Here’s a few pics of the navi-setup on the top triple.

The original handlebar holder has a short 22mm rod, to which the navi holder was attached.

Under the tail I have a cigarettelighter-output installed and to that I can attach the navi charger. Again, not pretty, but it works.

The navi holder is by RAM-MOUNT.

The navi is aTomTom One, for car use, but works well enough in good weather and as an emergency you can use a zip bag over it and if it really starts raining just put the navi in your pocket/tankbag or something.

UNBELIEVABLE!

Hopefully I have now seen the end of my electrical problems. Oh, and I know she will come up with more complex, more expensive and time consuming problems….

On to the one I just ‘fixed’.

The throttlebodies were synced, TPS and CO and all adjusted this spring and now she runs great. It seems that you can ride thousands and thousands of km’s with a poorly adjusted bike.. well, that’s just me, maybe. Anyway -

The bike still showed symptoms of poor starting every now and then, especially when hot or right after a very short ride.
So finally I hooked a voltmeter on to the battery and took a ride. Right after starting, at idle, the voltage seemed ok, at about 13V. But as soon as I took off, the voltage dropped to near 12V and even below. During the short ride, with various rpm’s, the voltage never went above 12V, even with the lights off!

In the evening I went online and ordered a new regulator/rectifier from the UK, from Electrex and crossed my fingers that it would arrive before we are about to leave for Belgium, in about 2 weeks. This was wednesday.

On friday I was handed a small package by a courier in the afternoon. This can’t be, it’s unbelievable!?!
well, there it was, a brand new electrex RR-53 reg/rec for my bike.

In the evening I proceeded to put it on the bike and a small test proved that the old unit was bad. At idle, the voltage on the battery was already showing over 14V.

WOOHOO! it works! Today a more thorough test drive is scheduled.

Here’s a pic of the first install, I’m not sure if I’m going to keep it there, or put it back under the battery, where it originally sits.
*NEXT-DAY-EDIT: Of course it can’t be there, it interferes with the fairing scoop -> to the original place.

So, now the trip abroad is saved, there’s still time for last minute fixes and tweaks..

And, I know - I should have fixed this problem more than three years ago…

If you need a regulator/rectifier for your Ducati (or other bikes, too) I wholeheartedly recommend electrex in the UK.
http://www.electrexworld.co.uk

ps. a new set of rennsports are also installed. During the winter, I will have to order more from M and P in the UK(again).

How’s this for a hockey puck under the side stand?

Thanks Juha!

Time to change it again.

and the type again - it’s knecht mahle KL145.

Also replaced the big green o-ring.

Next up: new thicker wiring for the battery and starter. Oh, and Iridiums (IXU27) are on the way from sparkplugs.co.uk.

The spider spring on my slipper clutch died, so off came the clutch. While there, I noticed a possible leak in the big axle seals.. they might need to be replaced. I also replaced the 2 small o-rings on the clutch rod.

After some googling around, the seals are as follow:

the big one:
46340477A [ 463.4.047.7A ] (old number)
93040341A [ 930.4.034.1A ] (new number)
size 75x95x12 in mm.

The small one:
46340269A [ 463.4.026.9A ] (old number)
93040351A [ 930.4.035.1A ] (new number)
size 35x47x7 in mm.

(before buying or anything, double check, these are only FYI!!)

I am planning to take the bike for valve adjustment again to the local authorised dealer. that’s where they were checked the last time and also replacement rockers were installed. The Tech at the dealer is very friendly, talks candidly about Ducati’s and knows them inside out. Highly recommendable. (even though nothing beats doing everything by yourself and saving a lot of money.. or, on the other hand - doing a lot of damage and ending up costing way more than what it would have originally cost.)

This does not yet look like it needs replacing?

The Diablo Corsa lasted about 8000km. Pretty good, I’d say. (the front was on for only 5k km, still in good shape.)

The new ones are Metzeler Rennsport road, can be found pretty cheap from mandp.co.uk

also, the always necessary rear brake bleeding was done too.

Here we go again…

Install will be soon and after that I’ll be able to weigh the old part for comparison.

Edit: here’s the old:

Remember the problems I had with starting last year, and the year before that?

Well, one of the reasons that was suspected, was the starter relay (or solenoid, as some people call them). I got a used one from Ebay and put it on. Seems to work ok.

Now, here’s the old one: (or rather, what’s left of it)

Those contacts don’t seem to be pretty normal, what do you think? Think of the current flowing through here, when trying to start? There’s quite a lot of resistance right there lowering the voltage, and combined with the problems in the starter end, no wonder it didn’t want to start sometimes.

Hopefully all is ok now.

Here’s a couple pics of them installed.

M will go to OUT in the tank and R to IN. R/OUT used to be black.

I’m in the process of changing the plastic quick connects that are under the tank.

So far I’ve managed to find out the following things: (google and ducati forums (ducati.ms, speedzilla.com, among others..) are your friend!)

The fittings are made by CPC, Colder Products Company.
The ones on the tank are LCD10004
The thread on the tank flange is 1/4″ NPT. (this info is from the workshopmanual, I’ve yet to take the part off from the tank flange.)

The ones on the fuel lines, with 90 degree elbow, are LCD23006
The connectors have a 3/8″ hose fitting.

These are both closing type, made of brass and they are chrome-plated. I am not sure about the material of the o-ring, words ‘Viton’ and ‘Buna-N’ pop up in google searches. Which one of these can handle gasoline? or both?

See the connectors here.

/edit: here they are:

now all I need to do is to install them, to make sure they actually fit. Well, the hose coupling is correct, the only thing that can go wrong is the thread on the tank part.