Re: The Ducati I don't know what to call it
Learn something new every day. I will start with oil then.
Well after my mass wiring repair and tidy up, I can't get her to start. Cranks over just fine, so I need to determine what hell I did. Someone feel free to contradict me, but I'm pretty sure even if I messed something up, turn signal, headlight, and wires of the like wouldn't cause this. I'm thinking i'll retrace all the connectors, maybe I reversed one giving power to a coil. The mystery mechanic really did a number though, I finally figured out how he got the bike to run with out the original gauges. For anyone who has a modern Ducati you'll already know this part, but I'll fill in the rest of you.
Ducati marries the ecu, gauge cluster, and keys together from the factory. There's 2 keys, a red one and a black one. The red one allows you to do other things in the computer, such as override the immobilizer. Now, if the gauges aren't plugged in, the bike won't start, it's that simple. This bike, for all appearances only has a vapor trail tech. So how does it work?
Digging through the wiring I came across a connection with a substantial wire bundle going to a 'black box' which was literally a zip lock covered in black tape. This was zip tied inside the frame where the air box once was. I cut said black box open. Low and behind, a circuit board that lights up, with the same pattern as the gauge cluster. The fucking guy took the board out of the cluster and stuffed it in duct tape in the frame! Wow!
Anywho, being able to identify this helped, since now I know the immobilizer isn't turned on (the orange light goes off). The only other option is I'm not getting fuel. I did take the tank off, and there's a chance I reversed the fuel lines. I don't have manual, but I don't think it matters either way, since I'm 99% confident one goes to each throttle body.
Im going to trickle charge the battery to eliminate that as the issue, even though it cranked strong. I'll also chevk for good spark, then i'll simply take the air filters off and spray starter fluid while I crank it. One of these will give me an answer.