Battery switch on Ducati Monster 796... Is it really bad?

[carlito]

Hi everyone,

I am new here and looking to buy a monster 796 soon in Singapore.

I saw a bike yesterday, 2nd hand 2011 model and everything looks good except one thing...

The actual owner rarely uses the bike and had issues with the battery therefore... He said it was because of the immobilizer.

His solution to that problem was to install a switch by the handle bar which isolates the battery and therefore disables the immobilizer and any other electrical feature.

When considering buying this bike, I plan to take out that switch and put it back to normal but I wonder if it may have damaged anything on the bike or change some settings of the electrical features etc?..

Please let me know your thoughts... Because apart from that the bike is super clean!

Cheers!

[EEL]

Flash the immobilizer out with Rexxer flash and get rid of the backyard modification. Haggle him down at least 400 US equivalent bucks and you'll break even.

[stopintime]

That switch doesn't disable the imobilizer - it only saves the battery from the clock - which is 'nothing'.

Delete the switch if you like - no harm with it though, just pointless...

[carlito]

Thanks for your feedback.

When you are saying that it doesn't disable the immobilizer, I'm not sure if I get it...

When the guys places the switch in off position, no more red light is blinking and the bike is like dead. When that's the case, you think the immobilizer would still function?

Otherwise, to flash out the immobilizer, with Rexxer flash is to get rid of the "history"? Do I have to go to a Ducati official garage to do so?

Thank you very much for your help guys.

Cheers

[Raux]

What hes saying is the immobolizer may not be draining battery power but it ismstilll functional. But the immobilizer doesnt kill batteries, the light actually turns off after a short amount of time. I would check the charging system and battery on the bike if you buy it. And yes, ask for money off for that.

[Howie]

Add to what Raux said, drain (parasitic draw0 should be checked too.  Is the switch itself a problem?  If done correctly no, but what problem might it be covering up?