So i'm cleaning the porsche and rebuilding and refinishing the axle and forgot some stuff. I thought "Well hell, the 250 is behind the car, can't move it, guess i'll suit up and take the ducati." I go get the car parts, take off from a light at the way back and when going into second the clutch lever suddenly was frozen.
After gripping it with the strength of 10,000 nerds, finally a tiny squeeze and hint of clutch was there and i limped it home, only using the clutch if i had to, as it was slipping if i grabbed it.
After inspecting the issue, apparently the vast majority of the clutch hub bearings went out and were chewed up into duck crisp cereal, part of a ducati dry clutch well balanced breakfast. Wonderful hints of metallic glitter all over my pressure plate, and chewed up teeth. What a fabulous sight for sore eyes.
Needless to say, I'm disheartened and frustrated at such a huge failure as this is going to not only be costly, but has decreased my confidence in Ducati parts. The bike has less than 17k miles, and is now sitting with a wonderful clutch failure.
Ducati, I'm disappointed.
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