[Ducati] Cranky Neutral Light

[J Hundertmark]

Couple of additional options are possible.

1.  Wiring on neutral light sending unit can be re-soldered if necessary.

2.  If switch is good, some adjustment (sensitivity) is possible via washer 
stack.

Jack Hundertmark

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Scott Cloninger" <scloninger at astecinc.com>
To: "Ducati Owners Group" <ducati at ducati.net>
Sent: Friday, July 28, 2006 8:29 AM
Subject: RE: [Ducati] Cranky Neutral Light


Mike,

I don't know if this is a common problem, but I had a funky neutral light 
for a while too, which was diagnosed as a failed neutral switch.  The switch 
takes about 60 seconds to replace and is located on the right side of the 
engine behind the vertical cylinder (near the crankcase breather).  I think 
it cost me about $15 from a dealer and it solved all of my neutral light 
problems!!  For reference, this problem occured  on a '95 900 SS, but I 
believe they still used the same switch in '03.

Hope this helps.

Scott Cloninger
Chattanooga, TN.....keeper of Italian motorcycles (though only one older 
than your CL350)

-----Original Message-----
From: mike major [mailto:textike at yahoo.com]
Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2006 9:19 PM
To: ducati at ducati.net
Subject: [Ducati] Cranky Neutral Light


     I own an 03 ST4s, currently the love of my life, and on a couple of 
occasions it has proved very difficult to get the neutral light to come on 
even though the bike is in neutral.  This is of more than academic interest 
as without the light on the computer doesn't receive a permissive and the 
thing won't crank, so far resulting in a few curses but potentially much 
worse if stuck in heavy traffic, East Podunk, things of that nature.  I 
would like to disable this "safety feature" so that if stalled in traffic I 
could just pull the clutch and stab the button rather than hunt for neutral 
or at least short around it if I find myself a long way from home with no 
neutral.  Any suggestions? Mike D. Bike
  03 ST4s
  83 R100RT
  74 T500
  71 T500
  70 CL350


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