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Yeah I figured it out :)
We've been talking at cross purposes - I was thinking of a fender extension. That separate mudguard is indeed quite helpful - I saw it being installed on a couple of Yamaha scooters and it looks cool and works fine.
Will try to get my hands on one of those bigger ones
I was playing with the bike the other day to discover it was installed with a Ducati ECU.
Could this be genuine ?
Has been covered before on this forum, Ducati electronics have no relationship with Ducati motorbikes.
Dear Eric, do you have a link? I'd like to know how this dual Ducati principle works!Quote:
Originally Posted by 998S
thanks/cheers!
Dear Mr. J. :naughty:Quote:
Originally Posted by euphonius
I did not write that the principle was discussed in the forum.
OP asked if his ECU was genuine, his question surely inspired by the name Ducati on it.
Ducati electronics were discussed in a MCM forum some while ago, concluding it has nothing to do with the Ducati bikes.
Seriously, I don't really understand your question.
It is a normal ECU, what should be dual about it?
Let me know and I will try to dig up some answers.
Sorry I failed to make myself clear. I'm just curious to know how there can be two companies called Ducati in the motorcycle space, and how big Ducati tolerates this. Or perhaps little Ducati is a spinoff with rights to the name. By "dual Ducatis" I was only grasping for cheap alliteration. I would like to know how these two unrelated but related (through market confusion) companies coexist.
Oh, and of course I was too lazy to google these myself...
I can not answer how this is possible, but it's true - Ducati motorcycles and Ducati Energia are two separate companies.
For decades is not uncommon to see Ducati ignition оn а bikes that are not Bologna's Ducatis.
OK, I checked.
Ducati EnergiaQuote:
Ducati Energia, SpA is an Italian company based in Bologna which produces electrical and electronic components. It was originally founded by the Ducati brothers, Adriano, Marcello and Bruno Ducati. The original Ducati company was called Societa Scientifica Radio Brevetti Ducati. In the late 1940s, the Ducati company began producing engines for bicycles and later motorcycles, leading to the later split into two companies: Ducati Meccanica and Ducati Elettronica. The former specializing in the manufacture of motorcycles and the latter for radios and electrical devices and components.
Ducati Elettronica was renamed Ducati Energia in the 1980s, and currently designs a wide range of electronic components and subsystems for use in automobile, construction, and security.
It has a presence in many countries across Europe and Asia.
Nature says that a certain Adriano Ducati developed in 1962 a magnetohydrodynamic system for travelling into outer space. (source is the newspaper nature)
And here's a PDF describing the Ducati Energia fuel injection system for motorcycles.
Believe it or not, nowadays Ducati (The Motorcycle Company) uses Mitsubishi FI - ECU / Siemens electronics among others........Quote:
Originally Posted by Zorge
See pic attached, ECU used in a 2012 Ducati model.....Quote:
Originally Posted by AussieMoto