lights, horn, turnsigs work but no engine turnover :( SOLVED :-)

[ducpainter]

On the early 900's there's plenty of room to mount it either way.

[Bergweiserus]

CRAP!  i still get no click.

i am going to have to go through the whole thing again and 'test' it all from square one again.

i am also wondering if this is related to an incident i had at a gas station right before i stopped riding the bike 2 years ago.  i rolled into the station, pulled up to the pump and when i turned the key to the off position (how i normally kill the power), the engine didn't stop - it began chugging very strangely and i had to kill the engine by putting it back in gear and holding the brake.  i then smelled something burning and could not get the bike fired up again.  had to push it a mile back to my house.  since then i was able to get it started by jumping it, but that's it. 

i wonder if i have fried something else....  bike is carbed, so no EFI stuff.   hmmm.....this is a real head-scratcher for me.  i totally hate electrical problems.

[ducpainter]

Check the wire harness where it passes the steering head.

The kill switch wires are known to break inside.

[Bergweiserus]

Check the wire harness where it passes the steering head.

The kill switch wires are known to break inside.

OKAY!  Duc-P, you are the winner, lol.  Turns out it was a pinched wire on the harness up at the steering head.  incredibly frustrating how Ducati sends colored wires to a plug and then changes the colors at the connector plug.  Fortunately figured it all out after testing continuity of every wire near the problem.  Turns out that a wire, after being pinched to tightly by a factory installed zip-tie finally gave way and gave me problems.  

Happy to know the bug and now going to re-wire harness / etc.   Weekend project most likely now that i'm totally sick of chasing mis-colored wires around my bike...ugh.

thanks everyone for the suggestions and help.  

[Bergweiserus]

....just for reference, the blue and red wire going to the solenoid plug was broken below the harness near the steering head, right at the factory installed zip-tie to the frame.

a bit of wiggling that wire & with the starter button pushed, cranked the engine over.

[Bergweiserus]

update:   re-wired, fired up right away, rode for two hours....feels great to have the bike going again.  will not spend two years without it again.  will not let moving or break-ups get in the way ever again.