Threw a rod! (part 2)

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So, on another thread, it was suggested that you can reset your fuel mapping to stock by disconnecting your battery and if your ECU loses power, then you have to take your key along with you to a dealer to unlock the race maps again.

If the memory in the ECU is so sensitive to power loss and since there is speculation that it records your behavior and treatment of the bike, perhaps you should disconnect the battery before you seek out warranty work?

Certainly not...???

http://ducati1199.com/ducati-1199/18789-removing-termignoni-slip-ons-2.html#post168542
 
jjsC6 said:
There is an old adage. Drag racing breaks things, road racing wears things out.
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drag racing last all of 10 second per run. My friend has raced both his 1199S and S1000RR, in full seasons of drag racing plus week day fun events with no issue with either bike.

If you not being silly and just doing it for fun your less likely to break things compare to track days. As there is a higher risk of dropping your bike on a track day then at the drag strip
 
Hey gen4 ninja motor on ebay almost as much as panigale. 4199.00

4799 not bad for a panigale engine. Good bargain actually.
 
Sinjin said:
So, on another thread, it was suggested that you can reset your fuel mapping to stock by disconnecting your battery and if your ECU loses power, then you have to take your key along with you to a dealer to unlock the race maps again.

If the memory in the ECU is so sensitive to power loss and since there is speculation that it records your behavior and treatment of the bike, perhaps you should disconnect the battery before you seek out warranty work?

Certainly not...???

http://ducati1199.com/ducati-1199/18789-removing-termignoni-slip-ons-2.html#post168542
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Interesting point. Although, if that is the case regarding the ECU's stored data, it may have the adverse effect of working against you more than for you. Since the necessary data required to make a full and accurate warranty assessment wouldn't be available, it is possible Ducati could deny based solely on "physical evidence" of neglect, misuse, or abuse. If a bike has been undoubtedly mistreated then there is probably little to risk with trying, but for legitimate warranty concerns, it could backfire.
 
Duck41 said:
Interesting point. Although, if that is the case regarding the ECU's stored data, it may have the adverse effect of working against you more than for you. Since the necessary data required to make a full and accurate warranty assessment wouldn't be available, it is possible Ducati could deny based solely on "physical evidence" of neglect, misuse, or abuse. If a bike has been undoubtedly mistreated then there is probably little to risk with trying, but for legitimate warranty concerns, it could backfire.
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I'd be surprised if memory is wiped on a power interrupt. More likely it has a default mode that it reboots to. In this case power interrupt functions as a system reset. Standard microcontroller design practice.
If they are gathering operating parameters/data (i.e. black box type of function), it's probably being written in flash at some set frequency and will be there even if power/reset is cycled.
 
Charliem90 said:
I'd be surprised if memory is wiped on a power interrupt. More likely it has a default mode that it reboots to. In this case power interrupt functions as a system reset. Standard microcontroller design practice.
If they are gathering operating parameters/data (i.e. black box type of function), it's probably being written in flash at some set frequency and will be there even if power/reset is cycled.
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This is what I suspect would happen as well. At most, any performance data gathered between the last automatic backup to the point of power loss would be compromised; but without knowing the frequency with which this occurs, there's no way to determine how useful an intentional power down of the ECU would be.
 
Phl said:
And yet, none of them throws a rod ;)
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I don't think we know the whole story (this is the internet :) ). If something out the ordinary was done with this bike, the OP certainly wouldn't tell us. He admitted to starting it more than once after the failure, which may be the very reason they aren't covering it. Interesting how nice he started out with the letter saying how it's his first Ducati, can't afford to fix it, yadday, yaddy, yaddy. Then the cussing started lol.

DNA was very keen to know that after my clutch failed, if I continued to ride it. One plate delaminated, and caused the rest to fail. They replaced everything, and 2 returns to the shop for oil changes.
 
kaido said:
drag racing last all of 10 second per run. My friend has raced both his 1199S and S1000RR, in full seasons of drag racing plus week day fun events with no issue with either bike.

If you not being silly and just doing it for fun your less likely to break things compare to track days. As there is a higher risk of dropping your bike on a track day then at the drag strip
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It really applies more to cars because of the stresses hooking up at the launch.

I road raced bone stock 750 Hondas competitively in the 80s. As you say, I never had a single mechanical failure or issue of any sort. Then again, I didn't have a 1200 cc twin either :D
 

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