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I had a Nemesis ECU fitted to my S1K the beginning of last month. All went well, the bike had better power however it seemed a little rough at idle and also smelt rich at idle. It was due for it's 48,000 km service two weeks after, so I asked the Nemesis installer whether I needed to tell my bike shop anything regarding the new chip. He said not.
When I dropped it in for the service I told them I had fitted a Nemesis and it was running strongly however the idle was a little rough. They said they'd look at it. The service wound up costing me around $1200 Aus BTW.
After picking up the bike from the shop, I got around 5kms away and it started to cut out in heavy traffic. The ignition was cutting in and out. I turned around and took it back to the shop. They said "we only adjusted the air bleed screws to adjust the idle mix", whipped out a screwdriver and said "there. they're back where they were". I test rode it and it seemed back to what it was like before.
Long story short, the problem got intermittently worse until I eventually felt it was unsafe to ride. I took it back to the shop and left it with them to fix the problem. That was nearly three weeks ago. The Nemesis tuner and the shop have been passing the buck back and forth it seems, with no satisfactory result.
I'm depressed with the situation now as you might well imagine.
The Nemesis guys seem to think up new potential faults for the shop to try, but nothing has been established as the fault to date. After speaking to the shop yesterday they said they were asked to check the sidestand switch.. Nemesis headquarters in England seem reluctant to ship a replacement ECU to swap to see if it is faulty.
At least the shop lent me a bike to commute on. It's a Kwaka ER6f though.
The shop is not a Ducati dealer however several of their mechanics did their training at a highly regarded Sydney Ducati specialist.
When I dropped it in for the service I told them I had fitted a Nemesis and it was running strongly however the idle was a little rough. They said they'd look at it. The service wound up costing me around $1200 Aus BTW.
After picking up the bike from the shop, I got around 5kms away and it started to cut out in heavy traffic. The ignition was cutting in and out. I turned around and took it back to the shop. They said "we only adjusted the air bleed screws to adjust the idle mix", whipped out a screwdriver and said "there. they're back where they were". I test rode it and it seemed back to what it was like before.
Long story short, the problem got intermittently worse until I eventually felt it was unsafe to ride. I took it back to the shop and left it with them to fix the problem. That was nearly three weeks ago. The Nemesis tuner and the shop have been passing the buck back and forth it seems, with no satisfactory result.
I'm depressed with the situation now as you might well imagine.
The Nemesis guys seem to think up new potential faults for the shop to try, but nothing has been established as the fault to date. After speaking to the shop yesterday they said they were asked to check the sidestand switch.. Nemesis headquarters in England seem reluctant to ship a replacement ECU to swap to see if it is faulty.
At least the shop lent me a bike to commute on. It's a Kwaka ER6f though.
The shop is not a Ducati dealer however several of their mechanics did their training at a highly regarded Sydney Ducati specialist.