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I was at a BMW/Ducati dealership today and met a new, young salesman learning how to use the MS settings options so that he could explain the same to customers. I asked him if he'd played with the PIN code and he hadn't got that far yet. I explained it to him and stated that most dealers reset it to 0000 or 1111 or the last 4 digits of the VIN just to make it easy for themselves/customers. Mine was 1111 when I got my bike. My red key has a plastic tag with a 4 digit number; I wonder if this was the original factory PIN.
Got me thinking; how many owners never changed or even used the PIN? Makes stealing MS bikes and any other PIN Ducatis really easy; turn a knob, wait a few seconds click in the alternatives shown above and see what the screen says. If "Correct" start the bike and ride away.
If you have not already done so, learn how to PIN start and change your PIN to something unique.
Got me thinking; how many owners never changed or even used the PIN? Makes stealing MS bikes and any other PIN Ducatis really easy; turn a knob, wait a few seconds click in the alternatives shown above and see what the screen says. If "Correct" start the bike and ride away.
If you have not already done so, learn how to PIN start and change your PIN to something unique.