Feel the Heat

[Road Scholar]

Before I ride and just after I dismount I do a "look-over", sometimes a "feel-over" to make sure that all the parts I started with are still with me. Ducati makes liberal use of various Loc-Tight products for a reason.

Any way...

My eye is, invariably, drawn to the horizontal cylinders' intake cover where the ecu's temp sensor is located, FUGLY!

Not being an engineer, and usually getting burned when I attempt to play one, I'm wondering what would happen if that ugly sensor was relocated to the vertical cylinder?? I could intuit that more heat might live there, so would that provide more fuel? Too much fuel?

Anyone try this, wonder the same thing?

RS

[AZ_Scott]

You can't see the sensor when you're riding the bike...

[Monstaman]

Seems like a whole lot for not a lot.

Resistance wise it should not make any difference to the operation of the sender unless it go over-hot and leaned it out too much.

Maybe the better trick would be to hang it somewhere cooler so it keeps the fueling up .... Dutchmans PC111

[Road Scholar]

I have the DP ecu that came with the full Termi I installed. Clearly the ecu will "hose down" a hot engine. Runs open loop, not sure where it now takes mission critical data from.

Maybe relocate it to the vertical exhaust position?

And, yes, I don't see it when I ride (mostly because I'm too busy trying to stay on), neither do you, but you will now, when you look over your mount prior to riding or after dismounting...gotcha!

RS

[Monstaman]

Originally Posted by Road Scholar

neither do you, but you will now, when you look over your mount prior to riding or after dismounting...gotcha!

RS

Target fixation now we will ALL get concerned about it

[lelenb]

The flaking paint on mine draws the eye away from the sensor.

[Lumpy Idol]

What I wondered about was to put in a variable resistor of sorts to trick the computer into more fuel?

A manual boost controller for the DS??

[Monstaman]

Originally Posted by Lumpy Idol

What I wondered about was to put in a variable resistor of sorts to trick the computer into more fuel?

A manual boost controller for the DS??

I tried it with a standard resistor on my MH900e I think it was 28 ohms from memory but to no avail, could not get it to run correctly because of the variable resistance within the sender unit.

It would be interesting to see if you could plug the rocker cover and hang the sender elsewhere although it does rely on an earth so that would need to be taken care of.

[Buckelew]

Originally Posted by Road Scholar

My eye is, invariably, drawn to the horizontal cylinders' intake cover where the ecu's temp sensor is located, FUGLY!

I think that was covered in Queer Eye for the Ducati Guy, Season 2, episode #5.

I hope you have a DP Comfort seat so that your partner doesn't have to deal with you having a sore Mangina......

[Caidly]

Originally Posted by Road Scholar

My eye is, invariably, drawn to the horizontal cylinders' intake cover where the ecu's temp sensor is located, FUGLY!

...I'm wondering what would happen if that ugly sensor was relocated to the vertical cylinder??

RS

If you do a wheelie the horizontal cylinder will be vertical.