DUCATI 907ie
Last year I was plagued with electric gremlins throughout the year winter, spring, summer and autumn, so much so that I probably spent a third of my time pushing the bloody bike on what rides I took on the bike. Each time was an electrical issue of some kind and the purchase of new rectifier(s), new coils, new battery, new fuse box, new starter solenoid, new earth and live wire lead replacements, a few partial short rewire projects or simply a few wire block cleans appeared to resolve the issue enough to suggest the problem was resolved.
IT WASN'T ??????
I know these are 20 year old Italian electrics but still this is now getting beyond a joke and means other projects have been shelved or abandoned.
The present state of play is this
The battery died as it was not charging on a run.
I checked everything but was aware that the charge light was not on with ignition so checked bulb and that was fine.
I then put a new rectifier on and this seemed to resolve the issue with a nice bright and correct charge light on ignition on, but...............
When I flipped the right hand kill button to on ready to press the start button it killed the charge light and blew the 15amp fuse in the left hand relay (closest to the blue block). The fuel pump was also dead. But the bike turned over on the starter and everything else worked but obviously wont start as the pump is now dead. All the leads to the fuel pump are perfect and wired correctly.
I then replaced the rectifier with the old one fitted and it was back to a dead to very dim ignition charge light and no charge from the alternator.
Where to next folks?
I have not yet done the upgrade rewire for the starter yet either before anyone asks.
Any help gratefully absorbed
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