Ducati Monster Forum

Anyone else spend 10 minutes yesterday trying to figure out why your bike wouldn't start?  Then realize you had it in neutral but the light wasn't on?

Hopefully today starts better.

I spent about 10 mins trying to start the bike only to realize I hadn't plugged the fuel pump connector back in after having the tank off all winter. Then after I figure that out I get the bike running only to realize the fuel line connectors have gone bad and I have gas dripping all over.  [bang]

It happened to me a couple of times... bike was in neutral, I knew it's in neutral cause I just pushed it out of the garage ... but the neutral light wasn't on and I didn't realize this at first ...  I push the start button, it wouldn't start.

I turned the ignition off and waited a while. Then  I turned the ign on again and pushed the start button again, no luck. Finally it occurred to me that the neutral light wasn't on, and maybe I should pull the clutch lever first, which I did and then I push start button again ... it started right away.
 
And I also noticed it happened on the road while waiting at the traffic light. I thought I couldn't put the bike to neutral, turned out it's the neutral light indicator.

Now, where is this neutral sensor located on a Monster 795 (or 796)? Any picture where it's located and how it looks like?

Been a few years, but my most frustrating no-start was when I somehow accidentally hit the kill switch on the ST2 as I turned into a gas station about 100 miles from home. Lurched it to a stop and proceeded to spend about 45 minutes trying every trick I could think of and a few made up on the spot to get the damn thing running again.

Rode home on the back of a Monster (ouch) and came back a few hours later with a borrowed trailer.

As I was rolling the bike aboard, I happened to look down at the kill switch.  [bang]