That's a bit worrying considering I've only just finished running it in, I know the service technician aka mechanic said that she wont loosen up until about 2000 miles so I would expect it to run warmer if it's still a bit tight? I'm taking it they have a thermostat to regulate the engine temperature, if so then you'd expect it to allow the engine to reach the correct operating temp?
I think you should get it checked out as the thermostat may be stuck open, it should run hotter than 61º.
I'm about to go home, I will test. I always give mine a few mins to get up to temp. Will see what the running temp is both on the motorway and when pootling around town.
Well phoned the dealers today, just to ask a few questions. the mechanic (Andy) said the fuel map changes from the warm up mode to normal running mode at 55ºC so over 60 is fine. So I told him the reason I was asking is I'm only getting 104miles from brimmed to warning light. He said the 2014 model has a different sender unit than previous models, it's designed to be more accurate the more the fuel goes down in the tank. He suggested that there is a possibility it's faulty, but the only true way to check it so fill the tank up reset your trip and ride it until it stops, take a can of fuel with you for when it does. note what mileage I did until the light came on and then until it stops. Also to set my readout to tank range and see if it is accurate. He said I should get at least 150 - 180 miles before it stops., I'm not so confident. I also asked about the length of time the readout told me I had a full tank after I've set off from a stop, he said he thinks that's down to fuel sloshing around and it takes a while for it to find it's true level, I did ask it that would take 18 - 20 miles and he said he wouldn't have thought so, and if it keeps doing it to let him know and he'll look into it for me. So once the weather fairs up a bit I'm going for a 200 mile round trip with a petrol can.
Hi Jcmental Sorry I do not see why you need to ride until your bike runs out of fuel. Surely all you have to do is do an old fashion fuel check. Not trying to teach you to suck eggs but if you fill tank full, zero trip and then when your fuel light comes on, refill tank to full. Make a note of the number of litres you have just put in and the milage covered. From that you can calculate your mpg. Tank holds 20 litres which equates to 4.4 UK Galls. So your calculated mpg x 4 = range with 0.4 of a gall in reserve. Job done. My late 2013 bike runs at 64 C this time of year and my reserve light comes on too early for my taste somewhere between 110-130 miles cannot quite remember the exact figure. I get around 45 mpg riding conservatively. Hope that helps.
I think DucPete's reasoning is sound, you do not need to run until it stops, and if you do then you increase the chance of getting dirt in the fuel filter. Ride until the light comes on, then you will have about 4 litres (approx 1 gallon) left in the tank. When the light comes on, I go into fuel saving mode and I count on getting another 50 miles before it runs dry. I don't think 180m from a tank is anything out of the ordinary but I have noticed that if the speed gets up to 100+ (on a track your honour) then the consumption absolutely falls off a cliff, must be the aerodynamics of the multi.
I have found in urban it sucks fuel too, even at A road speeds. Yet same speeds same roads does more to the tank on touring. Did I say this already?!
I've just been told on another forum, not to let my fuel run to low, they said the fuel pump is cooled by the surrounding fuel and that if it runs to low it will over heat and fail, like on his Aprillia. I'd of thought that would make you bike a bit of a time bomb?
How do they know this? was it from reputable source such as a Ducati designer or was it a bloke in the pub or ?? It does not sound plausible but then again such things can happen e.g. we know from the US recall that most BMW bikes since 2004 have been potential fire bombs biggrin: got it in again)
Mine is a 2014 model and the gauge is useless, so inconsistent and frankly it is pathetic on a bike that costs what it does. Yes, before anyone chirps in I do just take note of the mileage on filling up and start looking for a fuel station after about 120 miles and ignore what the gauge is telling me, but you shouldn't have to do that, should you or am I asking too much? Love the bike though wouldn't change it for any other touring bike I can think of.
This is the whole point of this thread, if the fuel gauge is crap to the extent of it almost looking faulty I want it fixed under warranty. So I thought I'd get peoples opinions and see if it was just my bike or everybody's. If it's a trait of the new 2014 design then I don't see why they wouldn't either update the software that's monitoring the fuel or replace the obviously faulty part.
Tbh mine is pretty consistent. I look to fill up when I have the last bar or 150 miles whichever durther, but tbh if I fill uo vefore the last bar I put in less fuel. The distance to empty tho is less accurate
Agreed, this is why it is now with the dealer to discuss with Ducati. I provided them with photos of the dash showing the mileage at the prior fill up and mileage at my last fill up as well as the range left to empty. The fuel gauge showed two bars from empty. The average mpg from the inboard computer indicated 45 mpg and this agreed with my calculations of the mileage covered against the fuel that had been consumed. So if the average mpg from the bike's inboard computer was accurate to my own calculations, then what I could not figure out was the indicated range. The range at the last fill up showed 32 miles, yet when I went to fill the bike up it would only take 13 litres. That means there was 7 litres left in the tank (that is over a third of a tank and the warning light comes on!) and at the agreed mpg that would give a range of over 60 miles? Anyway I will let you all know what, if anything I hear back from the dealer and/or Ducati.
