Quote from: swanny on July 15, 2008, 01:08:14 PM
184 when cruising down the highway.  When stopped at a light it pops up to about 200 but cools right back down when moving again.

I have never seen my bike go over 205 degrees.

Swanny

So Swanny is getting really close to what I was getting up until a few weeks ago. It'll still probably be a week before I get a new prognosis.

My guess is that this mechanical failure is going to take another 2 weeks to resolve, for a total of a month out of service. I would say that a second mode of transport is almost a necessity if this is typical for AMS/Ducati.

neat gauge...saw that on lisa's.... my oil temp gauge goes to 150 though.

Quote from: newslacker on July 15, 2008, 01:42:13 PM...I would say that a second mode of transport is almost a necessity if this is typical...

Yep.

It's a motorcycle.
An Italian motorcycle.

If you don't have backup transportation for inevitable service/crashes/repair you need to work on that!

I bet the local Honda dealer is backed-up farther than AMS is this time of the year.
You can't get your boat worked on right now either!

seriously, that would look Sweet next to your boost guage on your A Pillar!

May want to move this to the main tech section.  

My S4RS routinely get into the low mid 230's range when I am stuck in traffic and inching my way towards the garage.  The bike in generally does not shut-off. However, I have had the bike shut itself off pre-some mods and the general consensus on TOB was the bike is running a tad lean and will just shut-off once in a while when it get hot.  Since those 2~3 occurances last year, I have not had it happen to me this year yet.

Quote from: CDawg on July 15, 2008, 01:50:48 PM
May want to move this to the main tech section.  

But if we did that we wouldn't have the obscene total posts the DFW group has.  Besides, Patrick doesn't really need an answer to his problem he just wants to make us feel better our Italian bikes are working.

J/K Patrick.

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CDawg
low-mid 230's sounds insane. If mine had always been like that I would consider it normal... but it wasn't.

DFWM is my home. I don't dare venture outside. Besides, this is more of a vent than a technical headache. If it weren't under warranty I would have pulled the water pump already.

...

Fortunately for me, I invested in base model Toyota Tacoma after I owned a Triumph Sprint ST for a while. I got tired of waiting on the elusive flat bed tow trucks to haul it to the shop.

Quote from: newslacker on July 15, 2008, 03:02:31 PM
DFWM is my home. I don't dare venture outside. Besides, this is more of a vent than a technical headache. If it weren't under warranty I would have pulled the water pump already.

Fair enough!  Also SpeedyMoto makes a billeted H2O cover that is suppose to reduce engine temp by up to 10%

Quote from: newslacker on July 15, 2008, 01:42:13 PM
So Swanny is getting really close to what I was getting up until a few weeks ago. It'll still probably be a week before I get a new prognosis.

My guess is that this mechanical failure is going to take another 2 weeks to resolve, for a total of a month out of service. I would say that a second mode of transport is almost a necessity if this is typical for AMS/Ducati.

With all due respect to AMS (and since I don't want to piss them off since they have had my 916SPS for probably half of 2008!!) all the real serious tech work is being done by Jeff alone since Stuart left. Jordan is certainly a capable tech, no offense to him at all, he's a great guy. But he just doesn't have the years on him that Jeff and Stuart have. No matter how good Jordan is (and he is) you can't make up for 10-20 years of on hand experience over night. I heard they were getting another tech for Alvarado out of one of the tech schools and that he would need to get some Ducati certification under his belt. But he also would be new to the Ducati program.

I'm sure it is not an easy situation for AMS. They get a lot of work from all over the area and the state at large. Scott in Dallas is a good tech but he has to drop the tools at any minute to answer phones and sell bikes and parts. And as much as Jeff loves wrenching on the bikes and building engines he also has a business to run with two shops 50 miles apart. I do not envy their position. I can afford to be patient with the 916, it's not my daily transportation and has special "issues". I also don't envy the customer's dilemma either, especially when you have only one bike which may very well be your only mode of transportation. Not many other viable options in the DFW area. Have never heard anything wonderful about either of the other two shops that carry Ducatis in the metroplex. Patrick, hope your overheating problem is fixed quickly. It's not going to get any cooler around here any time soon.

