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Last year my 2003 Ducati Monster 1000 lost the ECU right after I finished the Tail of the Dragon. Had to limp it back to Ohio on one cylinder. Fortunately I was able to procure a new ECU (from Avanti Race Parts out of the UK — great company). Anyway, I installed the ECU and rode for a couple weeks last year before garaging the bike. I don’t remember any issues.
This year I’ve had a problem. The bike has what I can only describe as a “jerky” throttle when trying to hold the throttle steady in lower gears (I don’t notice it as much on the highway, but that could be due to other factors) and there is a significant amount of backfiring or popping through the exhaust. Notably, there isn’t any popping if I chop the throttle and engine brake. Backfiring and “jerkiness” results from rolling back the throttle or trying to keep it steady. I’m at a bit of a loss as to what’s causing it at this point. I was dumb enough to leave gas in the fuel lines and injectors from December to April, could that possibly cause these issues?
The previous owner gave me a pair of DP exhaust cans to go along with the system currently on the bike. Is it possible he had the previous ECU flashed or tuned, and that when I replaced that with a new, stock flashed ECU the problems began? Furthermore, I noticed that the bike doesn’t have an o2 sensor hooked up anywhere. I haven’t found a wiring diagram for this bike yet, so I’m not even sure if it’s supposed to have one. I presumed the bike was running lean, but when I replaced the plugs yesterday they did not look like they’d been running lean, or rich.
If anyone knows whether 2004 Monster 1000’s came with an o2 sensor any info would be appreciated. Advice and thoughts welcome.
Thanks guys
Last year my 2003 Ducati Monster 1000 lost the ECU right after I finished the Tail of the Dragon. Had to limp it back to Ohio on one cylinder. Fortunately I was able to procure a new ECU (from Avanti Race Parts out of the UK — great company). Anyway, I installed the ECU and rode for a couple weeks last year before garaging the bike. I don’t remember any issues.
This year I’ve had a problem. The bike has what I can only describe as a “jerky” throttle when trying to hold the throttle steady in lower gears (I don’t notice it as much on the highway, but that could be due to other factors) and there is a significant amount of backfiring or popping through the exhaust. Notably, there isn’t any popping if I chop the throttle and engine brake. Backfiring and “jerkiness” results from rolling back the throttle or trying to keep it steady. I’m at a bit of a loss as to what’s causing it at this point. I was dumb enough to leave gas in the fuel lines and injectors from December to April, could that possibly cause these issues?
The previous owner gave me a pair of DP exhaust cans to go along with the system currently on the bike. Is it possible he had the previous ECU flashed or tuned, and that when I replaced that with a new, stock flashed ECU the problems began? Furthermore, I noticed that the bike doesn’t have an o2 sensor hooked up anywhere. I haven’t found a wiring diagram for this bike yet, so I’m not even sure if it’s supposed to have one. I presumed the bike was running lean, but when I replaced the plugs yesterday they did not look like they’d been running lean, or rich.
If anyone knows whether 2004 Monster 1000’s came with an o2 sensor any info would be appreciated. Advice and thoughts welcome.
Thanks guys