Hi All, I've owned my Ducati 996 Biposto for almost fifteen years now. Although over the years I've considered replacing it, whenever I test drive anything else it just does not float my boat like the 996. Guess I've just gotten used to the old girl! I'm not much of a biker these days, usually just the odd run into work is all the riding I get. But when I do take her out I still get just as much enjoyment and buzz ... that is ... until I tried to start her up last week. The Meta M357T alarm that has served me well over the years has finally bit the big one. Neither of the fobs work, and the only way to disable the alarm is with the master code ... a pain in the backside to enter, especially as my master code has loads of high numbers in it. Not so much worried about the old girl getting stolen any more I decided to remove the alarm. Ah! This was installed from new, and was done *real* professionally with all the wiring shrink wrapped on to the original loom. Nadgers! I've surf'd up how to bypass the alarm, and managed to find one reference to which pins to jumper together to disable the alarm completely. Unfortunately when I jumper the pins and switch on the ignition, the starter motor immediately cuts in ... starts the bike ... but then keep on turnin' Not ideal, I guess the instructions were not all they could be. Does anyone on these forums know which pins to short out to disable a Meta M357T? I can't even easily trace the wires back, as *everything* is shrink wrapped to the loom, and I really don't want to mess up the wiring by cutting into the loom. Any help appreciated. BTW, all the damn wires on the alarm are black with no colour coding which makes the task even more difficult. All I want to do is ride me bike!! Cheers, Ripface.
Ripface, the pin outs are different for the 357T and 357T V2 both are very easy and the references are from the plug pin positions. Let me know which alarm you have by pm and I will pm the right one to you. Also it really should be removed at this age as the fobs and unit have batteries that expire. Not a difficult job as all you are doing is restoring the wire connections that were there already, same colour to same colour wire. However you may need some extra bits and will need two to three sizes of heat shrink and a soldering iron to do it reliably
Hi All, Thanks for all the help, 996 is now up and purring! Denzil, Thanks for the pinouts, got it sorted within 10 mins with the right info. Woo Hoo! Cheers, Ripface.