Quote from: fastwin on July 15, 2008, 03:58:12 PM
With all due respect to AMS (and since I don't want to piss them off since they have had my 916SPS for probably half of 2008!!) all the real serious tech work is being done by Jeff alone since Stuart left. Jordan is certainly a capable tech, no offense to him at all, he's a great guy. But he just doesn't have the years on him that Jeff and Stuart have. No matter how good Jordan is (and he is) you can't make up for 10-20 years of on hand experience over night. I heard they were getting another tech for Alvarado out of one of the tech schools and that he would need to get some Ducati certification under his belt. But he also would be new to the Ducati program.

I'm sure it is not an easy situation for AMS. They get a lot of work from all over the area and the state at large. Scott in Dallas is a good tech but he has to drop the tools at any minute to answer phones and sell bikes and parts. And as much as Jeff loves wrenching on the bikes and building engines he also has a business to run with two shops 50 miles apart. I do not envy their position. I can afford to be patient with the 916, it's not my daily transportation and has special "issues". I also don't envy the customer's dilemma either, especially when you have only one bike which may very well be your only mode of transportation. Not many other viable options in the DFW area. Have never heard anything wonderful about either of the other two shops that carry Ducatis in the metroplex. Patrick, hope your overheating problem is fixed quickly. It's not going to get any cooler around here any time soon.

whoa whoa whoa whoa......whoa.  did you just leave a space between two lines...esentially creating a paragraph structure to your post??  dude...WTH?  who are you and what did you do with fastwin?!

I'm
not
saying.

Quote from: McKraut on July 15, 2008, 04:05:07 PM
whoa whoa whoa whoa......whoa.  did you just leave a space between two lines...essentially creating a paragraph structure to your post??  dude...WTH?  who are you and what did you do with fastwin?!

We came just a "Triple-spaced-indention" from the universe as we know it unraveling at our feet!

Jeezuz... fasty... Dude, BE CAREFUL with that stuff...

Dr. Peter Venkman: This city is headed for a disaster of biblical proportions.
Mayor: What do you mean, "biblical"?
Dr Ray Stantz: What he means is Old Testament, Mr. Mayor, real wrath of God type stuff.
Dr. Peter Venkman: Exactly.
Dr Ray Stantz: Fire and brimstone coming down from the skies! Rivers and seas boiling!
Dr. Egon Spengler: Forty years of darkness! Earthquakes, volcanoes...
Winston Zeddemore: The dead rising from the grave!
Dr. Peter Venkman: Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together... mass hysteria!

And then come the BORG and we will be assimilated.  Witness the people running around with devices in their ears.  They say it's a bluetooth device but I know better.  The BORG are here!!! 

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I was noseying around the other parts of the DMF board and came across a thread that got jacked midway into the discussion.  Then some guy blasted the threadjacker saying his post was inappropriate blah, blah, blah.

I thought it was funny how he reacted to the threadjack.  That guy better not get lost and find his way here or he'll go crazy. 

OK, continue...

cdc

I think we have a communal mindset here on this board. Everyone is free to threadjack as they wish upon their own free will. How cosmic 70's kinda thing is that bro? I'm thinking cool and groovy dude! Don't want no dudes casting any bad karma this way bro'!! Hey, we are talking free love on this board baby! Like wow dude! Take your bad thread jack and go somewhere else man. No bad karma here man. Like I said dude!! Hubba hubba man. Don't make me bust out out my woodie cruiser! I'm talking a real wood 60's style surf board hauler daddy'o! OK, how many people did I loose on that one!!... I thought so... OK, enough fun for me... I'm going to bed! Chiao!