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Hi all,
Please excuse me if there are a number of similar threads on the forum. I am new to both Ducati and the forum and after my first weekend with the 1199s I wanted to ask other riders of their experience with the 1199s.
Background
I have a 1199s which was first on the road in the UK in April 2012. It is therefore one of the early models. It is in standard trim. It is new to me as of the weekend 6th/7th April 2013.
I purchased the bike from a local non-ducati dealer as they were daft enough to take my old (worthless) Cagiva Raptor 1000 in part ex against this bike they had in stock. Apparently the last owner had been an Aprilia fan all his life, changed to the Ducati for a year and just didn't get on with it so switched back. This dealer is an Aprilia main agent, so it all stacks up.
Before delivery the bike was sent to our local Ducati dealer (who we know well having purchased my girlfriends Monster 696 from them last year) who ran all the checks for recalls and gave the bike the latest ECU update. They also confirmed to me the bikes history as it was originally purchased form them. From what I can tell its all sound/genuine.
Whilst the delivery checks and updates were being done the dealer found that the O2 sensor on the vertical cylinder was disconnected (direct quote so hope this is correct).
The O2 sensor was reconnected before delivery and I am told that all ECU errors etc have been cleared and nothing comes up on the display.
Problem
I have noticed two things at constant throttle both of which confuse, interest or bug me.
1. Running is lumpy especially around 4,000 rpm and again at 6,000 rpm, the bike feels it needs to be 'opened up' to clear the issue.
2. The engine note will change after a little while, losing some of the booming sound track. When this happens the throttle response goes away almost entirely. You have to be quite heavy handed to get things back to normality.
BTW I have been using Sport mode with the default settings. It has also been quite cold here in the UK last weekend so the bike was running quite cold. c.65 degrees C at times but the problem still existed when the bike got warmer c.75 degrees C to 85 degrees C.
Any help ideas or observations welcomed. Does anyone think that the previous owner disconnected the O2 sensor for a reason? Are they linked?
Many Thanks
James
Please excuse me if there are a number of similar threads on the forum. I am new to both Ducati and the forum and after my first weekend with the 1199s I wanted to ask other riders of their experience with the 1199s.
Background
I have a 1199s which was first on the road in the UK in April 2012. It is therefore one of the early models. It is in standard trim. It is new to me as of the weekend 6th/7th April 2013.
I purchased the bike from a local non-ducati dealer as they were daft enough to take my old (worthless) Cagiva Raptor 1000 in part ex against this bike they had in stock. Apparently the last owner had been an Aprilia fan all his life, changed to the Ducati for a year and just didn't get on with it so switched back. This dealer is an Aprilia main agent, so it all stacks up.
Before delivery the bike was sent to our local Ducati dealer (who we know well having purchased my girlfriends Monster 696 from them last year) who ran all the checks for recalls and gave the bike the latest ECU update. They also confirmed to me the bikes history as it was originally purchased form them. From what I can tell its all sound/genuine.
Whilst the delivery checks and updates were being done the dealer found that the O2 sensor on the vertical cylinder was disconnected (direct quote so hope this is correct).
The O2 sensor was reconnected before delivery and I am told that all ECU errors etc have been cleared and nothing comes up on the display.
Problem
I have noticed two things at constant throttle both of which confuse, interest or bug me.
1. Running is lumpy especially around 4,000 rpm and again at 6,000 rpm, the bike feels it needs to be 'opened up' to clear the issue.
2. The engine note will change after a little while, losing some of the booming sound track. When this happens the throttle response goes away almost entirely. You have to be quite heavy handed to get things back to normality.
BTW I have been using Sport mode with the default settings. It has also been quite cold here in the UK last weekend so the bike was running quite cold. c.65 degrees C at times but the problem still existed when the bike got warmer c.75 degrees C to 85 degrees C.
Any help ideas or observations welcomed. Does anyone think that the previous owner disconnected the O2 sensor for a reason? Are they linked?
Many Thanks
James