Dead Diavel.

[Loz]

This all reminds me of a time I was travelling on the A1 on the 999 and got caught in the worst downpour I'd seen in years. After stopping for fuel, I discovered everything had died - no lights, no display screen nothing. Completely dead.

As luck would have it, the rain and the clouds all melted away and after about an hour of hot sunshine, the bike mysteriously resurrected itself and I was able to continue.

Another time, in France, the 999 died in a rain shower. I discovered that the speedo stopped working when the bike was eventually fired up but thankfully the satnav gave me me speed so I didn't fall foul of Les Gendarmes. I think it was the next day when the speedo came back to life.

 

[Gimlet]

Trouble with mine is at the moment it's shutting everything down without warning while it's running so I can't risk riding it. I don't want to be barrelling into a turn and suddenly engine and all electrics just switch off.

 

[Fight the streets Fmd]

Trouble with mine is at the moment it's shutting everything down without warning while it's running so I can't risk riding it. I don't want to be barrelling into a turn and suddenly engine and all electrics just switch off.

For 140 plus vat it might be worth just doing it, the bigger question is if that new switchgear is an improved version of the old dodgy one or is it the same shit part?
Wouldn’t hold my breath considering the fuel tank joke which they never solved….

 

[Gimlet]

Think I've confirmed the problem. Disconnected the little cable to the right hand switch block, blew out everything with an airline, blasted with contact cleaner and blew out again. Clean. Squirted the block with water dispersant, blew out and applied the contact cleaner again. That made everything worse. Right hand backlights still on when ignition off, woke up and fired just fine but engine died within seconds rather t6han the few minutes before. The more I tried the quicker it died.
Took off side panel and checked the battery. Dusty in there but no corrosion and terminals greased. Tested the battery and it was tip-top. Resting voltage 12.8-12.9v. Cranking voltage a very robust 10.8v. Nothing wrong with that. And I set the meter range to 20v so it should have been pretty accurate.
Then I noticed that after turning off the ignition at the main switch it was turning itself back on again by itself. Pulled the little block connector out of the right hand switch block and it stopped doing that. It's definitely the right hand handlebar switch block. Will ring around for best price, including @Nelly and get one bought and fitted.

Lesson: right hand switch blocks on canbus Ducatis, including the very latest V4 Multis, Panis, Diavels and SFs are VERY sensitive to water damage. Wet it, you fuck it. So don't.
Interestingly, Stu at Ducati Sunderland today said that most of the stack of shagged RH switch blocks he had on his bench were from V4 Multis. That makes sense, as out of all the V4s the Multis are the most likely to be ridden in the rain or get dirty and have a blasting from a hosepipe or pressure washer.