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Firstly, welcome.
Mine refused to start when I first got it. The lights were on but it was dead when I hit the starter. I put a new battery on it and it fired up without a problem and has done ever since. I'm sure that there will be some more qualified suggestions coming along shortly and I don't suppose it will be much to worry about. |
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I had a similar thing happen on my 695 - got it trailered to my local garage and after an hour of tinkering they found that the ignition switch itself was at fault. It was a fairly simple thing to put right (for them!) What confused them initially was you would switch it on and clocks would do their whizzy thing, lights would come on, you would here the servo's doing their thing and then when you hit the ignition you would here a little click and it would turn itself off. They thought it might be the imobiliser or alarm that was at fault but luckily not as that would have taken longer to sort out.
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This has happened on many bikes including my old monnie. In most cases it is the battery there is enough charge to power up and run the lights etc but not enough to fire it up. After charging with an optimate mine would fire up and go but would not hold a charge. Changed the battery and never had the problem again. Try that first with a replacement and if it fixes the problem buy yourself a new one if not then look at the switches etc for the fault.
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Forest Of Dean
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Go with the battery, check and see what volts you get from it. Needs to be over 12.5.
If you only use it occasionally this is more than likely to be the problem, the battery is just old and the charge decays away. Either mask the problem by charging and using an optimate kinda beast or get a new battery. Probably worth a squirk of contact cleaner into the switch gear to clean the contacts too. The motor on all the Monsters is a big lump to turn over
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Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: NW Surrey
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do a search for starter motor relay, tis a common prob in the older ducati's
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Hi, on my m900 it was the alarm that seemed to drain just enough to stop it starting, i put a new battery on it and it was fine for 6 months, removed the alarm and a year later no problems. The m900 seems to turn over very slowly compared to jap 4's and even the triumph 3's. Always gives my heart a flutter, waiting for it to get over the compression point (top dead center)
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![]() well thanks for the responses , this is great. however further news , the bike wont start on a push , not even a slight grumble
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Do the lights stay bright when you press the starter button? If they do then it is unlikely to be the battery.
You can locate the starter relay by following the big thick black wire comming from the starter motor (the black cylindrical thing bellow the front horizontal cylinder). Chris |
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: London
Bike: M620sie
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hi, i had similar problem when I first had the bike. All the lights were on and the fuel pump primed but when I pressed the starter button, nothing happened and the relay was clicking...
I asked the previous seller and she suggested the battery was old and couldn't hold the required charge to start the bike. So I bought a brand new gel battery and never had any problem in starting since. And I was told by her mechanic that becasue its a twin and needed a lot of torque to turn over the engine. A slight drop in voltage means the battery does not have enough power to turn the engine over. |
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feelin better
cheers guys for the ideas , i have ordered a starter motor relay from ducati dublin anyway , will be testing the battery tonight so i'm hoping to get this sorted soon , thanks for all the help will let ya know how things go , cheers k
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Could just be the solanoid? Mine did it a few weeks ago had two other bikers come and try to help, other half fiddled with it, wouldn't bump or anything, zilch, had the usual "F'kin Ducatis" from his nibs then she decided to start and has been fine ever since. Mine was just a manky wire so have a fiddle with that before forking out pennies.
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complete newbie myself - found Ducati John's web site very informative and what he says falls right in line with the help above. at least it's a consistent failure - the worst ones to find are intermittent ones.
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