Barmy Ducati frustrations!!!!!!!

[jerryz]

Ha....Ok we all know the fiendish Italien Machiavellian temprement often gets to the folks at Ducati,here is a cautionary tale of dark deeds in Bologna ..........

well today I delved into my S4 wiring to put an aftermarket CA cycle left hand bar lighting switch so I would be able to turn the headlights off and not have them permanently on.
It mainly helps the battery amps on starting not having the headlight on.

OK a simple job for an electonics wizard like me who works on robotics etc ......well yes  and NOoooooooooooooooo....!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  the curse of Bolongna strikes , I have 3 wiring diagrams for the 2001 S4 and all are different  especially the color codes..WHY for Gods sake do they do that... OK back to basics my bikes wiring colours do not relate to any of the 3 Ducati wiring diagrams all dated 2001 so I get ot my multimeter and spend 2 hour buzzing the whole thing out and making my own diagram and the mounting the new switch.    ''DOH''

all is well the bike runs great but why do Ducati do these mad things .

Jerry

[desmoworks]

Ha....Ok we all know the fiendish Italien Machiavellian temprement often gets to the folks at Ducati,here is a cautionary tale of dark deeds in Bologna ..........

well today I delved into my S4 wiring to put an aftermarket CA cycle left hand bar lighting switch so I would be able to turn the headlights off and not have them permanently on.
It mainly helps the battery amps on starting not having the headlight on.

OK a simple job for an electonics wizard like me who works on robotics etc ......well yes  and NOoooooooooooooooo....!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  the curse of Bolongna strikes , I have 3 wiring diagrams for the 2001 S4 and all are different  especially the color codes..WHY for Gods sake do they do that... OK back to basics my bikes wiring colours do not relate to any of the 3 Ducati wiring diagrams all dated 2001 so I get ot my multimeter and spend 2 hour buzzing the whole thing out and making my own diagram and the mounting the new switch.    ''DOH''

all is well the bike runs great but why do Ducati do these mad things .

Jerry

It kind of sounds like you enjoyed yourself 

[lauramonster]

kudos to you for figuring it out!!!

Us mere mortals wouldn't even attempt!!!

[Ducnial]

 Guess you've never been to Italy

[jerryz]

ER....wrong I have been to Italy many times ...but why 4 different wiring colour codes for 1 model year  is a new one on me.

[ducpainter]

ER....wrong I have been to Italy many times ...but why 4 different wiring colour codes for 1 model year  is a new one on me.

It was what they had.

[Holden]

Spaghetti Bolognese.

[Norm]

We went from modifying stock harnesses to just throwing them away and making new ones. About 1/10 the amount of wires.

[jerryz]

It kind of sounds like you enjoyed yourself 

Oh I did .. next job is to relocate the regulator from behind the rear cylinder head under the seat where it gets not cool air to the front of the bike where cool air will help it last longer my belly pan will keep the bike looking sharp as the regulator will sit inside the belly pan just below the horizontal cylinder with cool air hitting it .


jerry

[Big Troubled Bear]

The joys of owning something "special"

[ellingly]

My brother (who, admittedly, is a car mechanic, but we won't hold that against him) reckons that any Italian car he's ever had in the shop doesn't have a wiring setup that conforms to the factory, including ones which have never been touched except by the factory.

His view is that they are wired by two brothers who have had a fight. They only have certain colours, and neither has a complete wiring diagram.

That explanation makes sense.

[Holden]

My brother (who, admittedly, is a car mechanic, but we won't hold that against him) reckons that any Italian car he's ever had in the shop doesn't have a wiring setup that conforms to the factory, including ones which have never been touched except by the factory.

His view is that they are wired by two brothers who have had a fight. They only have certain colours, and neither has a complete wiring diagram.

That explanation makes sense.

My dad used to say that 1970s Rolls Royces were the worst by far (and he was CFO of Lamborghini at the time!). I shudder to think...