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J.P · 03-10-2011, 04:15 PM

I was just reading my most recent RIDE Magazine, November edition, and there was an article on ways to save money for your biking, like going to learn basic maintenance, riding with the correct tyre pressures, riding more economically with less stop/start riding etc.

One interesting note was on the ways to save on spares, where the same nuts or bolts across different bikes & manufacturers might fit and you could find cheaper examples elsewhere from your normal suppliers.
Which brings me to the example they gave for Ducati.
They say that basically the oil filter used by Ducati for the last 20 years odd, is from the same supplier to the French car makers Citreon for the 2CV & Peugeot for the 309 & 205, thus supplies from motor dealers for those cars could be cheaper than an official Ducati supplier.

Discuss....

03-10-2011, 04:15 PM	#1
J.P No more Monster... Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: London Bike: Other Not a Ducati Posts: 4,326	Apparent Interesting fact .... I was just reading my most recent RIDE Magazine, November edition, and there was an article on ways to save money for your biking, like going to learn basic maintenance, riding with the correct tyre pressures, riding more economically with less stop/start riding etc. One interesting note was on the ways to save on spares, where the same nuts or bolts across different bikes & manufacturers might fit and you could find cheaper examples elsewhere from your normal suppliers. Which brings me to the example they gave for Ducati. They say that basically the oil filter used by Ducati for the last 20 years odd, is from the same supplier to the French car makers Citreon for the 2CV & Peugeot for the 309 & 205, thus supplies from motor dealers for those cars could be cheaper than an official Ducati supplier. Discuss.... __________________ J.JP ------------------------------- My Mum says, there's no such thing as Monsters.