3rd time's the charm?

[Mike-H]

Hope it works out for you.....when I was at the factory @ the end of Sept the attitude that came across was as long as bike sales remain high in NA who cares.....that's why I'm beginning to prefer the older stuff....less electronics ...so theoretically less to go wrong .....

[SalsaShark]

Hope it works out for you.....when I was at the factory @ the end of Sept the attitude that came across was as long as bike sales remain high in NA who cares.....that's why I'm beginning to prefer the older stuff....less electronics ...so theoretically less to go wrong .....

no reason to duck and cover... I completely agree with you.

[Dan K]

Is this maybe an issue with the mechanics at your dealer?  Sounds like they aren't fixing the problem, which seems to be a sensor - the ECU doesn't sense that the steering is unlocked.  The ECU is doing its job, trying to unlock the steering - problem is the ECU is getting bad info.

Or if the sensor is ok, it's likely a short in the connections between the sensor and the ECU.

- Dan

[SalsaShark]

I have confidence in the mechanic that has been working on my bike. Ducati told them it's an ECU problem. They've had the bike together and apart numerous times.

Anyways, I'm picking it up on Saturday (weather allowing). So I guess time will tell.

[cbsnbiker]

no reason to duck and cover... I completely agree with you.

Bad pun.  

Best wishes.

[UFO]

I've not ridden my Strada lately (work, weather, other issues...) but I had lots of annoying as hell problems the first year.  The first major problem after the warranty expires and I will kick it to the curb.  I love the bike but lost a lot of confidence in it when the key sensing unit failed and the bike would just die underneath me randomly while riding.

No one to blame but myself...and Ducati.  

[cbsnbiker]

I've not ridden my Strada lately (work, weather, other issues...) but I had lots of annoying as hell problems the first year.  The first major problem after the warranty expires and I will kick it to the curb.  I love the bike but lost a lot of confidence in it when the key sensing unit failed and the bike would just die underneath me randomly while riding.

No one to blame but myself...and Ducati.  

That's exactly what I did with my R1100RS. It should have been painted yellow.  

[Mike-H]

That's exactly what I did with my R1100RS. It should have been painted yellow.  

Was it really that bad? Or has time made it seem worse

[cbsnbiker]

Was it really that bad? Or has time made it seem worse

It really was that bad.  

[Mike-H]

Good thing your not hooked on BMW's or you could have really taken it hard ....I think that's why I'm no longer brand loyal....especially with the new stuff & all the bugs (seems more electronic then not these days).....all brands seem to have some good, bad, & ugly.....and I don't mean the movie....unfortunately

[cbsnbiker]

Good thing your not hooked on BMW's or you could have really taken it hard ....I think that's why I'm no longer brand loyal....especially with the new stuff & all the bugs (seems more electronic then not these days).....all brands seem to have some good, bad, & ugly.....and I don't mean the movie....unfortunately

Well, the fact is that the dealer took very good care of me. The bike may have been a shop queen, but the dealer always worked on it without protest, turned it around fairly quickly (most often), went to bat for me with corporate BMW several times, gave me loaners several times when my bike was out of commission (I put over 1,000 miles on one of them), and gave me a generous trade-in when I finally got out from under it.

The BMWs I've purchased since then have been far, far better than that lemon.

The '74? Well, it's old.  

[Mike-H]

Aren't we all?.....Getting old that is......if only human doctors were as good as mechanical doctors.....then we'd all live much longer.... ....wait, that could be a really bad thing.....especially if we couldn't ride .....okay....sorry I take that back

[Mr. Whippy]

This highlights something that bugs me.  These modern bikes have fantastic electronic gadgetry.  It doesn't seem that it would be THAT hard to code in a way to electronically monitor the sensors, flag up errors and then barf out algorithms for likely causes of the error (1. sensor, 2. harness 3. ECU).  Maybe the newest iteration of these bikes do that, but my 04 Multistrada just lists the error codes.

I guess I think these bikes should be more self-aware.  

  (Ducati/Cyberdyne 1199 Terminator)

[SalsaShark]

Picked the bike up this morning... we'll see how long it lasts this time...

Thank God for manufacturers warranties.

[Mike-H]

Crossing fingers & sending good motorcycle karma your way......hope it helps