[Ducati] 2004 Multistrada questions...please help.

[Alec Moss]

1 through 4.  I agree.  Your dealer should make the dash right.  I would add
that my fuel light comes on between 95 and 110 miles and I typically fill up
around 150-160 miles.  It IS a 20 liter tank.  I love mine also.  Ride it
almost every day and it's a treat.  :))


Alec


On 30/6/06 11:27 AM, "Don Hill" <desmonic at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> Gabriel! Welcome to the wonderful world of MultiStrada ...
> 1. Yes, as I understand it, you must remove the whole tank/seat assembly to
> remove the riders seat (I haven't done it yet).
> 2. Sounds like your dash is defective. There were many defects in that dash
> (although I haven't heard of this particular one).
> 3. The fuel gauge (and thus all the mpg, miles to go on tank, etc functions)
> are worthless. They blame it on the convoluted shape of the gas tank. (ps.
> I've put over 4.5 Gallons in my tank ... Find another dealer?)
> 4. All motorcycle speedo's are crap. They all read high. My Multistrada is
> just under 10% (according to the GPS).
> How can any motorcycle where factory suggested compression damping (rear
> shock) is "full soft" be said to have good suspension?
> How're your mirrors?
> How's your kickstand?
> pps. I love my MS1000 also ... Hey, it's a Ducati!
> ppps. Have you checked out www.multistrada.net ? All your answers are there
> in the forums.
> Don Hill
> '93 750/944SSps
> '96 M900
> '04MS1000DS (Termi exhaust, Heated grips, Duc Performance GPS, hard bags,
> CycleCat bars, 208GPA's, Ohlins rear shock on order... etc)
> 
> 
> 
> Subject: [Ducati] 2004 Multistrada questions...please help.
> 
> 
>> 
>> 
>>   Hi all
>> 
>>   Since I got my new to me 2004 Multistroodle I have been having some
> issues that I cannot figure out.  Maybe the good folk here at the list can
> answer them for me.
>> 
>>   1)     How do you remove the rider's seat?  The only info I can get from
> the shop manual is that it seems the whole tank assembly has to come off and
> then somehow you can address the seat removal from there. Is this so??
> Please advise.
>> 
>>   2)     My instruments do not work for $hit.  The toggle button (B) will
> toggle down the different functions but when I stop toggling for one second
> the console goes back to showing mileage and the check engine light goes on.
> At this time the toggle (B) button has no effect and I am unable to get
> anything to happen until I turn off the bike and turn it back on. But that
> only gets me back to where I was with the same instrument woes.   So
> basically all the functions, including the trip-o-meter are useless.
>> 
>>   --also the speedometer seems to read really high (like 10%).  Is this a
> 'normal' Multistrada characteristic?
>> 
>>   Are problems with the instrument cluster inherent with 2004
> Multistradas?  Would DNA replace or somehow fix the problem even thought the
> bike is no longer under warranty?  My dealer has reset the computer 2 times
> to try to fix the problem but to no avail and it does not seem they want to
> go any further in addressing the issue, even though I bought the bike (used)
> from them.
>> 
>>   3)     The fuel gauge empty light goes on when I have used only 2.5
> gallons of fuel.  This is very annoying as I get paranoid I will soon run
> out of gas even though there should be plenty.  I asked the dealer how much
> gas does the tank hold and he said only 3.5 gallons.  But the manual says 20
> liters (about 5 gallons?).  What's the real scoop here?
>> 
>>   Other than that I love the bike J
>> 
>>   Ride well! And Thank You
>> 
>>   Gabriel