1098 fried today

[spydah]

Not a good week for me when it comes to 2 wheeled vehicles.

For the past week I've been having issues with my headlights/tail lights/running lights/blinkers intermittently going out. Well today I noticed a nasty smell (like rotten eggs) and I thought I was just driving by something nasty. Well next time I stopped it was still there so i shut the bike off to have a look. When I shut the bike off it sounded like the fuel pump was still going. So I hoped on and fired it up and started to head home where I could take stuff apart and figure out what was going on. About 15 mins from my house she let out a huge backfire and died. All electrical completely useless.

I'm figuring its the voltage regulator. Hopefully the dealer will take care of this.

[duey]

rectifier, on back order through ducati atm.

[spydah]

Great.... indefinitely broken

Rectifrier is more like it. After reading around it seems like a lot of 07s are having the same problem. That explains why they are back ordered.

[Currently]

Anyone know if the 848's have the same issue?

[duey]

yup

its been a common issue with almost all ducati sbk's. Seems as though "batch's" of them go bad not all. 1098/848 share the same rectifier as 999's (and pretty sure 749 but can't remember at the moment).

[type911]

Sorry to hear of your troubles.
Ducati

[spydah]

is the "rectifier" the same thing as the voltage regulator? I don't see a rectifier in the parts catalog.

aside from the battery getting cooked (the smell), is it likely that anything else got taken out? think I can get the dealer to fix this being that I am not the original owner?

[MotoFreak]

uh...recall...hello, Ducati?

[jayroot]

Check with Dunbar Eurosports or BCM Ducati as Im sure they have the regulators in stock. Im 95% that this is the problem and they can take care of it in less then 1 hour. Youll be back riding in not time.

[spydah]

Well, It looks like the warranty will cover it, and it is transferrable. Now I just gotta wait. It looks like I may lose a good chunk of what is left of the riding season

[Hauptman]

hooray for not being able to ride during this great stretch of weather! I know your pain in waiting for parts

[Origin]

sounds familliar

Best of luck getting it fixed, Hopefully you have an easier time than I am on my 954

[Kurlon]

I don't think I've seen a 1098/848, or even a 749/999 fry a regulator. Last I heard of that being a 'common' issue was 748/916/996/ST2 era, and Duc has gotten better about providing proper airflow over the regulators to stop that problem.

[Crash Dummy Denno]

it could be the GYWS mod, have you done that removal yet? Should take care of the problem and only takes about 15mins to do.

Denno

[spydah]

What is a GWYS mod? "Give Your Wheels to Someone"?

[Crash Dummy Denno]

Gay Yellow Wind Screen





*kicks leg*

[TLRMan]

They must have made those Ducati's out of parts from the old Triumph's (Lucas) electical parts.

Back in my day, any bike with Lucas electrics was know to be a failure.

Sorry to hear of your problem & lack of riding for a while.

Ahhh toaster wire electrics...Lucas = DEVIL!

[akira700]

Gay Yellow Wind Screen

*kicks leg*

Ok Dennis that was a good one.
Yeah, Spydah I have to agree though, that wind screen makes that beautiful bike look like a banana!
A smokin' one at that!


Anyway back on topic...
sorry about the bike trouble. Hope its not spread the trouble elsewhere.
Get that thing back on the road!

[scottieducati]

Seacoast replaced mine before I even took delivery of my 848... give Jesse a call, they may still have some in stock, as I know they had ordered a bunch...