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 Mama mia Luigi!  Whatsa with the capelli d'angeli wiring inna my Mostro?  I just finished repairing another broken wire to my rear lighting, due to the thin gauge of the wire - don't know how long I've been riding around with no brake light.  Most of the wiring seems robust enough, and is sheathed and zip tied securely, and has nice weatherproof metri pack connectors.  But when I hooked up my mosfet regulator a few months ago, I noticed that the yellow wires were on the thin side, and that connector, which really should be weatherproof, was not.  So I'm wondering what other flaws in my wiring I might want to fix before I find myself by the side of the road, cursing Gabriele Del Torchio. 
 Any tips on wiring fixes or upgrades for the 695? 

Hmmm, no takers...well, here's one for you:(http://i1366.photobucket.com/albums/r762/delmartini/IMG_3942_zpsm7c6nfat.jpg)

Looking in from the right, (no airbox) the bundle of wires from the ignition switch (top, left of center) that has just emerged from the bottom of the switch housing, makes a head fake left to where it's zip-tied to another bundle, then cuts back across to the right side of the frame (lower right) and then crawls back to the left side along a frame tube, where it enters an unsealed snap connector zip-tied to the front of the tube.  This is one of the critical connections, and it's just hung there facing into whatever spray might be there.  And it takes a foot of wire to cross the frame twice, just to get to where it started.  I'm ranting here, right?   [roll]
I'll be revising this one.

You can read through this thread for some thoughts. Not a 695, but same nest of wires.

http://www.ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=69859.msg1290101#msg1290101 (http://www.ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=69859.msg1290101#msg1290101)

Might try paging suzyj if she's still around, or at least check out her threads. Here's a great one:
http://www.ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=56614.0 (http://www.ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=56614.0)

I must point out that Kopf's boy possesses world class wiring skill.

And suzyj's skill-set is the most astonishing I've seen in my life.

Their work is indeed inspirational.

Those are some great looking projects, guys - thanks for the links.  I'm just looking to fix the worst of it, though - replace the unsealed connectors etc, and tidy it up a bit.  

Once you start tugging on one of them little wires, it never stops.  :D

what he ^^^ said

I could do a fantastic job like Kopf and Suzy - I've done it before...in my dreams!  [cheeky]

WAKE UP WAKE UP . . You're late for work

 In the photo above, the bottom two wires entering the connector (coming from the ignition switch, white/red stripe, and blue) don't come out the other side.  It's six wires in and four out, and the two unconnected wires have no voltage when the key is on.  
 I'm replacing this connector - should I just use a four pin connector and just wrap these two wires?  I suppose this is just a case of Ducati using the same wiring on other models?  And what amp rating would be needed for this connector?

The wiring diagrams are available online if you really want to dig deep. Last page of the owners manual.

http://www.ducati.com/services/maintenance/index.do (http://www.ducati.com/services/maintenance/index.do)

What is Italian for Lucas?

Capt Obvious here...

Ducati?  ;D

Wasn't Ducati an electrical manufacturer originally? ;)

Just make sure those 2 wires (white/red stripe, and blue )may be jumps together so the wiring can work.... I've seen this a couple of times in ducati wiring .....

Also that conector dosen't look OEM to me ......it looks like a connector you get a the local electronic shop....

The two wires (white/red stripe and blue) come from the ignition switch and end in the connector, and don't connect across.  All the other connectors on the bike are sealed type.  The connection to my voltage regulator was one of these same funky unsealed blade connectors too. When I put on my mosfet regulator I changed to the metri pack type that came with the regulator.

Still is, at least in name and family tree.  Ducati split into two companies sometime in the '40s I think.  They supply voltage regulators for the Honda Hornet.

http://www.ducatienergia.it/index.php?lang=en (http://www.ducatienergia.it/index.php?lang=en)

My guess is that  the original voltage regulator connection melted...

A little anecdote
(yes it can happen, those little OEM box  are not reliable !  A couple years ago mine literelly birst into flames becose one of the wires crated a short...  I stop beside the road and trew some dirt on it to stop the flames !!!!  [bang]
 
It damaged all the wires in the front of the bike that was my introduction to motorcycle wiring .... I've learn everiting just to make sure the bike dont burst into flames again ......

I recomend everybody to get a mosfet regulator...

... it seam that the previous owner whent to is local hardware strore to get those funky  blake connectors.... to repair the damage cause by the regulator ....lol        [laugh]