Can you take a picture if the plugs under the seat?

 

Here is the photo revhead.

 

Trace the wires

 

Yes I will look through the wiring diagram tonight ebbo.

 

what bike? have you connected a charger to your other bikes?- that doesn't look like a charger connector - (2 wires usually) and should definitely show 12v+ if its connected to the battery
i use c-tek chargers on all my bikes and am very happy with them - need a special one if you're using a lithium battery

 

Here is a photo of the Charger and the plug on the end of it that connects to the bike.

 

I have only just bought the charger unit and haven't been able to use it. The 00 750, 03 750 EV03 and 05 1000 I have all have the same under seat plug.

 

Mines a different and much newer bike so may not be the same, but I have 2 plugs under my seat - one to charge battery and one I think a diagnostics port.
The connector you pictured doesn't look like a battery charging connector to me. Would expect 2 wires to it not 3.

 

Battery Recharge - MV Agusta F4 S Workshop Manual [Page 191]

MV Agusta F4 S Manual Online: Battery Recharge. The battery is charged by connecting the supplied bat- tery charger to the connector located under the pas- senger seat. If the battery is charged after a period of vehicle downtime, make sure that the charger fuse is placed inside its...

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What r these connectors for??

Under the rider seat I got 3 connectors. I think the one with the cap(green) is probably to connect a computer but are the other two for??

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Look for another plug with only 2 wires. I suspect the one you have shown is the diagnostic connector.

 

Thanks for this Revhead and Rich8. There is another capped off plug under the riders right thigh against the battery but it is a three wire as well. How many capped off plugs are on an MV? I will look more intently tomorrow, is 8.30pm here.

 

Charging plug (with rubber cap and without - two wires in - blue and red):

 

@ogrilp400 - All MVs use the same TWO-WIRE (RED/BLUE) connection for the battery charger. @Rich8 has shown a great picture of what you seek.

In your manual for the First Gen F4 it shows it this way:

 

That 3 wire plug is for diagnostics.

 

G'day Blokes, Well I have just spent the last hour with a bright inspection light, with the 05 1000 up on the work stand, pulling things off and apart and cannot find a capped off two pin connector. I poured over everything from under and around the ECU right down to the alternator and the back of the engine. Cannot find a two pin capped off plug. I will put one of the 750s' up next and see what I can find on those, if any thing.

 

@ogrilp400 - YOU CAN STOP LOOKING NOW I love it when ignorance kicks my ass. It keeps me near humble. My belief that all F4 bikes had the connection for battery charging was born out of my ignorance and that was born out of the lack of need-to-know. You see, as a standard practice, I always installed a Battery Tender Pigtail (SAE Connector) on all of my bikes except for my B3 800RR. This negated the need for me to look for the connector that MV installs to charge the battery...ON BIKES 2007 VINTAGE and LATER!!!

I have been looking at parts manuals and service manuals for the F4 from 2000 to the point where I discovered that the connector was added for the 2007 Model Year on the F4 1000R, The F4 312R and the F4 312RR.

See below arrow:

 

@ogrilp400 - YOU CAN STOP LOOKING NOW I love it when ignorance kicks my ass. It keeps me near humble. My belief that all F4 bikes had the connection for battery charging was born out of my ignorance and that was born out of the lack of need-to-know. You see, as a standard practice, I always installed a Battery Tender Pigtail (SAE Connector) on all of my bikes except for my B3 800RR. This negated the need for me to look for the connector that MV installs to charge the battery...ON BIKES 2007 VINTAGE and LATER!!!

I have been looking at parts manuals and service manuals for the F4 from 2000 to the point where I discovered that the connector was added for the 2007 Model Year on the F4 1000R, The F4 312R and the F4 312RR.

See below arrow:
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I didn't see your other post above mine where you indicated the charging circuit coming off the alternator was the tender plug. Problem was it didn't have an earth. Like the one on the post 2007 does.

 

It is a separate wire lead on my 910R, supplied with instruction for the dealer to install during pre-deliverey when they connect the battery.

 

Ed, that would be the SAE Battery Charge Kit - Part Number:

 

I think my SPR F4 also came with that "kit"....In the documents I received when I bought it was the installation instructions from MV to the dealer/owner.

 

After the experience that I had with the Factory Battery Charger supplied with my new '17 Ducati Desert Sled, and having the batter discharge to the point that I couldn't restart the bike at a gas station, I don't have much trust for what the "engineers" at the factory dream up. They finally admitted that there was a basic wiring problem, and the solution was to install the pigtail from a "Battery Jr." unit directly to the battery, and disregard the UBS port (or whatever it was under the seat), and throw the "Ducati" charger into a trash bin (of course, accessing the dealer was a 750mile round trip - but that was going to happen anyway to have the initial service done). All my bikes, the Duc, the F4-1000R, and the Bonneville, stay hooked to their own Battery Jr's, that are on a timer so they only are on about 3 hrs/12hr (like from 1:30 to 4:30, am and pm). Have not had any problems since.

 

Well blokes, after a thorough search under the seat and ecu on the gen 1 F4s’, you were right, no charging plug was found. So nothing for it but to make my own. I have a real dislike for scrappy wiring so made the plugs wire into the battery very neatly. Made three, one is fitted, two to go.

 

Good job. Now just remember to use it religiously.

 

Hello,

I have a question related to MV Charger; can Ducati charger work on our MV, the adapter cable seems to be very similar ?

 

Hello,
I have a question related to MV Charger; can Ducati charger work on our MV, the adapter cable seems to be very similar ?

Why wouldn't it ??? Same type battery requires the same type charger. Ducati doesn't make a "special" charger for their bikes. They buy one off the shelf from a supplier and label it.....just like MV Agusta does.

 

Probably.

 

My '05 F4 has a CTEK pigtail with LED voltage indication and connector cap wired to the battery and the CTEK charger on a timer, works fine.

 

MV Agusta uses an AMP Superseal 1.5 connector for the charger (or art least on first gen bikes). It would be nice if battery charger quick connectors were standardized, but they are not. I use NOCO Genius chargers and Optimate chargers..... I make my own adapters.
Here is a source for the AMP connectors (and most any other you may want)

AMP 1.5 Superseal

Amp 1.5 Superseal Connectors. Very common connector for many makes and models throughout the Motorcycle and Automotive industry, Ducati and Aprilia. Great prices and low shipping cost.

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Reviving old thread.

I just bought my dragster 800rr and am wondering how the lights work on the maintainer. What does blinking green mean and does the light ever go solid?

using someone else's photo from this thread but this is the charger I have

 

Blinks until fully charged then goes solid.
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