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Originally Posted by nynor

i had to get to the battery and fuse under the tank on the side of the road. unfortunately, i had just filled the tank, thus, when i propped it up, quite a bit of fuel ran out of the overflow hose. i was standing on the other side of the machine and didn't notice until there was a huge amount of fuel on the ground. the underlying problem turned out to be a plugged fuel filter that had obviously been ignored for years. other than that, the ducati has been trouble free. say what you want, its been the most reliable motorcycle i've owned.

this is some of the debris that came out of the filter and the disintegrating hose:

That thing must have a helluva fuel pump to have pushed the penny through the line!!!