Dead Bike or immobilized?

[spaceghost65]

bullet > ya i tried my other black key and the red one as well
Ivo > I didnt take the ignition off, I will check that next, (also i thought English was Lang #2 for you!)
hiero > Thanks bro, I didn't get a chance for that one but i'm going to do it tonight
Paul (G.A.) > I tried the immobilzer function (red key in hold open throttle for a while, but never got the blinker to go off so i could try my code.) maybe i did it incorrectly. I will try this again as well.

You guys have been awesome, thanks again for all the help.

[yotogi]

If still had my monster, I'd swap gauges with you to see if at least you get a gauge sweep/change...maybe somebody can step up here?

I don't have any real plans for next weekend... I could ride over and loan you mine. Maybe someone else needs some wrenching done too and we could make it a thing...

[spaceghost65]

Update to this saga:

I am almost certain the gauge pod has gone bad. I undid the ignition cover and checked and cleaned every connection that had a plug.
Listening very carefully when the key is first turned on i can hear the pod trying to do something in there but its sounds very bad.

Is changing the pod possible or is it all hooked up to the ECU/Key/Alarm?

yotogi > Thanks bro! Let's see what we can work out this week. Thanks, that's awesome of you.

[Gone Ape]

Edward, your bike won't start with his gauge cluster, but I was thinking it may be a poor man's way to determine if all the right "things electrical" were at least getting to the cluster.  (i.e. is it an ignition switch or a?)  Just trying to narrow things down.

Without a Mathesis tester you really are at this point chasing a ghost (no pun intended)  If Yotogi's generous offer doesn't bare jack, you're really gonna have to stop wasting your time and bite the bullet and take it to D/A.  They don't necessarily have to Fix it for you, just with this type of problem it's best to pay the diagnostic time to really nail down the problem.  Your time is running out if you intend to petition Ducati North America for help.

I'm going to be gathering up my bike this weekend from AF-1, then helping TXDuc get his steering head bearings back in his bike....if I can, I'll check in and see how things are going....

[spaceghost65]

I got a form letter from DNA: take it to a dealer and so forth..
Well, thanks to every one at Ming's on Wed night hopefully we'll get it going from here.

[Pedro-bot]

I got a form letter from DNA: take it to a dealer and so forth..
Well, thanks to every one at Ming's on Wed night hopefully we'll get it going from here.

  GL.

















I've been trolling this thread. 

[yotogi]

Talked to Paul up at MA today and he said that it shouldn't break anything to try your cluster on my bike or vice versa. But if you are going to take it up there anyway, hell, they are ready for you. Get it fixed so we can go ride.

[spaceghost65]

UPDATE: The Bike lives!
The culprit: A relay that had gone bad and melted, causing a short, the gauge cluster is okay..(for now).

I want to thank everyone that helped and offered to help especially Paul and Arron. Thanks to DA for a quick fix and friendly service.
Note: My rear brake light is back on, could this be the source of the bad relay? I will call them on tuesday and investigate.

Thanks again for everything and hopefully see yall on wednesday so we can plan a ride for the weekend.

[yotogi]

UPDATE: The Bike lives!
The culprit: A relay that had gone bad and melted, causing a short, the gauge cluster is okay..(for now).

Wahoo! At least it was "just a relay" the cluster would have sucked!

I want to thank everyone that helped and offered to help especially Paul and Arron. Thanks to DA for a quick fix and friendly service.
Note: My rear brake light is back on, could this be the source of the bad relay? I will call them on tuesday and investigate.

Wrong letter to double up on buddy (2 a's 1 r)! I am so completely insulted that I feel like I have to rescind my offer to help you diagnose your problem alltogether!

By rear break light back on, do you mean it is stuck on? If so, yeah, that might could lead to a burnt out relay, but it could just indicate a short that caused the problem in the first place!

[Gone Ape]

WHHHEEEEEEEEE!!!!  Great news, Edward.  

Indeed, I agree with AAAAARRRRRROOOONNNN (!) and perhaps a shorted taillight wire or relay has burnt the other relay....nice to know the fuse system built in works, eh?.....are there physical signs on the one identified relay (i.e. melted case)??  If you look around under the tank  & around the outside of the airbox, are there other relays which don't look "right"?

[spaceghost65]

Here is the relay that gave up the ghost:


And my apologies to DA for rolling this up to their front door while their open house was happening. Lots of stares and worried looks. Hope I didn't run off any customers!

[Gone Ape]

Trust me, that's not what's keeping the customers away !!!!!!

Which relay was this in the schematic ?

[yotogi]

And my apologies to DA for rolling this up to their front door while their open house was happening. Lots of stares and worried looks. Hope I didn't run off any customers!

Heh, I don't think that anyone was too worried at the customer meet and greet. Hell, many if not most of them already own Ducatis so they were just thinking how lucky they were that theirs wasn't broken.

[gh0stie]

awesome! 

don't think I'll make it to Mings this week, but looking forward to seeing that thing next week!

[hiero]

looks like one of the ol siemens v203073 (3072 in some older bikes) relays they use for some of the safety loops...