Thinking Of Breaking The Bike

It will take ages and you will end with parts left that no one wants. In my opinion is get it fixed.

 

Make sure you have a lot of space for parts for the next twenty years and dont bother breaking it until you have sold the main parts that will make it worth your while. If you don't have plenty of time and space then I'd think carefully about whether it is even worth doing as it can be a right ball ache if you are only going to make a few hundred quid over selling the whole lot off cheap.

 

For my 2003 999, it was the ECU coil driver for the front cylinder.
Can't be that hard to diagnose what's wrong...

 

I had an issue with the front cylinder on my ST4 that I couldn't fathom. Spoke with JHP Ducati in Coventry, for them to have a look at it. They sorted the problem and a few other things besides. Cost £250. Money well spent IMO. Maybe get someone to have a look at yours?

 

often the out lay to fix vs value of a vehicle when fixed can make it a non starter but it can be worth while if you get a good few more years of fun outta it
if you no longer enjoy the bike or don't need it,maybe sell it on as spares or repairs..
Have seen a few bikes fetch alot more than I thought they were worth as a non runner. Would save the hassle of breaking it. Time is money, unless you have nothing better to do!

 

Well you have my sympathies. Would be a shame to see an ST4 broken but it is a dilemma. I owned a Saab 9000 Carlsson, in a former life. The turbo broke and it cost me £1500 for repairs. Had to fix it because it was the family car and we were using it to go on holiday. I sold it two weeks later for £1500....

 

If you spend 500 fixing it, and then sell it for 1500 you are still 1000 ahead. Instead of getting a few quid here and there for spares which you have to answer email questions, take off and clean, package up and post and have the rest cluttering up the garage or driveway possibly for months.

 

I'd fix it, but if you are determined to sell, sell it as is. You'll be left with a load of parts you'll never shift, have to package everything, deal with eBay messers. It's just not worth the hassle for (maybe) a few extra quid.

 

flux capacitor? Known fault...

 

Get somebody good to look at it as you have been advised by the wise ones already. Lots of advice available on who to use and who to avoid.

Depending on the condition of it i think you could well get back more than £1500. Off the subject slightly but i had the same thing with a dead mercedes 190 some years ago. Everyone, and i mean everyone that i spoke to said " you wont recover more than a couple of hundred quid" and be left with a load of stuff you cant sell.
Well i made over £2300. Who cares if you have bits left over if you make more than you would have if you sold it as broken.

Good luck

 

Ducati John has a great reputation and iirc is in the Midlands.
Wasn't @Suzisue after an ST4?
Maybe she'd like to buy it and get it sorted...

 

If you decide to break it, there's a few parts I'd be interested in

 

I had a strange intermittent misfire on my ST4s that was caused by a terminal in one of the coil plugs (Low Tension side, the one from the ECU) not making a good contact.

You mention that you've swapped coils, plugs, etc - have you actually got a good spark at both plugs when you crank it?

As it's a 4s, do you have JPDiag or something similar to check for any fault codes in the ECU? Can the bike tell you what it thinks is wrong?

 

What do you want for it?

 

I would be interested (ideally want a newer shaped bike) but do love a challenge & not afraid of getting my partners hands dirty if the price is right , can you pm me some pics and a brief description. Suzi