Detroit - As reported by the Motorcycle, the withdrawal is based on the results of an investigation that was released by the Institute of Road Safety, highway (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration = NHTSA) in the United States. Mentioned that the rear rim, on the radius of the potential to cause a rift after intense use or when a lot of long journeys. After calculating the potential rift that is equivalent to the average usage for 6 years.
This problem was first identified in November 2011, when testing different models of Ducati bike but use the same wheel design. When the unit test Ducati developing cracks on the fingers behind the wheel rim, after traveling as far as 26 888 miles or 43 272 km.
To overcome these problems, Ducati has designed a new wheel rim with a supplier that is Enkei Thailand, DU6N coded wheel-RR. However, Ducati had prepared the solution, the owners live usher EVO Monster 1100 2011 - 2012's to the Ducati dealer for new and replacement of the rear wheels at no charge.
Ducati re-do the repair campaign (recall), having previously done on the Monster and Hypermotard models totaled 913 units, mid-February. This time, the affected model EVO Monster 1100 2011-2012 a total of 892 production units in the United States. Its causes, potential cracks in the rim and the rear wheel unit affected by this recall coded DU6-RR.
