will satisfy the US Magnuson moss warranty act. And then ask him how I escalate this.
If still denied I will go back to Ducati of Detroit.
All I want is my bike fixed.

Thanks Guys.
Mark, that is what I was told, they have to show that the modification was the cause. And you are 100% correct there are many hundreds of these flashes. The exhaust and flash was done by the dealer, not me on the back yard. I assumed they would not steer me into this dilemma. 
I am trying to think positive!

thanks,
I did call Ducati customer service. That is why the director of north America is to call me back with the explanation of how this flash "could cause" the failure.
Yes i am with you, be civil, do not lie, be as polite as posable. 
I honest think my best outcome is they pay for the parts. I can sue them but I would have to go to CA to do this. I am sure they have a team of lawyers that would make me look stupid in small claims court.

I wanted a Ducati for a long time. Wife told me to get one around Aug 2022. I looked all over and fell into one while I was in Detroit. A 2022 V2 Panigale. I had Ducati of Detroit put on an Arrow slip-on to remove the Euro 5, they added a servo delete and did a flash tune (Brent tuning).
Flash to last week, getting off the freeway I noted an oil light come on. I stopped thinking maybe oil level. Bike only has 4200 miles but still, stopped. Oil perfect. So I started it back up and went on. The light came back on so I stopped and called my son and trailered the bike back home. Called Ducati of ATL, they said likely just a sensor. I did a flash back to "stock" to be sure there was nothing in the flash that was causing this and no, same after a very short ride.
I took it in to Ducati of ATL. 5 days later I got call saying there is copper in my oil, likely a bearing failure at 4200 miles. I though well SHIT, but still under warranty. Next sentence was, and Ducati declined to even look to see what the issue is due to an aftermarket flash. I called Ducati to have a discussion about this and they said the technical director for North America will be calling me to explain "how an aftermarket flash can cause bearing material in the oil" and "why they declined the warranty". Not how it did but how it could. 
The Ducati head tech at ATL told me he does not see this would be the case and seems more likely a manufacturing failure. Ducati of Detroit who did the mods tells me, they cannot just deny a warranty claim just based on the fact you have done a non-manufacture mod.  He believes they need to make the case my mod was directly the cause of the failure, or this was his understanding of the law. He was an area service manager for Ducati for 11 years, but he is not sure and wished me good luck.
The good news is, I have the money to get this rebuilt or have a crashed bike motor put in (about 2800-3200 for motor only). But this is under my skin and cannot seem to get over it. It has consumed me for the past week.
If anyone knows warranty law, I would be glad to take a lesson.

super cool. I love it. easy and likely effective.
I was shocked how good then gopro is at reducing vibrations. This became apparent to me when I used my I phone to take a quick video on my bike compared to the gopro

I was so Fed up I actually went the speed limit the rest of the way back to the hotel. I even went home early.

I had not taken my Ducati up to the mountains yet. I went up Wed for a day of riding and to spend the night. I stayed in Robbinsville. I went for a ride over the gap, 2 parts of the foothills parkway. Had a small lunch and turned around. I was taking my time, riding alone and not wanting a huge ticket. I was in shock after I never seen it coming until it was WAY to late to do anything. I made a short vid of this.

https://youtu.be/KYQisb07QxE

Paul

that is why when I get my new pistons, I will be ordering from EC!

I recall very clearly when the interceptor came out. A good friends brother had one. We spent hours just looking at it. It looked like the future. When I look now, very dated.
RD and H1-2 all still look good to my eye.

It could be my wife. She is always whining when my bikes.

they look great. Keep us informed if you can. I may be interested 

Hello
The vape is 2 years old from EC. No curve.
Timing was set with dial indicator to mark and checked with timing light.

I don't know what it is at. Only Chuck said it can use more.

I spoke to him yesterday. He asked about my bike.
We are going to check it out in the fall I think.
He seems to think advancing the timing will do the trick.

We will see.

Hello guys thanks for all the suggestions. I take all of them to heart.

Carbs yes. They open all the way. I know because I sync them the same way with my fingers on the slides.
I have a vape.
Timing was set 2 years ago and re-checked at the gap this year by Chuck with his timing light.
I also tried to disconnect the key function from the vape by pulling the blue wire off so it acts like a dirt bike/bypasses battery I think.
No change.
Carbon
Cleared from the headers of the pips every time it remove them to clean them.
I also scrape the carbon from the exhaust ports at the same time.
Stingers good point. I have never removed them. I will take them off and annoy the neighbors for a bit.

Paul