Soldato
Mine died numerous times this weekend
After a cracking ride out to the Brecons, I was having a spirited ride along one of the more scenic roads - Sport mode on, revs around the 8-9k mark and....... engine dies! Power is still on, but the revs just die, and I have to coast the bike to a stop. No errors on the dash, no limiter hit (that's just over 10k)!
Won't start, so I turn it off and back on - starts fine. Decide to try and re-create the fault, to see it it's a one off or not - same issue! Even in the lesser Urban mode
Not 100% certain if the engine is running when it dies, as there's usually too much wind noise - but if it is, then it's certainly running quietly; which is hard with my loud pipe - so I'd say it's not. Having said that, when it died once, I was 'revving' the throttle and it almost sounded as if there was a lethargic rev happening; though nothing on the display.
I recently changed to some adjustable levers, and there's a microswitch within the clutch housing, that these new levers weren't triggering correctly - so it thought I was in neutral - the rev limiter then was around 8k, and there was a lot of over-run when pulling to a stop (noise and acceleration). I did managed to sort that, so the limiter was back to 10k, but whether this new engine death is related or not....
Next job is to re-fit the OEM levers and see how it is! If it's not the levers, I'm guessing that it *could* be a trapped fuel line maybe, and when there's extra demand at higher revs - it's being starved. Though, I would have expected an impact through the rev range if it were that.
Oh Ducati! Maybe I will trade you in.
After a cracking ride out to the Brecons, I was having a spirited ride along one of the more scenic roads - Sport mode on, revs around the 8-9k mark and....... engine dies! Power is still on, but the revs just die, and I have to coast the bike to a stop. No errors on the dash, no limiter hit (that's just over 10k)!
Won't start, so I turn it off and back on - starts fine. Decide to try and re-create the fault, to see it it's a one off or not - same issue! Even in the lesser Urban mode
Not 100% certain if the engine is running when it dies, as there's usually too much wind noise - but if it is, then it's certainly running quietly; which is hard with my loud pipe - so I'd say it's not. Having said that, when it died once, I was 'revving' the throttle and it almost sounded as if there was a lethargic rev happening; though nothing on the display.
I recently changed to some adjustable levers, and there's a microswitch within the clutch housing, that these new levers weren't triggering correctly - so it thought I was in neutral - the rev limiter then was around 8k, and there was a lot of over-run when pulling to a stop (noise and acceleration). I did managed to sort that, so the limiter was back to 10k, but whether this new engine death is related or not....
Next job is to re-fit the OEM levers and see how it is! If it's not the levers, I'm guessing that it *could* be a trapped fuel line maybe, and when there's extra demand at higher revs - it's being starved. Though, I would have expected an impact through the rev range if it were that.
Oh Ducati! Maybe I will trade you in.