20 Most Recent 2008 Ducati 1098 Questions & Answers

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After you have turned it over for a bit, take the spark plugs out and look them over. If they are wet and smell like gasoline, then you have a spark issue (coil, spark plug wires, etc). If the spark plug is dry and has a tannish brown color to it(although if you just replaced the plugs it will just look new and dry), then you have a gasoline issue in which you need to make sure fuel pump is working or plugged fuel filter if it has one or some other disruption in the fuel supply line. If you take them out, figure out which way they look and report back if you like and we can go from there..... Good luck

If I remember correctly, this bike does not have a center stand so you will need a jack/support to get the rear wheel of the ground. If you don't have that and, the fact that you are asking this questions, means it is well worth the extra $20 to have the shop do if for you.

Otherwise, you will have to play with the chain and rear brake (and the axle) to get it off.

Then you will need a torque wrench to get everything back on and set safely for riding after the new tire is mounted.

Good luck.

-Mark
Sorry for lack of "help" but this is a service worth paying for. It shouldn't take the shop more than 40 minutes.

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Check if the engine is not smeared with oil, really short description, but it may cause loosen cylinder head gasket

In front of the motor,in behind the fairings,on the right hand side.I would look there.Hope this helps

on the monsters it is under the tank, likely in the same position on the 1098

Check for a micros switch on the sidestand, you may have to have the side stand up before you can put it in gear.

im not sure about your bike but somewhere on the back wheel next to the back brake there should be a black sender unit round with a wire coming out on the side. not sure havent worked on 1 yet. if the right 1 it will look the same as the aprilia 1. in south africa it will cost you about R3000. wish you luck

Theoretically a zero map in the PC effectively eliminates it from the fueling circut as though it wasn't even there. Theoretically. I have one in mine and from what I can tell it does. That includes plug reading. So, assuming that's the case, the problem lies with the ECU fuel map, the adjustments in the circut or a bad sensor (engine coolant temp, ambient air temp,engine rpm, throttle position and I believe barometric pressure) giving false info to the ECU. It could also be something as simple as a filthy air cleaner. The ECU does not sense A/F ratio or mass airflow and relies solely upon a fixed map for fuel. A dirty airfilter would cause the richness. Were it me I would do a plug cut on the front cylinder at a steady highway rpm to see if it's rich at that engine speed and load vs only at idle/low rpm. Rich lower ranges will crap up a plug in no time and a cut will tell you if that's the case. Rather involved process but doesn't lie. The ECU map is rumored to be rich in the lower ranges. If that proves to be the case then it would be a simple matter of reducing fuel, via a negative map, in the rich rpm range. Given that they had it for two months and claimed they couldn't fix it would give me concern as to the qualifications of the dealer. It's just a machine and as such CAN be straightened out. I wouldn't buy into that at all. Lastly you can remove the PC and eliminate any possible effect it MAY be having. Not that hard to do, remove some bodywork and fuel tank, disconnect the PC injector connections, reconnect the stock ones and pull it out of there. Going back to stock is always good practice when confronted with something like this. Also you can then go back to the dealer KNOWING the problem is with the above mentioned stuff and KNOWING that it CAN be fixed if they've a mind to.

There is no hotwire procedure. If you have your code card, you can program new keys with it or even start the bike using the code and a mechanical key. Buy a new cluster and lock set or have keys reprprogrammed by a service like keysforducati.com.