[Abraxxas1127]

That's some bad luck man, it just goes from bad to worse it seems!!

On the subject of everybody worried about the back wheel locking up at speed... the back wheel will not lock at speed in the event of a stall because the revs will be up high. The whole reason the tire locks up in the first place is because of the low speed of the bike coupled with an engine on the verge of "chugging" in first gear as you start out or go around a 90deg corner, usually while somewhat slipping the clutch because you're going so slow. The engine quits and there is not enough inertia because of how light the bike is and how slow it is going to keep those huge pistons moving up and down in first gear... resulting in the rear tire rotation stopping as well as a result of it. When you "bump" start a bike what gear do you do it in? Usually 2nd or 3rd because if you try it in first, the back wheel will likely skid because the engine has more leverage than the rear tire while in first gear... same principle

The locking of the back wheel is not a Ducati specific phenomenon, it follows closely with high performance twins. It first happened to me while riding a friends TL1000S the first year they came out. Taking off from a stop sign turning right, I let the revs get a little too low (unfamiliar bike) and as I gave it a little throttle to power through the corner it quit with a subsequent locking of the rear tire. The back tire kicked out and stopped 90deg sideways in the middle of the road almost throwing me off, luckily I kept it upright and learned my lesson. Happened to another friend a couple times on his first bike, an RC51.

Hope they get your problems figured out and get this nightmare resolved for you man, I feel for you!!

 

[Abraxxas1127]

The red on the bike is not a difficult color to match, any competent bodyshop should be able to match that, if they have their own mixing system anyways like we do so they can tint if need be.

The scratches are going to need a machine buffer to get out, rubbing by hand will not do it on anything deeper than fine wash scratches. You'd be surprised what will buff out, I prefer 3M Perfect It II cutting compound on a white foam 3M waffle pad first followed up by Perfect it III foam polishing pad glaze on a black 3M foam waffle pad to get the swirl marks out. The other thing is if they put touch up paint on it already there will be no making it perfect without repainting it. Touch up paint has its uses but when I get people in my shop that smear it all over everything trying to make some scratches look better that would've buffed out to start with... makes me wish they didnt have any.

I dont know about everyone elses bike but the paint on my bike is surprisingly soft and easy to buff, also very easy to scuff/scratch. I brushed a piece of lint off my front fairing the other day with finger and scratched it I am actually considering wet-sanding a re-clearing all my bodywork just so it's not so soft as we have a bake booth and baked on finish is nice and hard.

Hope the dealer does something for you to straighten it out proper-like!