Thanks to you both, the problem is :
1) those guys live too far away to really care about me;
2) their shop is "Big Twin", they do Harleys; they accepted to do my "big single" only because it looked like a HD enough to accept working on one - also because a 650cc single has a bigger piston than a 1200cc HD, so they got a good excuse...
3) they host their own HD Bikers Club - and you should see some of their creations...
www.bigtwin.it unfortunately the site's always down for some oddball reason
To defend my case, I could say that it was dark and I never even noticed she was leaking until I got home and looked at her the following morning, but who wants to ride another 250Km on a tollway just to argue?
I could write to a motorcycling magazine, but might be facing legal action for "shaming their name" (whatever the legal term is)
Hey, they have ... a lot of ... happy Harley riders to back them up, and my bike turns 20 next spring!
So, all in all, I will write to a magazine or two, but will have a Ducati specialist just the same - they have the skill and the expertise (expensive expertise) they tune racing bikes for the track, they will know how to fix her proper
After all, I plan to ride and see "The [real] Sword in the Stone" next spring !!!
http://www.sangalgano.org/ENG/swordinthestone.htm 8)