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I’ve been trying without success to get a Rexxer re flash done on my 2016 scrambler icon. Here is my story, please don’t shoot me down in flames if you have a different story from your Ducati dealer/local tuner/mate down the pub/the internet.
If you want the to skip to the end to get the general upshot jump to the second to last line.
My first phone call is to Ducati Manchester my local Rexxer agent, long story short, “it’s a 2016 model… we cant do it “, next phone call is to Cornerspeed based Nr Derby ythe UK’s best independent Ducati shop and rexxer agent they can do it but it would be a 250miles round trip. Next call is to Hammer and Tongs performance who are very local to me and have a good reputation, but they won’t use the Rexxer re flash and will only do custom maps at approx double the price, fair enough, it probably takes twice as long to do and will be bespoke to my bike etc.
My next trip is to the Rexxer website where they list all the bikes they have maps for, including all the new Euro 4 compliant bikes like my 2016 and onwards icons etc, Desert sled and café racer. Emailed em to check, and they just say yes we can remap your bike.
Back on the phone to Ducati Manchester, who listen to what I tell them about what Rexxer have said, but tell me they still cant do it.
In my Ducati dealer in Preston last week to not get the Desmo service done that I booked in months ago (don’t ask, I'm still mad) but I ask them if they will talk to Manchester and see if they can get any sense out of them as they are part of the same DMC group.
Well they didn’t call them but after speaking to 2 people in Preston including the service manager, the chief sales manager finally provided me with a story that hangs together, are you ready.
The Euro 4 bikes have their ECU’s coded with a unique set of 1’s and 0’s which means they will not accept a generic up map, you CAN get your ECU up/re mapped to account for you new air filter/exhaust etc but you need to send it off to Rexxer for them to do it, or I’m assuming pay for a custom map to be done on your bike by a Rexxer agent with the appropriate skills and equipment (we'll see if this works when I try it)
So there you have it, my assumption is that for those of us with 2016 bikes onwards the options are to get someone to do a custom map or buy a unit yourself and get your lap top out and do your own. I may of course be completely wrong and the only course of action is to send your ECU to Rexxer.
If you want the to skip to the end to get the general upshot jump to the second to last line.
My first phone call is to Ducati Manchester my local Rexxer agent, long story short, “it’s a 2016 model… we cant do it “, next phone call is to Cornerspeed based Nr Derby ythe UK’s best independent Ducati shop and rexxer agent they can do it but it would be a 250miles round trip. Next call is to Hammer and Tongs performance who are very local to me and have a good reputation, but they won’t use the Rexxer re flash and will only do custom maps at approx double the price, fair enough, it probably takes twice as long to do and will be bespoke to my bike etc.
My next trip is to the Rexxer website where they list all the bikes they have maps for, including all the new Euro 4 compliant bikes like my 2016 and onwards icons etc, Desert sled and café racer. Emailed em to check, and they just say yes we can remap your bike.
Back on the phone to Ducati Manchester, who listen to what I tell them about what Rexxer have said, but tell me they still cant do it.
In my Ducati dealer in Preston last week to not get the Desmo service done that I booked in months ago (don’t ask, I'm still mad) but I ask them if they will talk to Manchester and see if they can get any sense out of them as they are part of the same DMC group.
Well they didn’t call them but after speaking to 2 people in Preston including the service manager, the chief sales manager finally provided me with a story that hangs together, are you ready.
The Euro 4 bikes have their ECU’s coded with a unique set of 1’s and 0’s which means they will not accept a generic up map, you CAN get your ECU up/re mapped to account for you new air filter/exhaust etc but you need to send it off to Rexxer for them to do it, or I’m assuming pay for a custom map to be done on your bike by a Rexxer agent with the appropriate skills and equipment (we'll see if this works when I try it)
So there you have it, my assumption is that for those of us with 2016 bikes onwards the options are to get someone to do a custom map or buy a unit yourself and get your lap top out and do your own. I may of course be completely wrong and the only course of action is to send your ECU to Rexxer.
