first time ducati owner

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thats todays pic, just testing how to get pics on here, find some more from when i started building bike ,hope you like it

[Mr Gazza]

Well jealous of that for three hundred quid..!!

Did it come powder coated and painted or did you have to do a bit of resto on it before assembly?

Even so...Bargain.!. She does look like she's wearing bins though...

[Dirty]

Agreed, what a bargain...... and for what it's worth I like the Dominators

[Darren69]

Originally Posted by stephen b

yeh did make that mistake with ecu wire, put it where it should go but still no go, do the needles sweep when you turn key, cus mine dont

Yes both clocks should sweep.

[Darren69]

Actually it depends which year as clocks are different on '01 and '02 and later bikes. Do you have digital odometer on rear wheel or is it cable driven from front wheel? I don't know if the earlier clocks sweep, but the '02 clocks do.

had the powder coating done by a mate for free,like the white it was gun metal grey/silverish
,and it came with carbon fibre mudguards,had clocks apart tonight, the speedo is cable driven ,so dont think it will sweep,rev counter is electronic but does`nt sweep on turn of the key,but if i hit starter button it does flick up and down, so i would say it was connected ok,going have another look at antenna and all connections on loom,would a faulty tps shut fuel pump off and immobilize her ?

[smiffyraf1]

does look good with the white frame. looks like the early build SS's

[Albie]

My 02 made 03 registered s4 never had sweep clocks. Had a speedo cable though. Last of the parts bin bike

[Albie]

Originally Posted by stephen b

yeh did make that mistake with ecu wire, put it where it should go but still no go, do the needles sweep when you turn key, cus mine dont

Check connections to immobiliser as I had that when I rebuilt my s4. I ended up cable tieing it so it would not come out. It was in front of airbox. But i moved it to the side of headlight bracket . Also check frame earth's from paint or powder coat. Look out for water ingress in the front spark cap as they are coil sticks and water corrodes them inside.

[Mr Gazza]

You should call her Deirdre (From "On The Busses"...)

Re starting...This is from the Department of Stating The Bleedin' Obvious..

Make sure the side stand is up when starting.
Check The Kill switch.
Do you have to pull the clutch in on S4 or did that come on much later models?

Hope you get to the bottom of this soon mate....Looks far too good to remain silent.

named her swampy ,cuz most of the bits have bin livin under water in a box for over twelve months, not found an earth wire to frame from harness ? had pcb from rev counter checked out by a mate of mine he did a couple of dry joints ,cleaned it all up ,looks like a new one but still no go, my son did internet search , found the code was sayin ,no serial, which turned out to be no connection to ecu ,so is this the missing frame earth ?will get there ,dont give up easy , and have only spent hundred quid up to now

side stand switch has bin removed and clutch switch bypassed ,last owner said it ran and started ok ,headlights are stayin till i get a run down road for couple of months