In order to get to the plug which allows you to check the ignition pickup/sensor gap, you have to remove the coolant manifold that connects to the horizontal head. Which basically means disassembly of the cooling system. Great. So that's what I spent the day doing.
And guess what. The fucking gap was fine.
I figured since I went through all that trouble, I'm going to narrow the gap to the lower limit anyway. That involved sanding the pickup sensor shim.
Put everything back together. No improvement. Wasted the whole day.
I hate this bike.
Saturday, October 27, 2007
Thursday, October 25, 2007
Okay I've had several drinks and some time to coool off. it's a miracle i awas aable to login even.
a recap of what's been going on. still troubleshooting the hard starting problem. i ruled out most of the ususal suspects. on my webpage [see the sept 25 post] i had tentatively concluded it was a compression or ecu problemg.
my compression gauge finally came in, got 181 psi on the horizontal, 179 on vertical cylinder. this is about 20 psi above the max factory recommended pressure, but i've been told by many knowledgeable sourdces [including Doug Lofgren] that this should be okay. which brings me to the ecu.
i sought help for my starting problem on the ducati.ms forum and the ducati.net maling list. i alsos contacted BCM ducati, as well as noted Aussie tuner Brad Black.
i got several responses. i got a few differing opiinions on the ecu, fso for now i iwll hold off on pursuing that route.
but one common ppoint among manyh of the respnses was to check the ignition pickup gap. so this will ebe the next thing i'll do. but i'm not holding mybreath, the way things have been going.
i was 0planning on starting work on the ignitiong gap tonite, but becusae my gf insists on carpooling now i can't get to it [got home too fucking goddammm late] so i'm kninda irate, thus the many long island icedg teeas. shti i am running out of tequillat
PHILOSOPHICAL RANT...
one thing that gets me is when i go riding with fellow riders, they see mybike having a hard time starting/. they gather around, stare, then nod at each other and go "yup, ducati." wtf is up with that shit? i've owned kawaaskai , yamaha, suzuki, honda. and this is my 3rd ducati. thi is the first one that has really given me problems. i've had 3 kawasakis. TWO of them had problems, one kawi also had a chronic starting problem (which was never solved btw), BOTTOM LINE: PEOPLE JUST litke to pick on ducati. sthi iam so fucked up ritenow.i ope it dont erase thig sits is at h pe i keept a record of this chronicle this stupid startignproblem.
a recap of what's been going on. still troubleshooting the hard starting problem. i ruled out most of the ususal suspects. on my webpage [see the sept 25 post] i had tentatively concluded it was a compression or ecu problemg.
my compression gauge finally came in, got 181 psi on the horizontal, 179 on vertical cylinder. this is about 20 psi above the max factory recommended pressure, but i've been told by many knowledgeable sourdces [including Doug Lofgren] that this should be okay. which brings me to the ecu.
i sought help for my starting problem on the ducati.ms forum and the ducati.net maling list. i alsos contacted BCM ducati, as well as noted Aussie tuner Brad Black.
i got several responses. i got a few differing opiinions on the ecu, fso for now i iwll hold off on pursuing that route.
but one common ppoint among manyh of the respnses was to check the ignition pickup gap. so this will ebe the next thing i'll do. but i'm not holding mybreath, the way things have been going.
i was 0planning on starting work on the ignitiong gap tonite, but becusae my gf insists on carpooling now i can't get to it [got home too fucking goddammm late] so i'm kninda irate, thus the many long island icedg teeas. shti i am running out of tequillat
PHILOSOPHICAL RANT...
one thing that gets me is when i go riding with fellow riders, they see mybike having a hard time starting/. they gather around, stare, then nod at each other and go "yup, ducati." wtf is up with that shit? i've owned kawaaskai , yamaha, suzuki, honda. and this is my 3rd ducati. thi is the first one that has really given me problems. i've had 3 kawasakis. TWO of them had problems, one kawi also had a chronic starting problem (which was never solved btw), BOTTOM LINE: PEOPLE JUST litke to pick on ducati. sthi iam so fucked up ritenow.i ope it dont erase thig sits is at h pe i keept a record of this chronicle this stupid startignproblem.
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A month since my last entry!
This stupid bike left me stranded. AGAIN. Two days ago. Because it refused to start once I got to my destination. I have since mothballed it. No more riding until I fix the problem, or the day comes when I take it to the dealer (on a truck) to trade it in. This thing is a waste of money. Why am I paying insurance & taxes on something I can't even use?
Fuck this bike.
I'll continue this later...
This stupid bike left me stranded. AGAIN. Two days ago. Because it refused to start once I got to my destination. I have since mothballed it. No more riding until I fix the problem, or the day comes when I take it to the dealer (on a truck) to trade it in. This thing is a waste of money. Why am I paying insurance & taxes on something I can't even use?
Fuck this bike.
I'll continue this later...
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