Dead battery - Ducati.ms

remery · Feb 16th, 2010, 9:14 am

I came out from work and just got the starter click. Checked the terminal leads a couple of weekends ago too. 11.6 volts while standing, about 13.4 running. Its an 08 demo model so I guess the battery has been in it a couple of years.

The only interesting thing was how easy it was to push start. Third gear down a bit of a hill, dropped the clutch and fired right up. The amber engine problem light flashed for about a second. Got me home ok but I think I might be driving tomorrow.

Tomster the Duc · Feb 16th, 2010, 5:09 pm

Yeah, mine is an '08 model that only had 800 miles on it. Just replaced the battery as well. Fired up fined if put on tender but if it say for more than 2 days without riding or on the tender it would not fire up. I'm still not impressed with how these things start though.....have to hold my breath as it cranks 2 or 3 times.