Well here's the deal with the bike, from the beginning.
It's a salvage bike. The owner before me bought the bike with it's original gauge cluster, locks, ecu. But NO keys.
Not really knowing how the Immobilizer set worked, he bought a new lockset/ecu/black key from someone on ebay. Never got the RED key and also didn't get the gauges/immobilizer. If it had a matching gauge set it would run, or if it had a red key that matched the ecu I could program a new gauge cluster to that ECU. Of course I have neither. I do, however have a black chip key that fits all the locks on the bike.
As a result, my plan (being that I'm a cheap college kid, trying to get this darn thing running) was to buy a new ECU and gauge set (about $450 for the set) and find a red key to then program the black key that i have. I could also find another black key and use only the chip part while having an OLDER style (non chip) ducati key cut to match the black key i have to work the physical locks. As long as the chip is in the same vicinity of the key (on a keychain, for example) it would work
The lock/key set is nearly 500 bucks. What a joke.
Maybe I should just bite the bullet and buy the parts, but I guess I was just looking for a cheaper solution. Then again, I guess having the red key is probably worth the extra 400 or so bucks down the road when it comes time to sell. Hope some of this makes sense....
So anyone have a spare black or red key?
And chris, if you're serious on that offer I just might have to take you up on it! I'd give you a nice deposit, of course..