Not sure what's going on here.
The Ducati Service Scheduled Maintenance sheet I downloaded from Ducati's website has all the operations for my bike (696).
I emailed Ducati UK because it was different from my Owner's Manual and they replied quoting their Technical Warranty Adviser:-
"I can confirm that the information on the latest transparent service sheet is correct and timing belts should be changed at 15,000 miles or 5 years".
This is for 696, 795, 796, 797 and 1100. This was always the case for the 797 so I guess the writing was on the wall then.
One highly respected independent service engineer told me ages ago that changing my belts every 2 years was a waste of money and that they would be good for 15,000 miles.
I see from the sheet that for the 821 and 1200 it's now 18,000 miles! (I bet that will cause a few squeaky bums)!
It will be interesting to hear the factory's response.
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