My missis is the same, just loves being on the back, we got married in our leathers then 2 weeks touring so 90% of my bike riding is with her on he back
Skyhook is brilliant. Can't understand the complaints of "other halves". I took mine on a 3,500-mile 10-day trip round France last year (and 5 days of that were spent soaking up the sun in the south) and she had no complaints. Hoping to trade up to a PP in the spring.
No complaints from me neither. Those complaining must have a problem that seems to occur after the battery has been disconnected. I feel that the Skyhook was well worth it. No dive or squat and never a worse ride than the 2011 Ohlins I had before and mostly better. I will let the dealer sort any electrical issues that may involve battery disconnect - just in case!
The fact that when the battery is disconnected it seems to f*** up just about everything is a real pain. I like to take my battery off the bike and connect it to an Optimate over winter, just putting it back on riding days, but every time I do it I find myself with KMh etc displays. Does anyone know of a fix, apart from a dealer reset?
I would be a bit hesitant rushing to connect our optimate while still on the bike. I bought an optimate a few years ago for my R1, I also had an all singing all dancing alarm fitted alarm fitted. after a week the alarm kept cheeping. so I took it back to the dealers in a van because it wouldn't let the bike start. he said it's your optimate has fried the alarm, and that because I didn't ask them if it was ok to fit an optimate with that alarm it's not covered by the warranty. If they do that to an alarm what could they do to the cheep sophisticated electronics fitted into our Ducati's?
I often plug in my Optimate to the Multi (which has no TP alarm fitted but does have a tracker) with the battery on the bike and have never had a problem. Apart from the one time I plugged it in and then forgot to switch the Optimate on at the mains, that really drains a battery!
Exactly. Not to mention the possibility of voltage surges frying stuff if you don't use a circuit breaker. Take the battery off. Always best. So I repeat my question what is the solution to the default reset that occurs when you disconnect the battery? Is there one, indeed, apart from taking it into a dealer for a hard reset?
Pretty sure there isn't one, hence the advice to leave it on the bike, but if that's not physically possible it looks like you maybe stuck? As an aside, my Accumate is a 1998 model and has been running 24/7 from purchase, connected over that time between an R1, SP2, 1098, MTS, Suzuki Kettle and 5 immobilised/alarmed cars, powered from the protected house ring, experienced numerous power outs etc and the only battery I have bought in that time was the knackered one the Kettle came with.
