New Dash / Instrument panel - Plug and play or not???

[tricolore]

Can anyone tell me if you can replace an instrument cluster/ Dash on a late model bike without messing with the security? I am looking into a possible project bike, MV F4, and its a wreck, the dash needs to be replaced and I can get a 2nd hand one but not sure if I can just plug the new one in and it will work??? Any info would be appreciated. Doing some homework ATM...
Cheers.

[erkishhorde]

IIRC, the immobilizer is in the dash so you can't just swap it out. I know someone on here swapped dashes on a monster w/ an immobilizer and stashed the circuit board for the stock dash under the tank so that everything would still work properly. I think it was Stu but I can't remember whose bike he did it on.

Oh wait, just re-read your post and realized you're not tinkering on a monster. Ignore me. 

[Drunken Monkey]

Uh, not to be a jerk, but have you tried the MV Augusta forums?

If it's anything like a Ducati and the immobilizer work with a combo of the instruments and the ECU. For Ducati there are aftermarket ($$$) ECU reprogramming kits that get rid of the immobilizer completely.

But again, without knowing anything about how an MV is set up...