A tricky issue on the clutch. I would say its a warranty item but some dealers may try and claim clutch abuse. The fact is they ( including myself as I own Red Dog UK a new Ducati dealer in the UK ( best new Ducati dealer 2007 )) only get paid cost on labour for warranty work so are not keen on doing it if busy. Fortunately for you were not busy this time of year so if you run it up to us first thing in the new year we will give it a look over for free and have a chat with Ducati on the warranty issue and then would be happy to do the work under warranty or at the same cost. Find us at
www.reddoguk.com.