Keeps stopping 'mid-flight'............

[bigiain]

Ron once told me he had a similar problem on a Duke. He found the temp sensor on the front cylinder had water in the connections. Easy to get to and if you ride your bike in the rain or wash it too much this could be a problem.

See! _That's_ why I don't wash my bike! It's part of my pro-active maintenance regime! It improves reliability! 

big

[White Lion]

Knew there was a reason why you didn't wash!!

Thanks for the heads up on the temp sensor.... Now where and what am i looking for? (i've never really ventured into the electrics of the Duc, only the mechanical bits)  It has been raining a lot over the last week, and i've ridden nearly every day in it(See, not made of sugar  ) So, there's a good chance water is the reason.....

: Cleaned the kickstand sensor today wasn't overly dirty 

Question:
When i was checking things today, I noticed a big arse fuse a little bit loose. Not sure what the fuse is for. If you stand on the right hand side of the bike, and look at the battery, it's attached to the left of the battery. In it's own black housing. Pulled the cover off a found a 40a orange fuse that was half way in it's slot(I'm not sure if i dislodged it when i took the cover off though....)

[loony888]

that is the main fuse for the bike.
make sure you have good contact between the fuse and the contact points, if you need to, use a small screwdriver to tweak them tight, if it was loose chances are that's your culprit.

paul.

[White Lion]

Really!? What's the go with that one?

[dragonworld.]

Ok, thats it !! Now I'm definitely paranoid ! 

I ride the DS pretty well every day rain hail or shine, with no probs so far. But I've got the 40k service coming up and I'm going to check out all the sensors and connections that are in the water stream! 

Just in case of course. 

[White Lion]

Possible fix guys.

Spoke to george at Flywheels, Again, he said it sounded like a fuel relay problem(He told me that last week, but i wanted to check all connections first)

Well, i went and grabbed a replacement($17). Plugged it in. Pressed start, and what did it do? Started first go, no delay. Did it again, started.

Put the old plug back in: Firstly didn't hear the fuel pump work(Unlike the first two times), then it just chugged along without starting. Tried it again, same result; no fire.

Plugged the new piece back in, started first pop. could be the goods.

I did notice that the points on the old plug were a little brown.....

 [moto]     Will let you know how it's goes after the commute tomorrow

[mattyvas]

It sounds like the self diagnosis and Q&A with Flywheels may have got the job done.
Hope it works for you, there is nothing worse than trying to diagnose a little gremlin.

[White Lion]

Damn straight there matty! I really do hope that's the problem, as i'm nothing but anal with this bike and i'll be pissed if it's something else.

On another note: visited Frasers today-never been to the new store- nothing short of amazing. Sales department, Peter, is brilliant. Although the parts man needs a personality.

Karla's been looking at a 696 for the last 6 months. Looks like a white one may be in the garage by the end of year(She gets her full licence in November). Today's little road trip to Frasers helped lengthen the shopping list by a few thousand dollars 

[loony888]

shops that are willing to help diagnose problems with a customer are worth their weight in gold and should be supported as much as possible in all areas of their business. FLYWHEELS (sydney) do their share as do EUROTWINS (brisbane). I for one support eurotwins with tyres, batteries, services, parts etc, without looking elsewhere cause the $10 more i might pay for a battery is nothing compared to the amount i save from the helpful advice and support i get when i have a small issue that some shops want you to "drop it in and we'll get to it".


paul.

[Dockstrada]

Have you checked the little air censor behind the headlight , been told a simple bug can play havoc 

[DUCMONROB]

the parts man needs a personality.

Did you not know that it is a requirement when you go for a job with Frasers?

[Spider]

Did you not know that it is a requirement when you go for a job with Frasers?

The parts/spares guy at Ducati Melbourne....is.......frickin fantastic!

I know....I nearly fell off my perch!

[bazz20]

The parts/spares guy at Ducati Melbourne....is.......frickin fantastic!

I know....I nearly fell off my perch!

if your talking about bob he,s a legend 

[Spider]

if your talking about bob he,s a legend 

I certainly am...I kept wanting to say...."I don't get it, you know what's going on AND you work for NFI?"

He's a legend!

[DUCMONROB]

I certainly am...I kept wanting to say...."I don't get it, you know what's going on AND you work for NFI?"

He's a legend!

Cherish Bob with love.

My spare parts bloke John is a little hard to draw a conversation out of him. Straight to the point! I suppose I am lucky that he does know my name!

Funny though, when you go to the other side they talk for hours about chrome and belt drives and chrome and saddle bags and........do I need to go on?