I haven't had any major issues on my Hyperstrada so far, and was pretty confident on its build quality and Ducati's attention to detail, until today.
I was riding from my home towards the freeway, at night, when suddenly, the entire electrical system of my Ducati Hyperstrada died. Dash, lights, blinkers, brake lights - everything died, except for the engine (thankfully).
Even more thankfully, I hadn't made it onto the highway yet (Highway 17 in NorCal), as it's a windy highway, with no lighting to speak of and the typical inattentive Californian traffic.
I pulled over to the side of the road, and then shifted into neutral and glided to a stop. Trying all the switches and nothing worked, I turned the key off, and turned it back on - nothing, except for the sound of the fuel pump priming. No spark on ignition, nothing. Completely dead.
I trailered the bike back home, and the morning after to the dealer to see what the problem is.
I will post updates and more detail as information comes along. Needless to say I am now thoroughly disappointed in Ducati and concerned about keeping this bike after it is repaired.
EDIT/UPDATE:
The service department contacted me today and told me that one of the fuses had blown, but before giving the bike back to me with the new fuse, they are going to work with Ducati to figure out why it failed in the first place.
I wonder if it's a short or a ground fault. I'll keep updating as more information comes along.
EDIT/UPDATE 2 (post is below as a reply as well):
The mechanics eventually found that water had gotten into the heated grip's connectors, and this caused the fuse to blow. Apparently, this bike has only two fuses, and the heated grips are on the same fuse that the dash, headlight, blinkers, taillight and brake lights are on, which means that the problem with the heated grips essentially killed everything else, and since the dash was dead, the immobilizer wasn't going to let the bike go anywhere.
After just several rides in the rain, and no pressure washing of the bike, this is off-putting.
I find that running the ancillary component through the same fuse as the primary components of the bike is exhibiting a lack of foresight on Ducati's part. Who wants their heated grips or any other non-critical part to kill the entire bike's electrical system and get left stranded?
Not sure how I feel about keeping this bike after that, it makes me question the other design choices that Ducati may have made in the bike. Any thoughts or opinions from all of you other Hyper's?
I was riding from my home towards the freeway, at night, when suddenly, the entire electrical system of my Ducati Hyperstrada died. Dash, lights, blinkers, brake lights - everything died, except for the engine (thankfully).
Even more thankfully, I hadn't made it onto the highway yet (Highway 17 in NorCal), as it's a windy highway, with no lighting to speak of and the typical inattentive Californian traffic.
I pulled over to the side of the road, and then shifted into neutral and glided to a stop. Trying all the switches and nothing worked, I turned the key off, and turned it back on - nothing, except for the sound of the fuel pump priming. No spark on ignition, nothing. Completely dead.
I trailered the bike back home, and the morning after to the dealer to see what the problem is.
I will post updates and more detail as information comes along. Needless to say I am now thoroughly disappointed in Ducati and concerned about keeping this bike after it is repaired.
EDIT/UPDATE:
The service department contacted me today and told me that one of the fuses had blown, but before giving the bike back to me with the new fuse, they are going to work with Ducati to figure out why it failed in the first place.
I wonder if it's a short or a ground fault. I'll keep updating as more information comes along.
EDIT/UPDATE 2 (post is below as a reply as well):
The mechanics eventually found that water had gotten into the heated grip's connectors, and this caused the fuse to blow. Apparently, this bike has only two fuses, and the heated grips are on the same fuse that the dash, headlight, blinkers, taillight and brake lights are on, which means that the problem with the heated grips essentially killed everything else, and since the dash was dead, the immobilizer wasn't going to let the bike go anywhere.
After just several rides in the rain, and no pressure washing of the bike, this is off-putting.
I find that running the ancillary component through the same fuse as the primary components of the bike is exhibiting a lack of foresight on Ducati's part. Who wants their heated grips or any other non-critical part to kill the entire bike's electrical system and get left stranded?
Not sure how I feel about keeping this bike after that, it makes me question the other design choices that Ducati may have made in the bike. Any thoughts or opinions from all of you other Hyper's?
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