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[kopfjäger]

Take it to the Shop and have them fix it.

[MikeZ]

Take it to the Shop and have them fix it.

^^^What he said ^^^

[Greg]

Take it to the Shop and have them fix it.

+1

A Monster with Termis and ECU should run fantastic. Headers glowing red while idling is not normal, take it to the dealer and have them fix it. If they say they cannot then complain to Ducati North America and/or find another dealer.

[Curmudgeon]

Where in VA are you? Where did you buy the bike? Did you call your dealer? If so, what exactly did he say?

[wvcruiser]

Glowing red pipes is normal (I've got 8 bikes and all the four strokes' pipes glow red). 

I'd double check the simple stuff, particularly look for an air leak.  Perhaps something was botched with the airbox work.  In fact, I'd probably put the airbox back to stock unless the Termi ECU was specifically intended to be used with the airbox mods. 

Have you asked the dealer about the issue?  if its running that bad it should be obvious to them from a test ride and then they should go about sorting it.  A power commander isn't what you need, if it really is that bad something is screwed up and having an incompetent wrench plug away at spreadsheets to remap it further is unlikely to help anything. The whole point of the termi ECU is that its a (nearly) idiot-proof way of getting the fueling roughly right for the exhaust etc.

Is this your first big(ish) sport twin?  Perhaps you are expecting it to run like an I4, which it never will (thank goodness!)

No it's not my first twin I've had Harley's. Which I could tune myself no one has ever worked on anything Ive own til this. And that's. Because Ducatis warranty. I gues I'll eventually have to purchase software and tuning tools for after the warranty is expired 2 years from now

[twolanefun]

No it's not my first twin I've had Harley's. Which I could tune myself no one has ever worked on anything Ive own til this. And that's. Because Ducatis warranty. I gues I'll eventually have to purchase software and tuning tools for after the warranty is expired 2 years from now

This ain't your Harley, it's FI, it's got an ECU, it's got traction control, you are going to spend a lot of money on equipment you are not trained to use, just some things to consider. Having put that out there for you to consider, do you mind telling us which dealer has worked on your bike? We would be glad to direct you to a dealer that knows what they are doing. - Gene

[Greg]

I've got 240 for miles for the 600 mi. service and don't want to prematurely hurt something.

Your bike has less than 400 miles on it, something is not right. Take it back to the dealer and tell them to make it run like it should do, or you want your money back. You shouldn't have to buy any tools or software to make a brand new bike run correctly, especially after spending extra for the Termis and ECU.

[booger]

We would be glad to direct you to a dealer that knows what they are doing. - Gene

Well if he is anywhere near Winchester VA as his username suggests it may be worth trucking it to you know who at you know where and put an end to this.

[Curmudgeon]

  

[twolanefun]

Kinda what I was thinking.  - Gene

[thought]

Well if he is anywhere near Winchester VA as his username suggests it may be worth trucking it to you know who at you know where and put an end to this.

voldemort has a bike shop in va!?!?

 

[wvcruiser]

Good news, took it to the shop after i already told them earlier on the phone how it was running and when i walked in i told them it run like dog shit.reset ecu and drove it home and it ran like a new bike,no glowing of the pipe,or coughing and spitting.Yeah it still dont like low rpm's(below3000) in traffic conjestion but anything else ran 100 % better.EPA has these lean I know but it aint as bad as it was,Called them when i got home told them thank you.  Also glad to know that someone knows what im not trained to do,I dont have the diagnostic tools for a ducati thats all thats kept me from trying to take care of it ,anyway thats what the warranty is for
 (Quote from Twolanefun)  "you are going to spend a lot of money on equipment you are not trained to use, just some things to consider. Having put that out there for you to consider "                           

[kopfjäger]

Easy fix

[Greg]

3000 RPM is about the limit on mine as well, even with the ECU. Before that it didn't like anything much under 4,500.

Glad to hear that it's running correctly 

[Narflar]

Yeah it still dont like low rpm's(below3000) in traffic conjestion but anything else ran 100 % better.

EPA doesn't have anything to do with it below 3000rpm.  It's a big twin with small flywheel so it's gonna have issues that low.  It's not like your harley's that had a huge flywheel to coast through the power pulses.