2013 1199 Won't Start

On the 30th he was going to try my WOT idea the following day, then we never heard back.

Trauma said:

On the 30th he was going to try my WOT idea the following day, then we never heard back.

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"Relax"

Stw said:

"Relax"

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Where have I heard that before?

Hey Gents,

Sorry for the late update as work got in the way.

Tried mostly everything above. WOT throttle didn't work unfortunately. She continues to crank crank crank, but once again won't turn over.

Siphoned all the gas last night(i.e. I drank a lot of gas :/), refreshed with fresh fuel and she still wouldn't go.

I'm assuming from here it's plugs or injectors. The rear plug looked fairly easy to get to, but the front one looks like a doozy.

Got frustrated and called Ducati. They sent a guy within an hour to pick it up, no charge since it's still in warranty.

Will update when the local dealer figures out the issue.

When you turned on the key, you did hear the actuators spin, and the fuel pump kick on, right?

Running it or cranking it earlier may have fouled the plugs. When you store a bike, store it. Never start it or run it during the winter. Fire it up once in spring and ride it straight to the gas station. I doubt it's injectors. Also run the piss out of it before you store it. Don't do the 2 mile ride bit and then garage it. The engine needs cleaned out good before storage.

Did you leave your charger on the bike when you swapped battieries? ECM may need a reflash.

When you store a bike, store it. Never start it or run it during the winter.

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What is the logic behind this?

bp7178 said:

What is the logic behind this?

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Well, if the bikes been properly preped for storage, then obviously its sorted and best left.

However, if the bike is not being ridden, due to cold weather, then starting it in a cold garage is never ideal, as you'll just encourage condensation on a mildly warmed engine/exhaust, that would never reach operating temperature all round.

Depends on humidity etc...., but just my 2c.

Short run times and open loop fuel management.

If you start it, ride it. The days of starting a bike/car for 5 minutes to show off the exhaust tone and then turning it off, are long gone. Don't do that. And never, EVER, do a burnout show and turn off your bike afterwards. Let it run for a while first.


-dumps fuel into the exhaust nuking the cat. Kinda like regen on a diesel trucks DPF. One of the dealers I used to work at had a bunch of 'vettes. The 1995's started rough after sitting for a while. A genius salesman would go out every morning and run them for 5 minutes so that no possible customers would be put off from that 1st hard start during the test drive. He nuked a dozen exhaust systems. Every cat failed. I actually witnessed them glowing red hot under the cars at idle. The cars never would reach operating temp and would run open loop rich. Every day more and more fuel built up in the cats until....

-rich open loop can foul plugs and even thin oil on old engines or race cars.

-condensation in the oil. Luke warm engines just attract more of it. Hot engines will actually boil this out and purge it out the PVC or oil cap. Ever seen white goo under the oil cap or in the PCV valve? That's what that's from.

-nasty old fuel going through the injectors can foul them with goo that'll dry in them. A longer ride would put more fuel through them, you'd hopefully get to the better fuel not at the bottom of the tank eventually. And a hot injector dries better than a cold injector. Sounds weird, I know.

Post 29 and I think we've successfully narrowed it down to fuel, compression or spark. ;-)

Buliwyf said:

When you turned on the key, you did hear the actuators spin, and the fuel pump kick on, right?

Running it or cranking it earlier may have fouled the plugs. When you store a bike, store it. Never start it or run it during the winter. Fire it up once in spring and ride it straight to the gas station. I doubt it's injectors. Also run the piss out of it before you store it. Don't do the 2 mile ride bit and then garage it. The engine needs cleaned out good before storage.

Did you leave your charger on the bike when you swapped battieries? ECM may need a reflash.

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Yes on the actuators & fuel pump. Negative on keeping the bike connected during the swap.

Cool, might just need a reflash.

ECM's can sometimes forget who they are. Your bike might think it's a minivan. I leave mine plugged into it's charger if I pull the battery. Just keep a rag on the + so it doesn't hit anything.